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Microsoft Releases Code for Multikernel OS – Barrelfish
Most of us are probably aware of Singularity, a research operating system out of Microsoft Research which explored a number of...

90 days ago

dralnuX | Topics: Microsoft, code, dralnuX, multikernel

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Officials blame virus for school cybertheft
A computer virus may be behind the theft of $350,000 from a northwest suburban school district.The money was taken from...

90 days ago

dralnuX | Topics: Hack, Security, cybertheft, dralnuX

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Manila to hold mock polls to test machines
The Philippines is holding mock polls in eight areas later this year to test the vulnerability of counting machines to be used...

90 days ago

dralnuX | Topics: Security, dralnuX, hold, machine

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Firefox to introduce Office-esque menu ribbon
Mozilla is taking Firefox down a new (and somewhat unexpected) road in the near future. Among the usual security and...

92 days ago

dralnuX | Topics: Internet, Web, dralnuX, firefox

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Adobe Launches Flash Platform Services
Adobe Systems has announced the availability of Adobe Flash Platform Services for Distribution, a new service that enables...

94 days ago

dralnuX | Topics: Internet, Web, Adobe, dralnuX

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Can Amazon be Wal-Mart of the Web?
The hum of 102 rooftop air conditioners and a chorus of beeping electric carts provide the acoustic backdrop in...

95 days ago

dralnuX | Topics: Web, amazon, dralnuX, wal-mart

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Google Ad Exchange Launch Expected Soon
Over at our sister blog, Clickz, Zachary Rodgers has some inside information that the anticipated display advertising exchange...

99 days ago

dralnuX | Topics: Google, ad, dralnuX

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Skype Wiretapping Trojan Publicly Released
The Swiss creator of a Skype Trojan that can intercept calls made using the VoIP program has released the Trojan’s source...

116 days ago

dralnuX | Topics: Security, dralnuX, public, skype

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Internet slowly wakes up to PayPal’s quiet fee hike
PayPal has generated its fair share of controversies over the years, but it has begun to stir up another one by adding new...

125 days ago

dralnuX | Topics: Internet, Web, dralnuX, fee

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Boot and run Linux from a USB flash memory stick
Carry a portable Linux version with you on a USB flash pen drive. Easily bring your portable desktop with you wherever you...

130 days ago

dralnuX | Topics: Linux, boot, dralnuX, flash

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IE 8 Beats Competition in Microsoft-sponsored Security Tests – UPDATED
Internet Explorer 8 blocked about four out of every five sites that attempt to trick visitors into downloading malicious...

132 days ago

dralnuX | Topics: Microsoft, Security, dralnuX, IE8

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Judge orders Microsoft to stop selling Word
A judge on Tuesday ordered Microsoft to stop selling Word, one of its premier products, in its current form due to patent...

132 days ago

dralnuX | Topics: Microsoft, dralnuX, selling, stop

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Google Chrome to reach v4 before Firefox? Work begins on Chromium 4.0
Version numbers probably mean more to the general public than to regulars at DownloadSquad. When it comes to Chrome, however,...

134 days ago

dralnuX | Topics: Google, Internet, Web, Chrome

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Java SE6 Update Fixes Exploit Linked to ActiveX Flaw
Java SE6 is set to receive what is being called “significant security patches.”The need for repair came after the...

136 days ago

dralnuX | Topics: Security, dralnuX, exploit, fixes

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UK national ID card cloned in 12 minutes
Computer expert Adam Laurie was hired to test the security that protects the information embedded in the chip on the...

136 days ago

dralnuX | Topics: Hack, dralnuX, ID, minutes

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McAfee Warns Spam, Trojans and Botnets Skyrocketing
Zombie penetration set a record for the second straight quarter this year. Spam jumped 80 percent from the previous period,...

147 days ago

dralnuX | Topics: News, Security, botnet, dralnuX

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Vulnerabilities Allow Attacker to Impersonate Any Website
LAS VEGAS — Two researchers examining the processes for issuing web certificates have uncovered vulnerabilities that would...

147 days ago

dralnuX | Topics: Hack, Security, attack, dralnuX

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Scanning for Malware Should Be an Outside Job
A few days ago, at WashingtonPost.com Brian Krebs blogged about businesses that had money stolen from them courtesy of malware...

150 days ago

dralnuX | Topics: Security, dralnuX, job, malware

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The Future of Cyber Security: Hackers Have Grown Up
Late last year, the software engineers developing a new Windows-based networking client confronted an all-too-common problem in...

150 days ago

dralnuX | Topics: Hack, Security, cyber, dralnuX

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Internet Hackers Steal $219K from City Bank Account
The city of Sherwood is missing thousands of dollars after internet hackers cracked into its bank account. The online theft has...

151 days ago

dralnuX | Topics: Hack, Internet, account, bank

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MS adds sandboxing to Office 2010
Microsoft has announced plans to introduce sandboxing technology with the next version of its Office suite.Office 2010 will...

151 days ago

dralnuX | Topics: Microsoft, adds, dralnuX, Office 2010

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Network Solutions Suffers Large Data Breach – 500k cards ripped
For nearly three months, malware planted by hackers on servers operated by Network Solutions intercepted more than 573,000...

151 days ago

dralnuX | Topics: Hack, Security, breach, data

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Techs caught red-handed hacking into customers’ laptops
Several computer repair outlets in the UK have been left red-faced after their employees were caught on camera hacking into...

151 days ago

dralnuX | Topics: Hack, caught, customer, dralnuX

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HP researchers develop browser-based darknet
Two researchers for Hewlett-Packard have created a browser-based darknet, an idea that could make it easier for businesses to...

151 days ago

dralnuX | Topics: Internet, Security, Web, browser

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Grand Theft Auto film all but ruled out
Dan Houser disbelieves open-world crime games could be turned into two-hour movie, says Rockstar would have to have creative...

153 days ago

dralnuX | Topics: Games, auto, dralnuX, film

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Microsoft releases Dryad concurrent-programming code
It’s been two years since Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates talked up Dryad, Microsoft’s concurrent-programming competitor to...

158 days ago

dralnuX | Topics: Microsoft, code, dralnuX, dryad

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Hackers who caused Internet failure arrested
Four suspects who allegedly caused an Internet failure in six provinces and autonomous regions of China on May 19 were arrested...

159 days ago

dralnuX | Topics: Hack, Internet, Security, arrested

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CEO of Antivirus Vendor AVG to Step Down
After two years at the job, the CEO of Dutch antivirus seller AVG Technologies is stepping down.AVG said Thursday that it is...

159 days ago

dralnuX | Topics: News, Security, antivirus, AVG

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PINs and passwords: Experts offer tips on how not to be an easy target
Experts agree: “1111″ is not a good PIN. The common banking customer generally does not use personal identification...

163 days ago

dralnuX | Topics: Security, dralnuX, easy, experts

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