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    The findings of a report that commended the privacy policies of search engine providers such as Google, Microsoft and Yahoo, has been slammed as bias because of potentially conflicting financial arrangements with the report's publisher.

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    Pressure is growing for new rules to curtail malicious programs known as spyware, once again raising a vexing problem for the Internet age: Can software risks be regulated into submission?

  • Antispyware vendors come under fire

    Some antispyware companies are using deceptive practices and "hijacked" Web browsers to scare Net consumers into buying their products, a leading Internet public interest group told federal regulators on Wednesday.

  • Spyware cures may cause more harm

    Web surfers battling "spyware" face a new problem: So-called spyware-killing programs that install the same kind of unwanted advertising software they promise to erase.

  • Study suggests spam-stopping tricks

    Want to stop spammers from clogging your in-box with get-rich-quick schemes, invitations from hot girls and Nigerian money-laundering antics?

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  • Joe Biden's tech voting record

    US vice presidential candidate Joe Biden has a mixed record on technology, spending most of his Senate career allied with the FBI and copyright holders. His anti-privacy legislation was actually responsible for the creation of PGP.

  • How to configure a new Cisco router

    When it comes to configuring a new Cisco router, much of the configuration depends on what type of router it is as well as the purpose it will serve. However, every administrator has his or her own list of commands they use to configure every router "just right." This week, David Davis shares his own list of 10 commands to configure on every router.

  • Hello phone, farewell e-mail?

    A recent global study by industry analyst Meta Group revealed that 80 percent of the businesses surveyed preferred e-mail over the telephone as a business communication tool.

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  • Spyware cures may cause more harm

    Web surfers battling "spyware" face a new problem: So-called spyware-killing programs that install the same kind of unwanted advertising software they promise to erase.

  • And then there was light

    Ultra thin and still ultra fast. For this review we received eight notebooks in total. We also ended up receiving a few notebooks that scraped under 2.5kg which was our limit.

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