Marketplace Tech Report for Friday, July 13, 2012

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Time to change your Yahoo password -- a group of hackers were able to grab and post online over 450,000 logins and passwords. Plus, the latest hit on Kickstarter is a video game console named Ouya. The funding goal for Ouya was $950,000 in 30 days. Well, a million bucks was raised in eight hours. It's now over $4 million. What makes certain Kickstarter projects all the rage?

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Yahoo has a big leak, Kickstarter has a big hit

You should change your Yahoo passwords and you should pay attention to a hugely well-funded game console.
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