BANKING GIANT HSBC has been hit by problems with its online services and ATM machines after an apparent network or datacentre fault. According to the BBC, the fault started at 14:45 GMT, when some customers weren’t able to use their cards. Problems also hit the First Direct web site, with customers reporting that they are [...]

Although Portal 2s witty humor and slick co-op gameplay captivated gamers earlier this year, many players criticized the titles length. Fortunately, Valve has vowed to deliver polished downloadable content (one co-op add-on was released earlier this month). Whats more, the company released Portal 2s authoring tools earlier this year, allowing the community at large to [...]

ARM’s breakout might be just a step ahead. While ARM chips have always been vital, they’ve become even more so with the proliferation of mobile products. And now that Microsoft has committed to making Windows on ARM a reality, the sky’s the limit. Now, ARM’s detailing and disclosing the inner specs behind the next version [...]

A security penetration tester discovered a major flaw in Facebook that could allow a person to send anyone on the social-networking site malicious applications. Nathan Power, a senior security penetration tester at technology consultancy CDW, discovered the vulnerability and publicly disclosed it Thursday on his blog. The flaw was reported to Facebook on 30 September, [...]