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McAfee says Symantec 'lying'

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 7:54:00 EST

BOSTON: Security software maker McAfee rejected a claim that several large corporate customers had recently switched over to using products from rival Symantec Corp. Symantec Chief Financial Officer James Beer told Reuters in an interview that his

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Firefox 9.0.1 hangs when Visiting Youtube

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 7:43:00 EST

This problem has been a problem for me for such a long time now. Straight to the point. Whenever I visit You tube using Firefox, it just hangs and stops responding, after a while, it stops hanging and Firefox just goes ok but the video never loads, just

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Windows Phone 7.5 gets multiple Google Calendar sync, additional Gmail features

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 7:33:00 EST

Google's improved how its calendar and email services interact with Windows Phones running the Mango update. Users can now cram up to 25 different calendars into the Metro OS's built-in calendar app. The setup's not exactly seamless; you need to navigate

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Evi tops Android Apps of the Week (Appolicious)

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 7:30:00 EST

AP - The federal government's plan to expand computer security protections into critical parts of private industry is raising concerns that the move will threaten Americans' civil liberties.

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Symantec Corp Stock Upgraded (SYMC)

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 7:28:00 EST

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Symantec (Nasdaq:SYMC) has been upgraded by TheStreet Ratings from hold to buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, compelling growth in net income, attractive valuation levels,

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Close’n Forget Removes Active Sites From Firefox’s History

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 7:21:00 EST

You sometimes may want to erase traces of web pages that you have visited in the past. This is especially useful on multi-user systems where every user is sharing the same account and profile, but also for privacy conscious users who want to protect

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Intuit debuts EITC Finder app for lower, middle income taxpayers

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 7:15:00 EST

Summary: The Internal Revenue Service estimates that 20 to 25 percent of qualified workers fail to claim their Earned Income Tax Credit each year. It’s close to the end of January, and most of us should be receiving our W-2 forms and other tax-related

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Release of MacScan 2.9.2 protecting Mac OS X from malware and privacy threats

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 6:59:00 EST

SecureMac.com launched PrivacyScan, Privacy Protection for Your Mac, is now available on the Mac App Store. PrivacyScan protects online and offline privacy by shredding files that can be used to track your web browsing and computer usage. Going above and

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LexisNexis Enhances Lexis for Microsoft Office with Real-time Management of Quotes, Citations and Table of Authorities

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 6:54:00 EST

LexisNexis Legal & Professional introduced innovative new real-time legal writing management features within Lexis for Microsoft Office that dramatically increase the speed, productivity and confidence with which legal professionals prepare documents for

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Adobe's Lightroom 4 Beta Previewed

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 6:47:00 EST

http://www.dpreview.com/articles/74...-beta-whats-new"The Lightroom 4 beta introduces quite a list of features, including a completely new book-creation module, expanded support for video, soft proofing capability, and geo-tagging of still and video

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Symantec: Fiscal 3Q12 Financial Results

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 6:42:00 EST

Storage and server management 36% of total revenues, up 3% Y/Y (in US$ millions) 9 mo. 11 9 mo. 12 Net income (loss) For the Storage and Server Management Group only (without services) (in US$ millions) GAAP Revenues Symantec Corp. reported the results

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Microsoft Pays Nokia $250 Million For Supporting Windows Phone 7

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 6:41:00 EST

Finnish mobile phone manufacturer Nokia has released their quarterly revenue figures for last year, where it has come to light that Seattle based software developers Microsoft has paid Nokia a quarter of a billion dollars. Nokia announced in February

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Business Software Market Forecast in Latin America to 2013 - a new market research

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 6:29:00 EST

(live-PR.com) - Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report related to the Business Software industry is available in its catalogue. More information regarding this report:Business Software Market Forecast in Latin America to 2013

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Business Software Market Forecast in Greater China to 2013 - a new market research

