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MacRumors forums have been breached by hackers who managed to obtain the information belonging to 860106 users that includes hashed passwords.<br /><br />"In situations like this, it's best to assume that your MacRumors Forum username, email address and (hashed) password is now known." Editorial Director Arnold Kim wrote.<br /><br />The hacker who behind the attack also made a post in MacRumors forum regarding the breach saying "We're not 'mass cracking' the hashes. It doesn't take long whatsoever to run a hash through hashcat with a few dictionaries and salts, and get results."<br /><br />Hackers also claimed that they are not going to use the compromised credentials to log into gmail, apple accounts or any other accounts unless they target users specifically for some reason.<br /><br />"Stop worrying, and stop blaming it on Macrumors when it was your own fault for reusing passwords in the first place." the hacker added.<br /><br />It appears hackers have gained access to the database by logging into the forum with the stolen credentials of a single moderator.<div id="stcpDiv" style="left: -1988px; position: absolute; top: -1999px;">
MacRumors forums have been breached by hackers who managed to obtain the information belonging to 860106 users that includes hashed passwords.<br /><br />"In situations like this, it's best to assume that your MacRumors Forum username, email address and (hashed) password is now known." Editorial Director Arnold Kim wrote.<br /><br />The hacker who behind the attack also made a post in MacRumors forum regarding the breach saying "We're not 'mass cracking' the hashes. It doesn't take long whatsoever to run a hash through hashcat with a few dictionaries and salts, and get results."<br /><br />Hackers also claimed that they are not going to use the compromised credentials to log into gmail, apple accounts or any other accounts unless they target users specifically for some reason.<br /><br />"Stop worrying, and stop blaming it on Macrumors when it was your own fault for reusing passwords in the first place." the hacker added.<br /><br />It appears hackers have gained access to the database by logging into the forum with the stolen credentials of a single moderator.ns like this, it's best to assume that your MacRumors Forum 
username, email address and (hashed) password is now known." Editorial 
Director Arnold Kim <a href="http://www.macrumors.com/2013/11/12/macrumors-forums-security-leak/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">wrote</a>.<br />
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The hacker who behind the attack also made a post in MacRumors forum regarding the breach <a href="http://forums.macrumors.com/showpost.php?p=18355633&postcount=518" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">saying</a>
 "We're not 'mass cracking' the hashes. It doesn't take long whatsoever 
to run a hash through hashcat with a few dictionaries and salts, and get
 results."<br />
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Hackers also claimed that they are not going to use the compromised 
credentials to log into gmail, apple accounts or any other accounts 
unless they target users specifically for some reason.<br />
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"Stop worrying, and stop blaming it on Macrumors when it was your own 
fault for reusing passwords in the first place." the hacker added.<br />
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It appears hackers have gained access to the database by logging into 
the forum with the stolen credentials of a single moderator. - See more 
at: 
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MacRumors Forums hacked, 860,000+ users data compromised

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Open DOCX Files Without Installing a Converter (or Office 2007)

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Unless you’ve updated your PC to Microsoft Office 2007 or Word 2007 
(by no means a given, since earlier versions of Microsoft’s suite still 
work well for many folks), you might be confounded on occasion if you’re
 presented with a file with the DOCX extension. (DOCX is the native 
word-processing file format that the latest version of Word uses.)<br />
Rather
 than fussing with and installing Microsoft’s Compatibility Packs, you 
can use Windows 7’s version of WordPad to open DOCX. To track down 
WordPad (it’s a bit buried, as usual), from the Start menu, go to <b>All Programs > Accessories > WordPad</b>. Once you're in WordPad, you can simply use the Open command to open a DOCX file:<br />
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This is a handy solution if you only encounter DOCX 
files once in a while. WordPad has semi-adopted the ribbon interface of 
the latest Office, so it might take some getting used to, but you should
 be able to save your DOCX document into a more amenable file format 
(including the earlier DOC format for Word files) without too much 
trouble. Most of the formatting should be maintained. (Puzzlingly, 
Windows 7 WordPad seems to be less competent at opening “original” DOC 
files, losing the formatting and peppering the files with header 
gibberish, in our tests. Hmmm.)</div>

