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Android stores passwords in plain text: Safer than a false sense of security?

The News of the World phone hacking scandal exploded across every aspect of public life with such force — Charlie Brooker called it EverythingGate — that we’ve become a bit touchy about every security loophole we encounter. Today we learn that Android devices store passwords as plain text. That sounds unsecure, but should we be worried? Passwords for email accounts …

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Toshiba Thrive accessories offer functionality, shallow cosmetic changes

The Thrive allows you to spice up your tablet with swappable back plates in one of five extra colors, in addition to the black back plate included with it. Toshiba The Toshiba Thrive Honeycomb tablet has garnered a lot of interest due to the fact that one, it’s a tablet in the year 2011, and two (and maybe more importantly), …

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