[Technology] Evernote resets passwords of all 50m users after hack

Evernote resets passwords of all 50m users after hack
http://www.trustedreviews.com/news/evernote-resets-passwords-of-all-50m-users-after-hack
Evernote, the online file storage company, has forced all users to change their passwords after its security channels were breached by hackers.

Assassin's Creed 4 screens leak: Yo ho ho it's a pirate's life
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/are-video-games-like-assassins-creed-rewriting-history/article9237302/?cmpid=rss1
The shots were posted on All Games Beta, and show the new assassin swashbuckling on the high seas, free-running through untamed jungles and gunning down guards on land.

Google+ Social Sign-In Has Pros, Cons
http://memeburn.com/2013/03/google-hangouts-get-sign-language-app-new-shortcuts-for-disabled-users/
Google+ Sign-In offers tighter mobile integration and additional controls. But will it allay user fears? Start The Discussion · Tweet; Mail Mail; Print Print · Debra Donston-Miller | March 02, 2013 09:06 AM.

Facebook Holding Event Thursday March 7 To Show Off A “New Look For News ...
http://www.ndtv.com/article/world/facebook-to-showcase-new-look-for-newsfeed-on-march-7-337485
Facebook has just issued invitations to press, which promise a new look for News Feed, to be held March 7 at 10 AM PT. The announcement comes on the heels of news from January that Facebook was prepping a radical new look for its mobile news feed, ...

Drive On: Last Chevrolet Corvette rolls down GM line
http://www.carsuk.net/new-chevrolet-corvette-stingray-convertible-revealed/
Normally, the last car coming off the assembly line is sad moment, especially when it is a storied model like the Chevrolet Corvette.

National Day of Unplugging encourages 24 hours of enlightenment
http://techland.time.com/2013/03/01/turn-off-tune-out-the-national-day-of-unplugging-is-upon-us/
For a lot of us, having to spend 24 hours away from our smartphones and computers seems like a horrific nightmare. I mean, what are we?

Now Boston Dynamics' BigDog can lift and toss (w/ video)
http://www.geek.com/articles/geek-pick/boston-dynamics-big-dog-robot-learns-how-to-throw-concrete-blocks-2013031/
(Phys.org) â€"Boston Dynamics' DARPA-funded robotic dog has been upgraded with added functions for military support in hauling gear on rough terrain, Its new appendage is called various thingsâ€"a "kind of head," a "face-arm," and a "canine elephant trunk.

Dell XPS 10 Tops iFixit Tablet Repairability Rankings
http://www.macobserver.com/tmo/article/ipad-mini-sales-could-top-ipad-by-60-percent
The teardown artists at iFixit have unscrewed, unglued, and reviewed plenty of tablets in recent years and on Thursday, the site published a handy ranking of all of those devices by their repairability scores.

Surface RT tablet to hit Taiwan stores in late March
http://www.tapscape.com/microsoft-surface-pro-launch/
Taipei, March 3 (CNA) U.S. software giant Microsoft Corp.'s tablet computer will soon be available in Taiwan, which is expected to heat up the competitive and fast-growing tablet market.

Apple Supplier Corning Sees 3-Year Wait on Flexible Glass
http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/apple-supplier-corning-sees-three-year-wait-for-flexible-display/2013/02/28/81bc5224-819a-11e2-a671-0307392de8de_story.html
Corning Inc. (GLW), the maker of glass for Apple Inc. (AAPL) iPhones, said it will probably take at least three years before companies start making flexible displays using its new Willow material.

Google Defeats The Germans. Well, The German Publishers Anyway
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2013/0301/breaking44.htm
So it's not quite like the Battle of the Bulge Part II. Rather than the German state falling apart before an oncoming Google, instead we've had the German Parliament decide not to bring in a new law being lobbied for by the German publishers.

Bigger, thicker, cheaper, plastic iPhone coming next year (rumor)
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/apple/9902864/Budget-iPhone-5-to-launch-soon.html
New report says Apple is cooking up a 4.5-inch plastic iPhone that will cost far less than current models but won't ship till next year.

FCC To Investigate Cell Phone Unlocking Ban
http://techcrunch.com/2013/02/28/fcc-to-investigate-cell-phone-unlocking-ban/
Following an online uproar over a law banning the unlocking of cell phones, the Federal Communications Commission will investigate whether the ban is harmful to economic competitiveness and if the executive branch has any authority to change the law.

Report: EU to Fine Microsoft over Browser Bungle
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/international-business/european-business/eu-to-fine-microsoft-over-browsers-sources/article9175825/
Unnamed sources are saying that the EU plans to levy fines against Microsoft, perhaps before the end of March. The EU said Microsoft recently failed to comply with a settlement that required it to offer EU consumers a choice of browsers.