Open DOCX Files Without Installing a Converter (or Office 2007)

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Access The Windows Desktop Without Minimizing Anything

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In the first tip, we showed you how to get to the Windows Desktop by 
hovering over or clicking on the new transparent zone in the lower-right
 corner of the screen—a.k.a., the Aero Peek feature. But perhaps you 
access your Windows Desktop constantly, or it contains lots of nested 
folders that are home to your everyday working files. You can get 
fast-click access to them from the taskbar without minimizing all your 
windows and losing your place.<br />
You’ll have to set this up, though.
 Right-click on the taskbar, and choose Properties, to launch the 
Taskbar and Start Menu Properties dialog. Under the Toolbars tab, check 
off the Desktop button.<br />

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Hit OK, and a mini-menu called “Desktop” appears in the 
taskbar, followed by two angle brackets (>>). Click it, and you’ll
 see all of the items on your Windows Desktop, complete with nesting 
folders. Now it’s easy to access anything on your Windows Desktop 
without having to navigate back to it. Especially useful: The Computer 
entry in this menu lets you browse your PC’s entire drive-and-folder 
hierarchy from here (including any networked drives).<br />

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Access The Windows Desktop Without Minimizing Anything

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Install Control Panel submenus in the Start menu

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If you’re any kind of PC tweaker, like we are, you spend way too much
 time inside the Windows Control Panel. One of the quibbles we’ve had 
with past versions of Windows was the several layers of clicks you’d 
have to negotiate to get into the depths of Control Panel—especially 
with the Category as opposed to Classic view of the panel that was the 
default with Vista.<br />
In Windows 7, you can set up the OS to allow 
you direct access to individual Control Panel items straight from the 
Start menu. To set this up, right-click the Start button in the taskbar,
 and choose <b>Properties</b> from the resulting context menu. In the Taskbar and Start Menu Properties dialog box that pops up, click the <b>Start Menu tab</b>, then the <b>Customize</b> button. Under the subcategory named <b>Control Panel</b> on the ensuing screen, choose <b>Display as a menu</b>. It's here:<br />
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Now, when you click Control Panel in the Start menu, 
you’ll get a selection list that shows all the same Control Panel 
sub-items that you’d get if you launched the Control Panel into its own 
window. It looks like this:<br />
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Install Control Panel submenus in the Start menu

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Windows Phone Marketshare Grows by 156%, Android Tops 80% Marketshare

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While there is no doubt that Android is the biggest smartphone 
operating system on the planet, however, Windows Phone has emerged as 
the quickest growing operating system in the world.<br />

In a new <a href="http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=prUS24442013" target="_blank">report by IDC</a>,
 the market share of the Microsoft OS bloated by 156% over the last year
 and now, around 3.6% of all smartphones sold worldwide run on it.<br />

Windows Phone smartphone shipments reached 9.5 million during the quarter, up from 3.7 million during same duration last year.<br />

Android grew too, by 51.3 percent year over year with 211.6 million 
units shipped during third quarter of current fiscal year. Android 
accounted for 81.0% of all smartphone shipments during the quarter, 
marking the first time that Android topped 80% share in sales in its 
short history.<br />
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iOS too increased its sales by 6.9 million.<br />

While Windows Phone’s 9.5 million unit figure might seem incredibly 
tiny compared to Google’s OS, it might become a threat to Google’s OS in
 certain markets and price points.<br />

Obviously, Google might’ve taken notice of this growth too and the 
result is shown in the form of increased support of for mid-range 
smartphones – with 512 MB Rams — with Android 4.4 KitKat.<br />

