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  • Windows flaw threatens PC services

    Microsoft is urging Windows users to update their systems to patch a vulnerability that corrupts the digital certificates used in network services

  • Media Player flaw peels open PC security

    Microsoft warned Windows Media Player users on Wednesday that a flaw in the way the application handles the download of "skins," or interface colors and motifs, could allow an attacker to take over a victim's PC.

  • Is that a PC in your pocket?

    Regardless of recent advances in portability, many of us are still searching for the seemingly impossible: a mobile phone, PDA, and PC all rolled into one small pocketable item. Will this ever exist?

  • Another Internet Explorer flaw found

    A computer science researcher has highlighted the shortcomings of Microsoft's latest patch for its Internet Explorer browser by identifying another way that online vandals could run malicious programs on a Web surfer's computer.

  • Zombie PCs being sent to steal IDs

    Bot nets, collections of compromised computers controlled by a single person or group, have become more pervasive and increasingly focused on identity theft and installing spyware, according to a Honeynet Project report.

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  • Is that a PC in your pocket?

    Regardless of recent advances in portability, many of us are still searching for the seemingly impossible: a mobile phone, PDA, and PC all rolled into one small pocketable item. Will this ever exist?

  • Hackers turn attention to Apple's OS

    Hackers are increasingly focusing on Apple's Mac OS X, and the number of newly discovered vulnerabilities has surged. Such a switch could mean big implications for Apple's user base, which has traditionally not had to concern itself too much over security.

  • Another Internet Explorer flaw found

    A computer science researcher has highlighted the shortcomings of Microsoft's latest patch for its Internet Explorer browser by identifying another way that online vandals could run malicious programs on a Web surfer's computer.

  • Windows flaw threatens PC services

    Microsoft is urging Windows users to update their systems to patch a vulnerability that corrupts the digital certificates used in network services.

  • Microsoft details new security plan

    Microsoft will focus on adding new security technologies to its products, educating its customers and improving its process of releasing patches, CEO Steve Ballmer pledged on Thursday.

Reviews (8)

  • Is that a PC in your pocket?

    Regardless of recent advances in portability, many of us are still searching for the seemingly impossible: a mobile phone, PDA, and PC all rolled into one small pocketable item. Will this ever exist?

  • Sony SNC-DF80P

    This is an intelligent day/night network mini-dome camera that offers a good range of features for its price.

  • Microsoft releases monthly security fixes

    Microsoft released its first monthly security update on Wednesday, following a new schedule that attempts to ease the load on overburdened system administrators.

  • Two-headed hard drive aims for security

    A Japanese start-up has come up with a mutant piece of hardware that it says may deliver "perfect security" for Web servers: a two-headed hard drive.

  • BlackICE Defender

    Connected 24/7? BlackICE Defender, the firewall for the rest of us, will keep hackers at bay.

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