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In early August, at the Def Con conference — a major annual gathering of computer hackers — someone apparently hacked into many of the attendees’ cell phones, in what may have been the first successful breach of a 4G cellular network. If early reports are correct, the incident was a man-in-the-middle (MITM) attack, so called because the attacker interposes himself between two other wireless devices.

Coincidentally, a week later, at the 20th Usenix Security Symposium, MIT researchers…

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Bangalore: As a potential buyer you always look out for what's the new gadget buzzing in the market. And India is no doubt a gadget freak country, always eager to land on the latest device, be it hardware or software.



So what more does the tech world has for you to offer in the year ahead. Let's get a sneak peek into the most awaited gadgets to arrive in the market. Continue

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Bangalore: Yahoo in its first ever attempt has declared that it will soon venture into the mobile market with an android based "Yahoo Phone." The announcement came from Softbank, Japan's third biggest mobile operator, who will soon make the official launch. This is considered as a very strange move by the industry experts as Google is Yahoo's biggest competitor. The…

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