Hackers sometimes just cause trouble with sites they don’t agree with, other times they mess with peoples accounts or their hardware. Then sometimes their crimes are on the more disgusting side. Like tricking someone into submitting nude pictures and then using those photos to extort more nude photos from the same person.

That is exactly what happened according to a recent FBI release. Apparently Karen "Gary” Kazaryan has been charged with hacking into Facebook, Skype and email accounts to trick as many as 350 women into removing their clothing while he took photos of them using a webcam. He would pretend to be the women whose account(Presumably ruining their reputation) he hacked to persuade them into removing their clothes. If they refused, he would blackmail by threatening to post risqué photos of his victims ... Read more »

UK mobile phone operator Three just dropped us an email to let us know that Sony’s new flagship Android smartphone, the Sony Xperia Z is now available to pre-order on their network in the UK.

Three are offering the Sony Xperia Z on a number of contracts, with a starting price of £69 up front on a £34 a month contract, the contract length is 24 months, and the first 1,000 people who pre-order the handset will get a free pair of Sony MDR-1R headphones.

The Sony Xperia Z features a quad core 1.5GHz Snapdragon S4 processor and 2GB of RAM, there is also a 5 inch full HD display with a 1920 x 1080 pixel resolution.

Other specifications on the Sony Xperia Z include a 13 megapixel camera, and 4G LTE, the device is also resistant to dust and water and also features NFC ... Read more »

One of the more common bits of technology in the smartphone world that the iPhone is still missing is near field communication. NFC technology allows many of the smartphones on the market to automatically pair with accessories and share content with compatible devices by simply tapping them together. Apple has yet to include NFC technology in its iPhone.

The case is now launched called the CalypsoKey that brings NFC technology to the iPhone via a case. The case has a dual band antenna on the inside that allows it to work with almost all common RFID and NFC devices on the market. That means with your iPhone and this case you can use the available NFC door locks and more.

The case has a 13.56 MHz RFID antenna and a 125 kHz RFID antenna inside. No apps are needed for the NFC tech t ... Read more »

Yesterday we heard that HTC are holding a press event on the 19th of February, the week before Mobile World Congress, where they are expected to announced the new HTC M7, and now it looks like we may have a possible HTC M7 release date.

According to HTCSource, HTC will start selling their new HTC M7 on the 8th of March, this is apparently the European release date for the HTC M7, as yet we do not have any information on the US release date.

The HTC M7 is rumored to come with a 4.7 inch full HD display with a 1920 x 1080 pixel resolution, plus Android Jelly Bean, and a quad core 1.7GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro processor.

Other rumored specifications on the HTC M7 include a 13 megapixel camera with an f/2.0 lens plus a front facing 2 megapixel camera, we should have some more in ... Read more »