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Paris Hilton busted by Twitter pic? - Despite claiming a rather nifty Chanel bag containing cocaine was not hers, it seems the dazzling socialite tweeted a picture of a bag that looks spectacularly similar more than a month ago.
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NASA planning mission to visit the sun - Space agency hopes to send a spacecraft into the solar atmosphere by 2018.
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IETF: AT&T's Net neutrality claim is 'misleading' - A few days after AT&T said its push toward "paid prioritization" of network traffic is backed by technical standards, the Internet's primary standards body disagrees.
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Here come 'Hurt Locker' file-sharing subpoenas - Film's producers subpoena Qwest Communications for Denver man's records, apparently overcoming legal challenges in their pursuit of alleged file sharers.
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Google's Schmidt mocked in Times Square ads - Consumer Watchdog produced two cartoony ads slamming Google CEO Eric Schmidt as part of an effort to build support for a "do not track" list.
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Audit finds PG&E smart meters accurate - However, the utility's customer service is faulty, according to an independent review of the controversial yet pioneering smart-meter program.
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Facebook adds new remote log-out security feature - Facebook users who log in from multiple devices will soon have a way to make sure they are only logged in on the computer they are currently using.
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Acer comes back down to earth, Dell rises - Fastest-growing PC company of the last few years stumbles during the second quarter. Observers say it has to do with Acer's reliance on notebook sales as desktops gain.
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More evidence that light at night ups cancer risk - New research out of the University of Haifa shows a clear link between light at night and cancer in mice, with the suppression of melatonin playing a key role.
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Toshiba recalls 41,000 laptops for overheating - The Consumer Product Safety Commission says 129 cases of Toshiba Satellite laptops melting from overheating have been reported, but no major injuries.
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Apple's Ping seems half-baked at launch - A scanty selection of artists to follow and missed opportunities to encourage user interaction are among the early problems.
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Gadget makers show their stuff in Berlin (roundup) - At the huge IFA consumer electronics show, the big names in tech show off their newest wares, including an Android-based tablet from Samsung and a cloud-based music service from Sony.
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The mystery of the disappearing Facebook-Ping integration - On Wednesday, Apple said users of its music social network could find friends via Facebook. But the feature has vanished, apparently over a tiff between the companies.
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Survey: E-mail eats up your time off - Outlook add-in maker Xobni finds Americans and Britons are having trouble getting away from the workplace because of the reach e-mail has into their lives.
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Focus EV to use liquid thermal battery control - Car will take its battery pack temperature, then automatically cool or warm it to optimal temperature range before charging or engaging the battery.
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Motor City getting in on electric fever - Coulomb Technologies installs free public electric-charging station in downtown Detroit as part of ChargePoint America program to encourage EV adoption.
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Nigerian scam tops list of decade's online cons - Notices of winning the lottery and requests from Russian women who want to know you better are also up there on Panda Security's ranking of decade's top Net swindles.
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India wants local servers from RIM, Google, Skype - India plans to ask the three companies to set up local servers in the country so that security agencies can monitor customer communications.
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All Apple news - A new streaming Apple TV arrives with Netflix as predicted, iOS 4.1 comes with HDR photography and GameCenter, and new iPod Nanos drop the iconic clickwheel.
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Navteq tries to make GPS directions more 'human' - Company creates a way to make GPS directions far more understandable to the average driver.
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-----------------------------------Current Threats---------------------------------
Facebook adds new remote log-out security feature - Facebook users who log in from multiple devices will soon have a way to make sure they are only logged in on the computer they are currently using.
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Nigerian scam tops list of decade's online cons - Notices of winning the lottery and requests from Russian women who want to know you better are also up there on Panda Security's ranking of decade's top Net swindles.
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India wants local servers from RIM, Google, Skype - India plans to ask the three companies to set up local servers in the country so that security agencies can monitor customer communications.
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Twitter plans to record all links clicked - In a move that could raise privacy concerns, the microblogging site said Wednesday evening that it will record and analyze every link users click on when using its Web site or any of the thousands of third-party apps.
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China requires cell phone subscriber IDs - New subscribers are asked for identification and existing subscribers are being encouraged to register their IDs with their numbers in what the Chinese government calls a crackdown on spam and fraud.
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Quantum crypto cracked, researchers say - Researchers claim to have cracked the quantum cryptography equipment used to cloak highly sensitive communications by banks and defense agencies.
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Sweden reopens rape probe of Wikileaks founder - After dropping a rape case against Wikileaks founder Julian Assange last month, Sweden is reopening it for further investigation, according to reports.
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Cars: The next hacking frontier? - Efforts to make autos safer and more energy efficient with embedded computers and wireless technologies are also increasing security risks, experts say.
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Gmail, Skype now in India's crosshairs - India is poised to send notices to Google and Skype about the government's inability to monitor e-mail and conversations.
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3M to buy biometrics firm Cogent for $943 million - Cogent, which sells biometric ID systems to governments, law enforcement, and businesses, will be swallowed up by the massive conglomerate.
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RIM sidesteps BlackBerry ban in India - Indian officials say they will not ban BlackBerry services while they evaluate solutions that would allow them to satisfy security requirements.
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'LOL is this you?' spam spreading via Facebook chat - Spam message, which Facebook says it's looking into, is similar to ones used on Twitter earlier this year.
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Google working on Gmail spam issue - Company says it's fixing problem that first surfaced midweek for a small percentage of users whose e-mail messages were resent multiple times.
