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Security Secrets the Bad Guys Don't Want You to Know

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July 19, 2010
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Security Secrets the Bad Guys Don't Want You to Know Rogue scripts, fake antivirus programs, and infected PDFs: Defend yourself against the Web's most insidious threats.
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Apple iPad Launches In 9 More Countries Friday Apple's iPad goes on sale in nine new countries including Austria, Belgium, Hong Kong, Ireland, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand and Singapore starting this week.
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Dell Offering Free Web Browser Security Tool Dell, through its Kace unit, is making available free Web browser security software that works by creating a protective "sandbox" on the desktop to isolate the...
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Apple's Antenna Claims Bogus, Say HTC, RIM, and Nokia Smartphone makers are blasting Apple over CEO Steve Jobs claimed its competitors suffered the same type of antenna issues as the iPhone 4.
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Can Windows Phone 7 Save Microsoft's Mobile Bacon? Microsoft is turning up the volume on its upcoming phone, Windows Phone 7. But will the phone right the wrongs of Microsoft's mobile disaster: Kin?
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Sharp Unveils 100GB Blu-ray Disc New discs, drives are the first to support BDXL specs, but rewritable 100GB and write-once 128GB BDXL will follow.
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Windows 'Shortcut' Attack Code Goes Public A security researcher on Sunday published a working exploit of a critical Windows vulnerability, making it more likely that attacks will spread.
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Facebook Expected to Claim Half Billion Mark this Week User Stories page will collect tales to commemorate Facebook's milestone.
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Rackspace, NASA Team up on Cloud Launch Partners donate code to the open-source project to promote development of cloud apps.
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Seagate GoFlex Brings Cheap, Versatile Storage to Small Business The new Seagate GoFlex Home drives are a cost-effective, flexible storage solution for small businesses, as well as the home consumer market.
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Nokia Siemens Acquires Motorola Unit to Expand Wireless Networking Presence With the purchase of Motorola's wireless networking equipment unit, Nokia Siemens Networks jumps to the number three position in the United States and is poised to take advantage of the exploding wireless communications market.
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Wet Tech: 5 Underwater Gadgets for Summer Here is a gallery of awesome tech for the pool, the beach, and 20,000 leagues under the sea.
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Security Secrets the Bad Guys Don't Want You to Know You already know the basics of internet security, right?
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Wi-Fi Puts Windblown California Islands on the Web The Farallon Islands off San Francisco now have broadband, thanks to a point-to-point Wi-Fi link.
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Graphene Cuts Battery Recharge Times Smartphones or laptops could recharge in a matter of minutes if lithium-ion batteries are equipped with special graphene material from Vorbeck.
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RackSpace's OpenStack Targets Cloud Lock-in Rackspace's contribution of code to a new open-source project called OpenStack could help establish a counterweight to larger and proprietary players like...
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Seagate GoFlex Home Aims to Broaden Network Storage New drive strives to make sharing a drive easy.
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Droid X vs. the Droid: Key Differences Emerge Although Motorola's Droid X and Droid smartphones bear similar names, they are very different devices.
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Windows Phone 7 'Preview' Winning Good Reviews The newest release of the Windows Phone 7 software, now on prototype handsets, is getting good reviews.
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