Meanwhile, BlackBerry further fell back from the competition by 
shrinking 41.6 percent, while also further strengthening Windows Phone’s
 grip over the third spot. Blackberry’s times might change in the 
future, however, with a new CEO in place along with a billion dollars but just don’t expect anything substantial anytime sooner though.<br />

Windows Phone Marketshare Grows by 156%, Android Tops 80% Marketshare

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Alcatel-Lucent enterprise unit is again up for sale

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Alcatel-Lucent is exploring the sale of a division that sells switches 
and communications gear to corporate clients, part of the French 
company's efforts to shed 1 billion euros worth of assets by 2015, 
according to people familiar with the matter.Alcatel-Lucent SA, which
 is in the midst of a turnaround and debt-reduction plan under Chief 
Executive Michel Combes, has brought in Lazard Ltd to help find a buyer 
for its enterprise business, the sources said this week.<br />
It marks 
the second time in three years that the telecom equipment maker has 
tried to sell the underperforming division. In 2011 it explored a sale 
of the entire enterprise business but found no takers. It ended up 
selling only the still-growing part of the division - call center 
software unit Genesys - to private equity firm Permira for $1.5 billion.<br />
At
 the time, potential buyers were put off by the corporate telephony part
 of the enterprise business, which was losing money and weighed down 
with too many workers in Europe.<br />
A spokesman for Alcatel-Lucent 
declined to comment on whether the enterprise business was on the block 
again. A Lazard spokesperson did not immediately respond to requests for
 comment. The sources asked not to be named because the matter is not 
public.<br />
Combes recently said the group was "actively working" on 
asset sales, and also announced a capital increase and high-yield bond 
to raise $2 billion.<br />
That prompted credit rating agencies Moody's and Standard & Poor's on Thursday to upgrade their outlooks on Alcatel-Lucent.<br />
The
 moves are intended to strengthen the money-losing French group's 
finances and keep it competitive against larger rivals including 
Ericsson, Huawei Technologies and Nokia's equipment unit NSN.<br />
Alcatel
 does not disclose the revenue from its enterprise activity. It said 
sales to corporate clients and government brought in 959 million euros 
last year, while analysts say the enterprise business is likely losing 
money.<br />
Several headwinds facing the unit make it unlikely that 
industry peers - such as Avaya, Mitel Networks Corp and Unify (formerly 
Siemens Enterprise Communications) - or private equity firms will 
aggressively step up for a deal, according to the sources.<br />
The 
main challenge for buyers is having to absorb the costs associated with 
pension obligations. During the unsuccessful sale process in 2011, 
buyers balked at the expense of restructuring the legacy voice business,
 which is based in Europe and involves unionized labor.<br />
In 
addition, competitors such as RingCentral Inc and 8x8 Inc, which provide
 more cloud-based phone services, have been taking market share and 
could make Alcatel-Lucent's patent portfolio in its enterprise unit seem
 outdated, one of the sources said.<br />
Very few parties, if any, would likely pursue the enterprise unit as a whole, the sources said.<br />
Janardan
 Menon, an analyst at Liberum Capital, wrote in a recent note that 
Alcatel-Lucent could achieve "significantly higher margins" through a 
sale of unprofitable business lines such as enterprise.<br />
"A key part of the Alcatel-Lucent investment thesis revolves around its potential sale of assets," said Menon.<br />
The
 potential divestment comes as the telecom equipment sector could be 
headed for another round of consolidation. Nokia has been weighing 
whether to seek a tie-up with Alcatel or purchase its wireless assets, 
Reuters has reported.<br />
Nokia is in the process of selling its 
handset business to Microsoft Corp for $7.2 billion, and will be left 
with a mapping software unit, a portfolio of patents and its network 
equipment business, Nokia Solutions and Networks (NSN).<br />
A 
combination with Alcatel-Lucent would increase NSN's market share in the
 global wireless infrastructure market from 18 percent to more than 30 
percent, leapfrogging Huawei and closing in on Ericsson, according to 
analyst data.</div>

Alcatel-Lucent enterprise unit is again up for sale

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