Verizon Warns of Scammers Using its Name
If the thought of Verizon offering to pay you $750,000 sounds too good to be true, that’s because it is.
Read the storyHackers Crack into Red Hat
Red Hat admits a breach of its servers and the Fedora Project, but say passphrase is safe.
Read the storyMicrosoft Updates a Patch
Microsoft has re-released a security updates, saying the initial patch was incomplete.
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Keeping MacBooks Snug at Security
Apple’s laptops have had some interesting encounters at airport security checkpoints.
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Opera Patches 7 Bugs
Vulnerabilities in the browser include one for which Opera is giving no details except to urge users to apply the patch.
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Palm Unwraps the Unlocked 3G Treo Pro Smart Phone
Palm took the wraps off a new, and unlocked, Windows Mobile 3G smart phone, aimed directly at enterprise users.
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Beware Olympic Spam Bearing Stom Worm
A security firm warns of e-mail promising Olympic information but instead delivering malware.
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Game-Sharer Fined in UK
A British woman was ordered to pay $32,000 in damages and costs for putting a computer game on a P2P network.
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Symantec Buys PC Tools
The security firm is acquiring an Australian vendor of security and privacy products for Windows-based PCs.
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Microsoft Details Plans for New Social Bookmarking Tool
Tool will focus on its tech sites, MSDN, TechNet and Expression.
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Five Ways to Drive Your Best Workers out the Door
Listen up, managers: Employees don’t quit the job; they quit you.
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Kiss IT Goodbye: Alternative Careers for Tech Workers
With IT departments laying off staff to cut costs and a grim outlook for IT job growth in 2009, now’s a good time for tech workers to get out of IT. Here’s a list of jobs tech workers could easily switch into. (But hold onto your hats, some may really surprise you.)
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Microsoft’s Photosynth Wilts Under Pressure
Brand new photo-stitching service fades to black for hours before returning.
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Vista Users Rush for SP1; XP Owners Dawdle on SP3
Pent-up demand for Vista fixes drove users to install SP1, researcher says.
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Android Apps Might Not Feature Bluetooth
The latest version of the Android SDK says the forthcoming software won’t support “comprehensive” Bluetooth APIs.
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Intel: WiMax to Slash Device Time-to-market
Intel expects WiMax devices to be approved in about one-third the time typically required for typical cell phones.
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Mozilla Names Best Firefox 3 Add-Ons
Crowns 7 winners in annual developer contest.
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Political Conventions Will Be Abuzz With Wireless Data
Event managers are preparing for a record number of wireless devices at this year’s U.S. political party conventions.
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New Algorithm Offers Hope for Old Routers
Academic team proposes a router algorithm to boost the efficiency of corporate networks.
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Three Plead Guilty to Online Sale of Pirated Software
Three Texas men plead guilty to software piracy related charges.
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E-voting Vendor: Programming Errors Caused Dropped Votes
An major electronic voting system vendor has changed its story in an attempt to explain how its machines dropped hundreds of…
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