Top 5 stories: Metro ditched, chip and pin hacked, Steam heads to Linux and more

Our top five stories from the last two weeks.

Microsoft ditches Metro

Just in time for our video guide to using the Metro interface, Microsoft has gone and ditched the name. 

Apparently a German company owned the copyright to the name, although Microsoft hasn't announced an alternative yet. We would love to hear your suggestions.

Chip and Pin hacked

Chip and Pin payment systems used in restaurants, bars and shops across the UK are vulnerable to attack, with malicious cards able to steal payment information.

Researchers found the devices can be programmed using a fake credit card, which uses malicious code to capture payment information.

Police get tough on Twitter

The police will not be acting as judge and jury on every nasty remark made on Twitter, the UK's leading e-crime police officer has said.

Stuart Hyde, chief constable of Cumbria police and leading e-crime officer for the Association of Chief Police Officers, spoke up after a 17-year-old boy was issued with a harassment order for posting offensive tweets to Olympic diver Tom Daley.

Valve goes full Steam for Ubuntu

Valve, the makers of the popular game-distribution service Steam, has announced plans to convert its software and games for the Linux operating system, specifically Ubuntu.

The news comes after Gabe Newell, chief executive and co-founder of Valve, said Windows 8 was a "catastrophe" for people working on PC games.

Spend £30, hack into millions of hotel rooms

Millions of hotel rooms across the world could be opened using technology that costs just £30, with a hacker saying it is "stupidly simple" to do.

American software engineer Cody Brocious demonstrated a method of hacking into key card entry systems on hotel room doors.

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