Apple unlocked criminals' iPhones 'for years' and other top stories.

• Apple unlocked criminals' iPhones 'for years'

  Apple unlocked criminals' iPhones 'for years'

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• Perth lady's ridiculous, baffling car washing technique goes completely viral

  

  Dear mysterious Perth lady, can you please provide us with an explanation as to why you are washing your car the way that you are? A woman in the Perth suburb of Malaga has been spotted showing a truly herculean level of dedication to cleanliness at the local servo. Rather than just using the brush and soap on the outside of the car, like us mortals normally do, this hero went another way – vigorously scrubbing the interior of her car with litres of soapy water. Have a look: I have a few q..

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• Climate Council: CSIRO cuts leave us flying blind

  

  The Climate Council has warned that proposed cuts to the CSIRO’s climate research capacity will leave Australia badly under-resourced to manage climate change. The country will also be in breach of one of the key commitments made at COP21 in Paris, Professor Will Steffen said. In an email to supporters professor Steffen said, “Cutting climate science now, as the demand escalates for both reducing our emissions and protecting our communities from worsening impacts, just doesn’t make sense. “It’s..

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• Sony unveils trio of smartphones, including a brand new flagship

  

  Sony has unveiled a trio of new smartphones, covering a number of bases: the high-end Xperia X Performance (pictured above), the mid-range Xperia X, and the budget-friendly Xperia XA. For all intents and purposes, the Xperia X Performance is a mid-year flagship for Sony. The device itself is clad in metal (abandoning the glass back Sony typically uses in its flagships), and includes high-end features such as the side-facing fingerprint reader Sony introduced with the Xperia Z5 family. In terms o..

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• IBM partners with VMware to bolster cloud credentials

  

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• PayPal announced it would no longer allow people to pay for a VPN using its online service

  

  Netflix are pushing for global domination, but content deals mean not every service is created equal.NETFLIX has gained a powerful ally in its fight to stop geo-dodging subscribers of its service. Despite initial backlash, many Netflix users grew confident they would still be able to use workarounds to gain access the content library of the streaming service available overseas.While this appears to hold truth, things are going to get much harder if you paid for your VPN service using a PayPal ac..

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• MWC 2016: HP's Elite X3 designed to replace your phone, laptop and PC

  

  When it's not tethered to anything, the Elite X3 is a powerful smartphone that (barely) fits in your pocket. Photo: Peter Wells The biggest buzz at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona is coming from an unlikely source. Everyone on the ground is discussing boring old HP's Elite X3 — running Windows 10 — as the must see booth of the show.The HP Elite X3 is a giant phone with a 5.9-inch display, and an enormous 4150mAh battery. Inside is 4GB of RAM, 64GB of stora..

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• Mobile technology prepares for the future at Barcelona show

  

  The expanding reach of wireless and mobile communications is evident at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, as the displays and discussions go far beyond phones and gadgets. The technology and telecommunications world has descended on Barcelona, Spain, this week for the annual Mobile World Congress, where luminaries, industry leaders and marketers gather to view the latest in wireless technology. The conference, which opened Monday and runs through Thursday, draws thousands of attendees along w..

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• ​Has your Linux Mint desktop been backdoored?

  

  It was a lousy day for Linux Mint, a popular Linux desktop distribution. Clement Lefebvre, head of Linux Mint, revealed that the Mint web site had been hacked. (Image: file photo) Lefebvre wrote on Sunday, "Hackers made a modified Linux Mint ISO, with a backdoor in it, and managed to hack our website to point to it." Specifically, the hacker, whom we now know goes by Peace, cracked into the site via a securi..

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