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 6:29:00 EST

(live-PR.com) - Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report related to the Business Software industry is available in its catalogue. More information regarding this report:Business Software Market Forecast in Greater China to 2013

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Business Software Market Forecast in Japan to 2013 - a new market research

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 6:29:00 EST

(live-PR.com) - Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report related to the Business Software industry is available in its catalogue. More information regarding this report:Business Software Market Forecast in Japan to 2013

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Business Software Market Forecast in MEA to 2013 - a new market research

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 6:29:00 EST

(live-PR.com) - Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report related to the Business Software industry is available in its catalogue. More information regarding this report:Business Software Market Forecast in MEA to 2013

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Business Software Market Forecast in South Korea to 2013 - a new market research

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 6:29:00 EST

(live-PR.com) - Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report related to the Business Software industry is available in its catalogue. More information regarding this report:Business Software Market Forecast in South Korea to 2013

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Business Software Market Forecast in Rest of Asia to 2013 - a new market research

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 6:29:00 EST

(live-PR.com) - Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report related to the Business Software industry is available in its catalogue. More information regarding this report:Business Software Market Forecast in Rest of Asia to 2013

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Business Software Market Forecast in Americas to 2013 - a new market research

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 6:29:00 EST

(live-PR.com) - Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report related to the Business Software industry is available in its catalogue. More information regarding this report:Business Software Market Forecast in Americas to 2013

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Business Software Market Forecast in APAC to 2013 - a new market research

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 6:29:00 EST

(live-PR.com) - Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report related to the Business Software industry is available in its catalogue. More information regarding this report:Business Software Market Forecast in APAC to 2013

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Global Business Software Market Forecast to 2013 - a new market research

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 6:29:00 EST

(live-PR.com) - Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report related to the Business Software industry is available in its catalogue. More information regarding this report:Global Business Software Market Forecast to 2013

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Business Software Market Forecast in EMEA to 2013 - a new market research

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 6:29:00 EST

(live-PR.com) - Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report related to the Business Software industry is available in its catalogue. More information regarding this report:Business Software Market Forecast in EMEA to 2013

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Symantec shines – except for EMEA

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 6:28:00 EST

It’s been a rather mixed week for Symantec with some of the shine taken off of its (mostly) excellent Q3 results when it had to advise PCAnywhere users to disable the software because source code theft had opened up vulnerabilities. And a decline in

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Windows Phone 7.5 gets multiple Google Calendar sync, additional Gmail features

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 6:26:00 EST

Google's improved how its calendar and email services interact with Windows Phones running the Mango update . Users can now cram up to 25 different calendars into the Metro OS's built-in calendar app. The setup's not exactly seamless; you need to

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Symantec publishes pcAnywhere security recommendations

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 6:19:00 EST

In the middle of last week, Symantec admitted[1] that the source code for a number of its products, including pcAnywhere, was stolen in 2006. Now the company has published a white paper[2] in which it warns against using the remote PC control software at

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Google finally adds multiple calendar support for Windows Phone 7.5

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 6:09:00 EST

WP7 users have long been unable to access shared calendars on their smartphones, but the wait is now over. (Credit: Microsoft)You'll now be able tosync your shared third-party Google calendars on your Windows Phone 7.5 devices. We had previously

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Employer 1099 MISC Form Software for 2011 / 2012 Tax Season Now Ready for Download from W2Mate.com

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 6:03:00 EST

Employer 1099 software developer, Real Business Solutions (http://www.W2Mate.com) reminds US businesses of the 2012 deadline for mailing 1099-MISC forms to vendors, freelancers and subcontractors. The software maker also invites business filers to try

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Symantec urges users to disable pcAnywhere

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 5:46:00 EST

Symantec is recommending that users of its pcAnywhere software disable the product following the theft of source code from the US computer security firm. "At this time, Symantec recommends disabling the product until Symantec releases a final set of

