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The British Government is to fund a 21 century Station X, to counter international cyber attacks from hostile nations.

Microsoft burns Twitter and Apple over their security features whilst admitting it was hacked in the same zero-day Java exploit as them.

Apple has become the third major tech company, after Facebook and Twitter, to admit that it was victim of a sophisticated hack at the end of January

Sony's next generation games console will be backwards compatible, but not in the sense that we're accustomed to. The PlayStation 4 (PS4), Sony’s eagerly-awaited entertainment device, won't play current PS3 optical games discs. Instead, backwards compatibility will be delivered using a streaming service whereby games are delivered in real-time over the internet from remote servers.

Facebook's Graph Search lets us search our personal online archives but why did it take so long for Facebook to release a search engine?

Google is preparing its new native maps app for release on the iPhone and iPad soon reports the Wall Street Journal citing a "person with direct knowledge of the matter".

Microsoft says Internet Explorer has also been subject to an Apple Safari-style ad cookie workaround by Google .

Facebook is reportedly planning for an IPO between April and June of next year, according to the Wall Street Journal who quote "people familiar with the matter".

Amazon has confirmed that it is in the process of testing a "major" redesign of its website, the first such design change since September 2007. From a screenshot that we've seen, it looks like the site version will be cleaner and contain less navigational elements like category hover states, making it more accessible to tablet devices.

A high definition (HD) version of the iPad 2 will be released this autumn alongside the long-rumoured iPhone 5, if reports from This is my next (TiMN) are to be believed. TiMN report that the updated device, dubbed “iPad HD”, will feature a 2048x1536 pixel screen, double that of the current iPad 2.

Google is rumored to be rolling out a smarthpone based real-world payment system using Near Field Communication technology. Well, the Wall Street Journal reports that the search giant has now brought MasterCard and Citigroup on-board.

The iPad2 is in production and should be appearing in shops “the next couple of months”, according to The Wall Street Journal. The new iPad is expected to have front, and possibly a rear, facing camera, a faster processor than its predecessor and rumours also suggest that the iPad2 will be thinner and lighter than version one. Although, the price shouldn't be any more than version one- with prices ranging from $500 to just over $800.

As you have no doubt read Facebook is in the middle of another privacy scare, but what exactly happened and should you be concerned? We answer your questions and put your concerns to rest.