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Article | 15/05/2008 FAQ: Windows XP SP3 reboot hell (and how to get out of it)
Microsoft's having a tough year with reboots. First it was a reboot ad infinitum in February, brought on by a flawed update to Windows Vista. Now the ...
Article | 14/05/2008 Icy encryption tool protects laptops from "cold boot" attack, vendor says
The vendor HyBlue says it can prevent the "cold boot" encryption hack discovered by Princeton researchers with a laptop security product announced Tue...
Article | 12/05/2008 Vista as insecure as Windows 2000
Good news for users of Windows Vista. According to figures compiled by PC Tools, the OS has experienced only slightly more vulnerabilities than Window...
Article | 12/05/2008 Windows Vista more secure than XP, says security company
Microsoft's Windows Vista is 37 per cent more secure than its Windows XP ancestor, a security vendor claimed Friday, a rate it hinted was disappointin...
Article | 9/05/2008 Judge slaps TorrentSpy with $111M damages
A US judge has ruled on a nearly US$111 million copyright-infringement decision against TorrentSpy.com, the BitTorrent peer-to-peer search site.
Article | 9/05/2008 Four Microsoft security patches due next week
Microsoft plans to fix critical bugs in its Word, Publisher and Jet database software next week.
Article | 7/05/2008 Trojan adware hiding in MP3s, McAfee says
Adware pushers have found a new way to trick you into downloading their annoying products: fake MP3 files.
Article | 30/04/2008 Phishing scam mimics NSW fraud squad to snare victims
A telephone phishing scam, which purports to come from the NSW Police Force, has surfaced in NSW over the past 24 hours.
Article | 29/04/2008 Payment fraud moves to Internet in Europe, says Commission
Despite recent efforts to clamp down on electronic payments fraud, the crime is still rife and is undermining citizens' confidence in buying and selli...
Article | 21/04/2008 Chinese blogs detail zero-day flaw in Microsoft Works
Chinese-language blogs are detailing a zero-day vulnerability in Microsoft Works, the company's lower-end office productivity suite, according to secu...
Article | 18/04/2008 Mozilla patches Firefox JavaScript bug
Mozilla on Wednesday patched a single critical security vulnerability in the JavaScript engine of Firefox, updating the open-source browser to Version...
Article | 14/04/2008 Report: ActiveX, QuickTime are buggiest browser plug-ins
ActiveX controls accounted for an overwhelming majority of all browser plug-in vulnerabilities in the second half of 2007, Symantec said this week in ...
Article | 14/04/2008 Bot breaks Hotmail's CAPTCHA in 6 seconds
A new bot can crack defenses erected by Microsoft to keep spammers from creating large numbers of accounts on its Live Hotmail service within seconds,...
Article | 11/04/2008 feeBay: eBay mandates PayPal for all payments
eBay is using its massive market share to lock users into paying for purchases through its fee-based PayPal service.
Article | 9/04/2008 Malware count blows past 1M mark
Symantec's malware tally topped 1 million for the first time in the second half of 2007 as the number of new malicious code threats skyrocketed, the c...
Article | 7/04/2008 Will Microsoft deliver Windows 7 next year?
Microsoft has dropped two strong hints in the past two days that the next version of its Windows operating system will arrive in 2009, shaving up to a...
Article | 7/04/2008 Windows 7 in 2009?
Still upset about Windows Vista? Don't worry. According to Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates, it should all be over soon.
Article | 7/04/2008 IDF - Intel to release anti-theft technology for laptops
Intel plans to release an anti-theft technology for laptops during the fourth quarter of this year, but the company isn't offering many details yet.
Article | 4/04/2008 Men fall harder than women for Internet fraud, study finds
When it comes to being taken in by Internet fraudsters, men have a knack for losing cash, according to a new report from the Internet Crime Complaint ...
Article | 2/04/2008 Virgin Media targets illegal music file sharers in the UK
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