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DELL,OPTIPLEX 745, SFF, D945 DUAL CORE, 3.4 GHZ, DDR2, 1.0 GB, 40GB+, CD, GB NIC, WINXP PRO COA

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 5:42:00 EST

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Topaz Labs launches Topaz Star Effects Photoshop Plug-in for enhancing light sources

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 5:41:00 EST

3 minutes ago, 5:38am (ET) 01/27/2012 M2 Topaz Labs, a Texas based privately owned company that provides advanced image and video enhancement technology, announced on Thursday that it has released a new a Photoshop Plug-in, Topaz Star Effects, a star

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Don't use our software, says Symantec

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 5:34:00 EST

New York - Security firm Symantec is advising customers to disable one of its products, after hackers revealed the theft of the underlying code powering the software earlier this month. The security firm said the theft occurred in 2006, compromising

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Release of MacScan 2.9.2 protecting Mac OS X from malware and privacy threats

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 5:20:00 EST

SecureMac.com launched PrivacyScan, Privacy Protection for Your Mac, is now available on the Mac App Store. PrivacyScan protects online and offline privacy by shredding files that can be used to track your web browsing and computer usage. Going above and

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Don't use our software, says Symantec

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 5:09:00 EST

Security firm Symantec is advising customers to disable one of its products, after hackers revealed the theft of the underlying code powering the software earlier this month. Security firm Symantec is advising customers to disable one of its products,

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Compare Microsoft Office To Free Alternatives

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 5:06:00 EST

In the early days of the personal computing popularity wave, the only software available was what came on the Microsoft disk or what was available at retail, usually published by Microsoft or Microsoft sponsored partners. This limitation meant that

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Windows 7 Adoption Driving Business Growth at Avecto

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 2:39:00 EST

/PRNewswire/ -- Avecto, the world leader in Windows Privilege Management, today announced that the increasing migration of organizations to Windows 7, is a key driving factor for boosting year end results upward by 200% on 2010. Tony Bolland, CEO said

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Windows 7 Adoption Driving Business Growth at Avecto

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 0:59:00 EST

-- Avecto, the world leader in Windows Privilege Management, today announced that the increasing migration of organizations to Windows 7, is a key driving factor for boosting year end results upward by 200% on 2010. Tony Bolland, CEO said "Organizations

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Windows 7 boot screen changed?

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 23:53:00 EST

This isn't really effecting my PC at all but you know the "starting windows..." screen that shows up when booting Windows 7 with the different color orbs? Well recently when I boot up Windows 7 displays a vista like loading screen seen here

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Google Sync for Windows Phone 7.5 gets support for multiple calendars

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 23:21:00 EST

Windows Phone users with a packed schedule rejoice! Google has just added support for multiple calendars when using Google Sync on Windows Phone 7.5. Rather than be limited to just 1, you can now sync up to 25 Google Calendars with the Windows Phone

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Google Sync now supports multiple calendars for Windows Phone 7.5

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 22:30:00 EST

If you're a Windows Phone user who uses Google Calendar for your scheduling needs, you've probably been frustrated with the lack of support for multiple calendars. Thankfully, it looks like you don't have a reason to be angry anymore as Google announced

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Windows 7 migration process has a few holes

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 22:16:00 EST

Page 1 of 2 A company named Zinstall is attempting to plug a product by the same name which is used for PC migrations in businesses. But in the accompanying document, which provides details of the process, there are surprising lacunae. The nine-page

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Facebook takes on 'clickjacking' spammers in court (Reuters)

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 22:05:58 EST

Appolicious - There’s been a second wave of Siri clones on the rise this week, with the launch of Evi gaining plenty of attention. While Android users seek their own version of the popular iPhone 4S artificial intelligence assistant, Evi, SimSimi and others have continued to gain traction in the Android Market. Lookout Labs unveiled a great app for visualizing mobile security threats, giving you deeper insight to malware behavior over time. Apartments.com also broke out with an Android app this week, joining the top real estate resources in the Market.

