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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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Was this the E-Mail that Took Down RSA?
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UK Charges Another Alleged Anonymous Member
A 22-year-old student is the latest in a series of arrests of
alleged hackers.
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Banks Blocking More Fraudulent Money Transfers From Hijacked
Business Accounts
Cybercriminals increasingly are targeting business bank accounts
to set up fake money transfers. But the good news is, banks seem
to be getting better at...
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Mozilla Defends "rapid Release" of Firefox Versions
The release of a version of the Firefox browser every six weeks
is found to be disconcerting, and at times potentially
unmanageable by enterprises, the chair of...
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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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Google+, Day 18: Hanging Out on Google+ Hangouts
Google+ Hangouts let you spark up a video chat with a group of
Google+ users. Today I am taking a look at how the Hangouts work,
and what sort of pitfalls or limitations the feature has.
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Residents Cut Energy Bills 11% in Smart Meter Test
Some residents of a small town in Iowa have cut their electricity
use by 11 percent in a test that combines smart meters with
cloud-based data analytics.
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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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NoSQL Offers Users Scalability, Flexibility, Speed
Users of NoSQL databases and data processing frameworks such as
CouchDB and Hadoop are deploying these new technologies for their
speed, scalability and...
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Heroku Branches out to Include Java Apps
Heroku, the platform-as-a-service provider bought last year by
Salesforce.com, announced Thursday that it will begin supporting
applications written in Java.
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Post-Jobs, Apple Needs to Open Up
A new CEO means a new opportunity to catch up with an
increasingly transparent and open world.
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Symantec Norton AntiVirus 2011
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Scariest IPv6 Attack Scenarios
Experts are reporting a rise in the number of attacks that take
advantage of known vulnerabilities of IPv6.
http://lm.pcworld.com/t/3226404/65384188/235212/0/
Was this the E-Mail that Took Down RSA?
A booby-trapped Excel spreadsheet may not be the most
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into one of the most respected computer security companies on the
planet.
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Spotify Brings the Music to Your Windows PC
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Sony Alpha A77 Is About to Beat DSLRs at Their Own Game
The translucent-mirror-equipped Sony Alpha A77 supports shooting
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