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Yankees' error leaks personal data on 21,000 fans

Unlike other recent data leaks that involved hacking, this one at the Major League Baseball team was due to human error.

2011-04-28 18:53:14 | Cnet

South Park takes on Apple and the iPad

Apple and Steve Jobs are the latest victims of South Park's vicious satire after a new episode took the company to task over recent privacy and location tracking fears.The new Human CentiPad episode, which premiered in the US on Wednesday night, lands young Kyle in trouble when he agrees to an iTunes update without reading the terms and conditions.Kyle is kidnapped by Apple and made part of a three-way human daisy chain (pictured) with (...)

2011-04-28 18:50:00 | Tech Radar

Driver: San Francisco returns in this new trailer

Trailer: After wowing crowds at last year’s E3 with the new game in the Driver series, the title is finally ready to debut this August.

2011-04-28 18:45:52 | Digital Trends

Philips Fidelio 8850 Speaker Dock Review

4 out of 5 stars Something was lost when music moved to a digital format. Not to MP3, but CDs. The move from cassette players to CD players practically killed the boombox. Sony’s disc Walkman put headphones in our ears, and since then the only place we share music is in the car. That’s why [...]

2011-04-28 18:45:02 | Gadget Review

Google sued over Android data location collection

Class-action lawsuit seeking $50 million alleges privacy violations in Android phones collecting location information.

2011-04-28 18:31:54 | Cnet

RIM syncs up with Tungle

Research in Motion has bought calendar-and-scheduling sync startup Tungle in a bid to boost cross-platform syncing.

2011-04-28 18:22:17 | Digital Trends

NFL Mobile apps bring the draft to you live tonight on iPhone, iPad and Android

The first round of the 2011 NFL Draft kicks off around 8 p.m. at Radio City Music Hall but if you're not one of the players collecting racks on racks of cash (assuming there is a 2011 season of course) you can still get live updates via the NFL's apps for iOS and Android devices. The NFL GameCenter apps that have been kicking around for iPhone/iPod touch and Android phones have been updated for (...)

2011-04-28 18:21:00 | Engadget

Dalek Gets a Royal Makeover

With all the anticipation of the upcoming Royal Wedding, even Dalek joined the festivities and got a Royal makeover.Other great Dalek designs: the Steampunk Dalek, the Hello Kitty Dalek, and the Tiki Dalek.Neatorama and DS Continue Reading on Walyou

2011-04-28 18:20:42 | Walyou

iOS 5 already being field-tested by Apple and AT&T?

As if today’s news of the white iPhone 4 finally being available wasn’t enough to assuage the addiction for Apple news, rumors are buzzing today that Apple’s upcoming iOS, iOS 5, is being tested out in the open. FutureTap, an App Store developer who created the augmented-reality map app WhereTo?, told 9to5Mac that it has [...]

2011-04-28 18:12:58 | Geek.com

Amazon cloud crash wipes out customer data; Will users be compensated?

The worst of Amazon's cloud outage is over, but customers are wondering if they will be credited for the inconvenience - and for some, the complete loss of their stored data.

2011-04-28 18:12:53 | Digital Trends

PlayStation credit cards were encrypted

Sony says that credit card details held on its hacked PlayStation Network were stored in securely encrypted files.

2011-04-28 18:05:50 | BBC News

Electric car scheme has only 500 takers

Government's £5,000 grant intended to boost sales of electric cars which cost a third more than petrol vehiclesThe government's hoped-for electric car revolution, jump-started by a £5,000 purchase grant per vehicle, is getting off to a slow start with just over 500 people signing up to the scheme since it was introduced at the start of the year.The figures, revealed in a parliamentary answer by the junior transport minister Norman Baker, show that 534 (...)

2011-04-28 18:02:20 | Guardian.co.uk