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:-)Medialink – Wireless N USB Adapter – 802.11n – 150Mbps – 2.4ghz – Windows 2000 / 2003 / XP 32-Bit and 64-Bit / Vista 32-Bit and 64-Bit / Windows 7 32-Bit and 64-Bit Compatible

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 18:52:00 EST

Wireless – click on the image below for more information. Compatible With Any Brand 802.11g or 802.11n Router Using 2.4ghz Wavelength Simplified One Click Wi-Fi Installation Microsoft WHQL Certified Docking Station Included with Attached 3ft USB

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Vista Support Expands Project Services Team to Meet Huge Increase in Customer Demand

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:32:00 EST

: Leading independent retail IT services specialist, Vista Support has responded to the substantial growth in customer demand by quadrupling the size of its dedicated Project Services team. The existing team will expand with the addition of a further

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Take control of the Windows 7 New menu with ShellMenuNew

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:17:00 EST

Takeaway: Greg Shultz examines the utility ShellMenuNew and shows you how to use it to take back control of the Windows 7 New menu. In recent articles, I’ve shown you how to take back control of Windows 7’s Context and Open With menus using the free

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Google Now Supports Multiple Calendars on Windows Phone 7.5

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:06:00 EST

Google announced today that it has finally added explicit support for multiple calendars in Windows Phone 7.5. So if you're using Google Calendar on Windows Phone, it's now much easier to access all of your calendars and not just the primary calendar as

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Windows 7 Adoption Driving Business Growth at Avecto

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:35:00 EST

/PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Avecto, the world leader in Windows Privilege Management, today announced that the increasing migration of organizations to Windows 7, is a key driving factor for boosting year end results upward by 200% on 2010. Tony Bolland,

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How to Prevent Over-Heating of a Laptop in Windows 7

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:35:00 EST

This is definitely the most common search phrase by Laptop users, including myself.  There might be ninety nine tricks available out on the net which claim that they help prevent overheating. But this hundredth tip is really worth trying (it helped my

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Google improves Calendar and Gmail sync with Windows Phone 7.5 smartphones

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:22:00 EST

Google has improved its Google Calendar syncing with Windows Phone 7.5 smartphones, now allowing users to easily select multiple calendars to sync with their devices. Prior to this, users had to rely on using a mobile Safari browser on an iPhone or iPad

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Speed up Windows 7

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:12:00 EST

How to improve the performance of your Windows 7 computer Here are a few ways you can improve the performance of your Windows 7 system. 1. Upgrade or change your anti-virus software. 2. Don't run more than one kind of anti-virus software. 3. Check the

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Windows 7 Adoption Driving Business Growth at Avecto

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:52:00 EST

Avecto, the world leader in Windows Privilege Management, today announced that the increasing migration of organizations to Windows 7, is a key driving factor for boosting year end results upward by 200% on 2010. Tony Bolland, CEO said "Organizations of

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Five Little Known Windows 7 Features

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:41:00 EST

So, you think you know Windows 7 inside and out? Think again! In this week’s blog post, I am going to show you five little known Windows 7 features you may have never even heard of.#1...

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Annabelle Candy, Maker of Rock Road® and Abba Zaba®, Goes Solar; Santa Clara based commercial solar PV integrator, Vista Solar, recently installed a 438 kW rooftop installation for Annabelle Candy in Hayward, CA.

