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It is vital that the tech industry raises awareness of the scale of the problem of junk e-mail, industry experts said.
Phishing scams work on an embarrasingly low percentage of users -- but apparently that's enough to keep them profitable.
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It's been a while since Internet Explorer faced a worthy opponent, but Mozilla Firefox seems to be one that could make a serious dent in Microsoft's browser dominance.
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