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Samsung Galaxy S5 smartphone fingerprint sensor hacked

The fingerprint security on Samsung's flagship Galaxy S5 phone has been hacked by a German team, who warn that its implementation is less secure - and its consequences potentially much worse - than on Apple's iPhone 5S.

Security Research Labs, based in Berlin, posted a YouTube clip(included below) showing how they had used a rubber mould incorporating a high-resolution image of a fingerprint lifted from a smartphone screen. The same print and mould that was used to spoof the iPhone 5S's fingerprint sensor was used to fool Samsung's.

But the researchers pointed to what they said are "additional concerns" about Samsung's security system compared with the iPhone's, because a would-be hacker can make an unlimited number of attempts at spoofing the fingerprint, and because it can be linked to payment systems such as PayPal - which could then be used to wire money to the attacker's account.

i think what iphone did to samsung was quite humerus , because as we all know androids usually try and copy iphone apps to make their brand better, i believe it was an intelligent way to trick the other android phones and hopefully andriod phones will try and be more original from now on

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Sony struggles to meet demand as PS4 sales surpass 7m

Sony has sold 7m PlayStation 4s worldwide since its launch in November 2013, as the Japanese electronics company continues to struggle to meet the huge demand for the new console.

The PS4 is ahead of Microsoft’s Xbox One in sales, which sold 3m units by the end of 2013 but recently got a boost by the release of the triple AAA sci-fi shooter Titanfall.

"The response from the global gaming community for PS4 has been overwhelming and we are truly humbled," said Andrew House, president and group chief executive of Sony Computer Entertainment in a statement. "Although we are still facing difficulties keeping up with the strong demand worldwide, we remain steadfast in our commitment to meet the needs of our customers.”

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Nintendo Game Boy – 25 facts for its 25th anniversary

The screen was tiny, the graphics limited to shades of gray on a dull green background, but the Nintendo Game Boy was a revolution when it launched in Japan 25 years ago today. The original version may look hopelessly chunky now, but back then it was unimaginably svelte, a proper console that you play on anywhere – an ingenious gaming equivalent of the personal stereo. 

Nintendo game boy has been out for many years, it was a popular gaming hand held device many years ago which was very successful due to the fact that many people loved and owned the Nintendo game boy, i believe if they created a more modern and updated Nintendo Game Boy that it would sell and make millions

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Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg on why girls need to do computer science

This week on Tech Weekly with Aleks Krotoski we hear from one of the most powerful figures in the global digital economy, Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook. Sandberg tells Jemima Kiss about the latest edition of her hugely successful book Lean In and why the tech sector and society needs to facilitate and encourage the ambitions of women. The interview was recorded as part of the Guardian's Women in Leadership events and the podcast includes an extract from the full discussion which is posted as a Tech Weekly Extra exclusive on our Soundcloud account.

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Google: 80% of news organisations are targeted by state hackers

More than four-fifths of the world's top media organisations, including the Guardian, have been the target of likely state sponsored hacking attacks, according to research from two Google security engineers.

Presented at the ongoing Black Hat Asia 2014 conference in Singapore, Shane Huntley and Morgan Marquis-Boire's research shows that journalists are "massively over-represented" among the targets of state-sponsored hackers.

While the pair didn't go into detail about their methodology, they confirmed to Reuters that Google "tracks the state actors that attack our users".

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20 best Android apps and games this week

It's time for this week's roundup of the best new Android apps and games. This week sees a mixture of comics, photo-slinging, magazines, basketball, Star Wars and golfing-themed Flappy Birdity.

Prices are correct at the time of writing, with “IAP” indicating whether in-app purchases are used within the app or game. Looking for iPhone and iPad apps instead? That roundup will be published on Monday morning.

I believe that many app creators will be happy to see their created app put up in the top 20 for best android apps, this will give them the confidence to try and improve it and make it better to increase their level of consistensy

Feminism

Example 1

Broadcast

Traditional-female 

This advert is  traditional as it is a make up advert and the audience will know that they are going to see a female character on their as the product is a hair conditioner. This advert does not challenge the gender performance is reinforces it because it has the right character to present a feminine product. 

Alternative female

This advert of women's fitness suggests that gender is only a performance, that chan be challenged. This advert is a fitness advert and the audience would normally suggests that it would have male characters on it, but in this case we have females. This challenges the Butlers theory that gender is a performance as we have women doing something which a male dominant will do.

Traditional - Male 

Insanity workout 

This advert is fully traditional because we would normally see a male character of an fitness advert because they want to show the strong and macho men. This why the use a male character to fully the gender performance because if they had a female on their no male character would watch it and it would have been a alternative advert.

Alternative Male
Mr Muscle

This advert challenges the gender performance, as you can see the advert has a male character using a feminine cleaning product. This advert is showing a male character using a cleaning product challenges the gender performance because people would normally see a female character using cleaning products in the kitchen