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 13:36:00 EST

Annabelle Candy of Hayward California announced the installation of a new PV Solar system at their Hayward facility. Annabelle's new solar installation will offset over 90% of the factory's current electricity expense. In the first year alone, Annabelle

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Longhorn Solar Rolls Out $1 Per-Watt Solar Rebate Program For Bluebonnet Electric Cooperative Customers in 14 Cities Across Central Texas That Want to Go Solar and Save Thousands Per Year on Bluebonnet Electric Bills; The Longhorn Solar Rebate Program Wil

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 13:36:00 EST

Longhorn Solar (www.longhornsolar.com) announced that due to the heavy demand from Bluebonnet customers at the recent Austin Home and Garden Show, the Company has decided to roll out its $1 per-watt solar rebate program to more than fourteen new Texas

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Cheap Windows Phone 7 apps: The gap in the market worth a fortune to developers

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 13:25:00 EST

I’ve bought myself a Windows Phone. I love the phone and I love the operating system, but there’s one major fault with Microsoft’s silky OS that I just can’t get over: the horrifically over-priced apps. When you look at the Marketplace as a

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Snake '97 for Windows Phone 7.5 brings classic Nokia gaming to modern Lumia handsets

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 13:01:00 EST

It wasn't the first by about two decades, but to most, the one true version of Snake was found on late-90s Nokia cellphones. One Amsterdam-based developer decided to try and recreate that magic — the result of which is Snake '97 for Windows Phone 7.5.

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Vista Support Expands Project Services Team to Meet Huge Increase in Customer Demand

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:56:00 EST

IT services specialist quadruples size of dedicated project services team in providing consistent market-leading service quality all-year round Cardiff, 26 January 2012: Leading independent retail IT services specialist, Vista Support has responded to

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Windows 7 Adoption Driving Business Growth at Avecto

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:48:00 EST

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Symantec profit, forecast in line with estimates (Reuters)

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:34:25 EST

Reuters - Facebook and the state of Washington sued a company on Thursday they accused of a practice called "clickjacking" that fools users of the world's top social network into visiting advertising sites, divulging personal information and spreading the scam to friends.

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ThreatMetrix: Mobile buying less risky than desktop this holiday season (Digital Trends)

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:30:12 EST

Reuters - Symantec Corp, the top maker of computer security software, reported a higher quarterly profit and issued an outlook in line with Wall Street estimates.

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Megaupload founder joked about his 'hacker' past (AP)

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 8:10:35 EST

Digital Trends - Cybercrime prevention solution provider ThreatMetrix has released their assessment of the risk levels associated with online commerce transactions during the 2011 holiday season, and finds on average mobile transactions were less risky overall than transactions conducted from desktop (or notebook) computers. From businesses’ point of view, this means that mobile transactions might be less chancy than traditional online sales; for consumers, it might mean that businesses increasingly try to shift online purchasing to mobile platforms as a way to reduce their risk.

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Nokia fined for spam texts in Australia (Reuters)

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 5:01:04 EST

Megaupload.com employees Bram van der Kolk, also known as Bramos, left, Finn Batato,second from left,  Mathias Ortmann and founder, former CEO and current chief innovation officer of Megaupload.com Kim Dotcom (also known as Kim Schmitz and Kim Tim Jim Vestor), right, appear in North Shore District Court in Auckland, New Zealand, Friday, Jan. 20, 2012. The four appeared in court in relation to arrests made to Megaupload.com, which is linked to a U.S. investigation into international copyright infringement and money laundering. (AP Photo/Greg Bowker, New Zealand Herald) NEW ZEALAND OUT, AUSTRALIA OUTAP - Two years ago, Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom joked in emails with his new neighbors in New Zealand about his bad-boy reputation before telling them his criminal past was behind him and he was coming to the country with good intentions.

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McAfee patches flaw that turned protected systems into spam relays (Digital Trends)

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:50:24 EST

Reuters - Australian regulators have fined Nokia, the world's largest cellphone maker by volume, A$55,000 ($58,000) for spamming customers and said the Finnish company should change its text message (SMS) marketing.

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McAfee software bug could turn customers' PCs into spam servers (Reuters)

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 0:03:27 EST

Digital Trends - Security software is an everyday necessity for most people, especially Windows users, businesses, and enterprises. But one of the ironies of security software is that, once in a while, it turns out to be the source of security problems all by itself. The latest instance involves McAfee’s SaaS Total Protection suite, a cloud-based solution designed to provide comprehensive email and and Web filtering along with centralized security management for businesses and organizations. However, McAfee has just had to issue an update to the service to block a flaw that could let attackers execute code on protected machines, and to fix another problem that could potentially enable attackers to turn protected systems into spam relays.