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RIM extends olive branch to Indian government - RIM offers to create industry forum to discuss ways in which India can access BlackBerry information while still preserving corporate security.
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Bad flash drive caused worst U.S. military breach - Breach in 2008 was wake-up call for Defense Department to create new cybersecurity strategy, says U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary William J. Lynn III.
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Be cautious of Internet access at airports - Using Internet access terminals at an airport might put you at risk of losing personal information.
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Rustock botnet responsible for 39 percent of all spam - The Rustock botnet is shrinking in size but its spam attacks are increasing in scale and intensity, security vendor Symantec said.
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Windows DLL bug hits dozens of apps - A flaw in the way Windows handles dynamic-link library and related files likely affects hundreds of applications and has already been used in malicious attacks in the wild.
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Students spy on teachers, boast on Facebook - Two girls at a Swedish school bug their teachers' staff room in the hope of getting clues to getting better grades. Then one of them uses Facebook to tell others how clever they are.
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Apple Releases Security update 2010-005 for OS X 10.5 and 10.6 - Apple has released a security update for OS X 10.6 and OS X 10.5 machines, which addresses a number of security holes for both the client and server versions of these OS X releases. For the client version, the update fixes several problems that could lead to arbitrary code execution.
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'Freemium' antivirus firm Avast gets funding boost - Security vendor has received a $100 million investment from private equity firm Summit Partners, in exchange for a minority stake in the company.
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Hackers see the cloud as ripe territory - Survey conducted at last month's Defcon finds that hackers see the cloud as ripe for the taking and don't believe that cloud vendors are doing enough to secure it.
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The real iTunes fraud vulnerability: Gullible users - Despite reports, iTunes hasn't been compromised and the company isn't aware of any sudden increase in fraudulent transactions, sources tell All Things Digital.
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Microsoft warns about application security flaw - The software maker says that it is looking into an issue that may leave many Windows programs subject to an attack mechanism known as DLL preloading, or binary planting.
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Terrorists, FBI can't sink Blogetery - The blog platform shut down last month after the FBI alleged the service was used by al-Qaeda's operatives is back online.
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Paris Hilton busted by Twitter pic? - Despite claiming a rather nifty Chanel bag containing cocaine was not hers, it seems the dazzling socialite tweeted a picture of a bag that looks spectacularly similar more than a month ago.
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NASA planning mission to visit the sun - Space agency hopes to send a spacecraft into the solar atmosphere by 2018.
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IETF: AT&T's Net neutrality claim is 'misleading' - A few days after AT&T said its push toward "paid prioritization" of network traffic is backed by technical standards, the Internet's primary standards body disagrees.
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Here come 'Hurt Locker' file-sharing subpoenas - Film's producers subpoena Qwest Communications for Denver man's records, apparently overcoming legal challenges in their pursuit of alleged file sharers.
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Google's Schmidt mocked in Times Square ads - Consumer Watchdog produced two cartoony ads slamming Google CEO Eric Schmidt as part of an effort to build support for a "do not track" list.
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Audit finds PG&E smart meters accurate - However, the utility's customer service is faulty, according to an independent review of the controversial yet pioneering smart-meter program.
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Facebook adds new remote log-out security feature - Facebook users who log in from multiple devices will soon have a way to make sure they are only logged in on the computer they are currently using.
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Acer comes back down to earth, Dell rises - Fastest-growing PC company of the last few years stumbles during the second quarter. Observers say it has to do with Acer's reliance on notebook sales as desktops gain.
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More evidence that light at night ups cancer risk - New research out of the University of Haifa shows a clear link between light at night and cancer in mice, with the suppression of melatonin playing a key role.
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Toshiba recalls 41,000 laptops for overheating - The Consumer Product Safety Commission says 129 cases of Toshiba Satellite laptops melting from overheating have been reported, but no major injuries.
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Apple's Ping seems half-baked at launch - A scanty selection of artists to follow and missed opportunities to encourage user interaction are among the early problems.
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Gadget makers show their stuff in Berlin (roundup) - At the huge IFA consumer electronics show, the big names in tech show off their newest wares, including an Android-based tablet from Samsung and a cloud-based music service from Sony.
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The mystery of the disappearing Facebook-Ping integration - On Wednesday, Apple said users of its music social network could find friends via Facebook. But the feature has vanished, apparently over a tiff between the companies.
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Survey: E-mail eats up your time off - Outlook add-in maker Xobni finds Americans and Britons are having trouble getting away from the workplace because of the reach e-mail has into their lives.
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Focus EV to use liquid thermal battery control - Car will take its battery pack temperature, then automatically cool or warm it to optimal temperature range before charging or engaging the battery.
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Motor City getting in on electric fever - Coulomb Technologies installs free public electric-charging station in downtown Detroit as part of ChargePoint America program to encourage EV adoption.
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Nigerian scam tops list of decade's online cons - Notices of winning the lottery and requests from Russian women who want to know you better are also up there on Panda Security's ranking of decade's top Net swindles.
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India wants local servers from RIM, Google, Skype - India plans to ask the three companies to set up local servers in the country so that security agencies can monitor customer communications.
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All Apple news - A new streaming Apple TV arrives with Netflix as predicted, iOS 4.1 comes with HDR photography and GameCenter, and new iPod Nanos drop the iconic clickwheel.
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Navteq tries to make GPS directions more 'human' - Company creates a way to make GPS directions far more understandable to the average driver.
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