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Topics include hackers stealing data for up to 80 million US insurance customers, mobile systems starting to use advanced technologies to improve cellular telephony, 19,000 French websites suffering cybervandalism in the wake of the country\´s recent terrorist attacks, researchers discovering a security flaw that could let hackers eavesdrop on cell calls, the US government requiring faster speeds for broadband services over ISPs\´ objections, researchers developing a poker-winning application, scientists developing a way to make supercomputers more efficient and powerful by changing the way they perform checkpointing, a new head-mounted display that projects images directly onto users\´ eyes, a new RAM approach could enable ultrafast smartphones, a Linux bug representing a major Internet threat, several big technology firms settling a lawsuit over accusations that they conspired to limit workers\´ wages, and a list of 2014\´s "worst" passwords having a familiar look.