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Virus infections stop after suspects named (Reuters)

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 20:53:25 EST

Reuters - Anti-virus software maker McAfee warned that a flaw in one of its products could make customers' PCs vulnerable to attacks in which hackers used their computers to distribute spam.

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U.S. charges Russian father and son with cyber fraud (Reuters)

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 19:08:20 EST

Reuters - One of the most common sources of computer intrusions has stopped infecting new machines after security researchers working with Facebook released the names of five suspected ringleaders.

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Google's 'Good to Know' campaign: Public service announcement or just PR? (Digital Trends)

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 19:01:47 EST

Reuters - U.S. authorities on Tuesday unsealed criminal charges accusing a father and son team, both Russian citizens, of hacking into U.S. bank accounts and illegally snatching credit card numbers and stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars.

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Symantec says hackers stole source code in 2006 (Reuters)

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 14:01:19 EST

Digital Trends - Google has launched a new “Good to Know” campaign, offering simple tips on how users can maintain their online security and privacy and stay safe while they’re using Google services as well as the Internet in general. The Good to Know campaign spans both the online and traditional media world: Google has put up a website with its tips, but will also be running ads in newspapers and buying sign space in places like New York City. The idea is to educate even non-technical users on the basics of cyber-security, so they’re less likely to become victims of online scams, account hijacking, or other forms of fraud.

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Google tackles online privacy in unusual ad blitz (AP)

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 0:03:11 EST

Reuters - Symantec Corp said a 2006 breach led to the theft of the source code to its flagship Norton security software, reversing its previous position that it had not been hacked.

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Israel rattled as hackers hit bourse, banks, El Al (Reuters)

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 11:18:07 EST

Mashable - As hacks go, Zappos's attack over the past weekend could have been a lot worse. If you're one of the estimated 24 million affected Zappos or 6PM.com (an affiliate site) customers, you can take solace in the fact that only the last four digits of your credit card number have been compromised. Likewise, as Zappos CEO Tony Hseih explained in an email to customers on Sunday, hackers stole a cryptographically scrambled version of users' passwords, not the actual password.

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Hacker says to release full Norton Antivirus code on Tuesday (Reuters)

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 11:08:51 EST

AP - Google is focusing on the importance of protecting personal information in an unusual marketing campaign for a company that has been blasted for its own online privacy lapses and practices.

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Hacked Zappos Customers: Beware Phishing Scams (Mashable)

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 10:43:42 EST

Reuters - A hacker who goes by the name of "Yama Tough" threatened Saturday to release next week the full source code for Symantec Corp's flagship Norton Antivirus software.

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White House comments on SOPA, won't support harmful legislation (Digital Trends)

Sun, 15 Jan 2012 11:23:15 EST

Reuters - Hackers disrupted online access to the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, El Al Airlines and three banks on Monday in what the government described as a cyber-offensive against Israel.

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San Fran college's computer network compromised (AP)

Fri, 13 Jan 2012 20:02:07 EST

Digital Trends - Yesterday brought some good news for opponents of the Stop Online Piracy Act, or SOPA, and other in-process legislation intended for use as a weapon against cyber-criminals. The official online voice of the White House ran a lengthy blog post detailing “what the Administration will support—and what we will not support” if/when bills like SOPA and PIPA pass through Congress and land on President Barack Obama’s Oval Office desk.

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New Sykipot variant targets Pentagon smart cards (Digital Trends)

Fri, 13 Jan 2012 14:53:06 EST

AP - The computer networks of a San Francisco community college have been infected with software viruses that illegally transmitted personal data from students and employees overseas, school officials said Friday.

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