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The 12 tech months of 2014

A look back at 12 months as measured out by technology stories.

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‘The Interview’ and the aftermath

After a very public admonition by President Barack Obama Sony Pictures released The Interview to Google Play YouTube the PlayStation and Xbox stores and now iTunes to say nothing of over 300 independent theaters across the United States in time f…

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Wolf ‘most pirated film of 2014’

The Wolf of Wall Street Martin Scorsese’s true-life tale of corrupt New York stockbrokers leads the pack of the most illegally downloaded movies of 2014.

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Gmail goes down in China Great Firewall may be to blame

Many China-based Gmail users have discovered that they’ve been unable to access emails since the start of the weekend. According to GreatFire.org a China-based freedom of speech group many Gmail web addresses were blocked in China on Friday — cont…

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You only need a camera (and luck) to copy someone’s fingerprints

Forget having to lift smudges from a touchscreen to copy someone’s fingerprints. According to a Chaos Computer Club presentation you only need a camera… well that and a little luck. The hacking association’s Jan Krissler recently demonstrated tha…

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Apple’s iPhone 5 bigger faster but lacks “wow”

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Apple Inc’s new iPhone goes on sale on Friday with a bigger screen and 4G wireless technology as the company seeks to safeguard its edge over rivals like Samsung Electronics Co Ltd and Google Inc.

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Facebook CEO dangles search and mobile shares rally

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Facebook Inc CEO Mark Zuckerberg soothed investors in his first major public appearance since the No. 1 social network’s rocky May IPO breathing life into its struggling shares after hinting at new growth areas from mobile to search.

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Fight against forgery gets boost from invisible nano barcode

LONDON (Reuters) – Scientists in the United States have made an invisible version of square modern barcodes using nanoparticles and fluorescent ink to help in the fight against counterfeiting.