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  • NSA plays 'war games' to teach network security

    The National Security Agency may be known for its stealthy eavesdropping techniques, but it's going public with advice for how to train a new generation to defend against computer threats.

  • Irate users want faster bug alerts

    A study shows that most corporate software users want software flaws made public within a week--whether developers are ready to fix them or not. Is it revenge they're after?

  • Training the cyberwar troops

    Military cadets attempt to defend computer networks in cyberwar games staged to mimic attacks by foreign intruders. What security lessons are there to learn at the anti-hacking boot camp?

  • Indian Police Academy serves up phishing site

    The SVP Indian Police Academy was yesterday notified that it was hosting a phishing site posing as the Bank of America.

  • Machines to terminate human intellect

    Machine intelligence will catch up with that of humans and begin to overtake it in the next two decades, a visionary scientist has predicted.

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  • India 2.0: Yahoo sees development potential

    In October, Yahoo ran an Open Hack Day event in Bangalore, hosted by one of the company's co-founders, David Filo. Two hundred local developers were invited to a 24-hour code-a-thon to combine their own ideas with mashed-up services from Yahoo's own library of APIs.

  • Scientists: Fight flaws with laws

    A group of scientists is arguing that software makers should take legal responsibility for security flaws in their products.

  • Professor gives Cisco manual away for free

    Computing instructor Matt Basham's suggestions for improving Cisco Systems' official training manuals fell on deaf ears for years. But he appears to have the networking giant's attention now.

  • Ten ways to troubleshoot a slow PC

    Over time, users begin to notice that their system is slow or that it hangs. While the possibilities for system slowdown are endless, we identify 10 common troubleshooting areas to examine before you suggest to management that it's time for an upgrade.

  • IBM exit a sign of times

    Big Blue's plan to sell its PC unit to China's Lenovo Group (formerly known as Legend) would be the latest example of a move toward consolidation as the market reaches maturity.

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  • Ten ways to troubleshoot a slow PC

    Over time, users begin to notice that their system is slow or that it hangs. While the possibilities for system slowdown are endless, we identify 10 common troubleshooting areas to examine before you suggest to management that it's time for an upgrade.

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