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August 26, 2011
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Scariest IPv6 Attack Scenarios
Experts are reporting a rise in the number of attacks that take
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Buying a $99 HP TouchPad: One Persons Quest
In the end, buying a $99 TouchPad is not as easy as you might
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Tired of Patent Wars? Use Open Source Instead
Legal battles may be slowing proprietary innovation to a crawl,
but open source software just keeps getting better.
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Banks Blocking More Fraudulent Money Transfers From Hijacked
Business Accounts
Cybercriminals increasingly are targeting business bank accounts
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'Operations Guy' Tim Cook Gets Chance to Shine at Apple
Tim Cook, long seen as "the operations guy" at Apple, must prove
he is capable of taking full charge of the company.
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Love Him or Hate Him, Steve Jobs Has Transformed Your Life
Steve Jobs is a visionary genius who has transformed technology
in many ways--big and small. Even if you have never owned an
Apple product, you still owe Steve Jobs some respect for the
impact he has had.
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What's Next for Apple?
Apple for years rallied around its charismatic co-founder, Steve
Jobs, so it's only natural now to question whether the company
can retain its market dominance...
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RIM Announces Three New BlackBerry Curve Smartphones
The BlackBerry Curve 9350, Curve 9360 and Curve 9370 should be
available in Canada in August and from carriers in other
countries in September.
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Twitter Image Galleries Open Up Business Outreach
The new image service, set to go live on Monday, could
drastically change the way the microblogging platform is used.
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Cisco Aims for a Go-anywhere Router
Cisco Systems made its fortune selling routers for the cores of
enterprise and service-provider networks.
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Apple Without Steve Jobs: A Charisma Crisis
Apple has gotten incredible mileage from the theater of its
product presentations, but no one lights up the room the way
Steve Jobs does. How will the company fill that void?
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Was This the E-mail That Took Down RSA?
"I forward this file to you for review. Please open and view it."
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Phone Thief Accidentally IDs Himself via Photobucket
Photobucket has a cool mobile application that allows users to
automatically upload mobile pictures to the company's
photo-sharing website. That's something that...
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Internet Restored in Tripoli as Rebels Take Control
Internet connectivity was restored in Tripoli late Sunday local
time, as rebel forces took control of many parts of the capital
city of Libya.
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New AMD CEO Faces Challenges in Mobile
Newly minted Advanced Micro Devices CEO Rory Read faces a
challenge in turning around the company's mobile strategy to wage
a competitive battle against rivals...
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HP TouchPad Fire Sale Is a Recipe for Tablet Success
HP created massive demand for the TouchPad with a $99 fire sale
price that could have been a winning strategy for the tablet had
HP used this approach when launching the device.
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Don't Panic! Jobs Is Out as CEO, But Apple Is Still Apple
The news of Steve Jobs resignation as Apple CEO has caused many
to have post-traumatic flashbacks of Jobs' last departure, and
serious concern for the future of the iconic tech giant.
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Researchers See Improvements in Breakaway Zeus Malware
A dangerous piece of malicious code responsible for stealing
money from online bank accounts is being updated with new
functions after its source code was leaked...
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AMD Hires Ex-Lenovo Exec Rory Read as New CEO
After months of hunting, Advanced Micro Devices on Thursday said
it hired Lenovo executive Rory Read as its new CEO as the chip
maker looks to grow in the mobile...
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Post-riot, UK Government Halts Talk of Social Media Shutdown
The U.K. government met on Thursday with technology companies for
a post-mortem on the violent riots earlier this month, but made
clear from the onset that it...
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