It was only a matter of time before it happened and now it has – ransom malware has successfully made the jump from the PC world, where it torments millions of Windows users, to the mobile world, where it has similar designs on ...
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Google is revealing some new numbers around malware and phishing attempts in an effort to get more people thinking about online security and to make the Web safer. The data is being incorporated into the company's biannual transparency ...
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The recently revealed mass collection of phone records and other communications by the U.S.National Security Agency may not be effective in preventing terrorism,according to some critics. The data collection programs,as revealed by former ...
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MICROSOFT has debuted a "re-blended" version of the overhauled Windows 8 operating system released late last year. also previewed new office apps for its Windows Metro interface, but said they would not be released until next year. ...
Tags: Windows, Computer Products, Microsoft
LOOKING for a safe password? You can give HQbgbiZVu9AWcqoSZmChwgtMYTrM7HE3ObVWGepMeOsJf4iHMyNXMT1BrySA4d7 a try. Good luck memorising it. Sixty-three random alpha-numeric characters - in this case, generated by an online password ...
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In electronic systems, a heat sink is a passive heat exchanger component that cools a device by dissipating heat into the surrounding air. In computers, heat sinks are used to cool central processing units or graphics processors. Heat sinks ...
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Gartner today projected that the overall decline in shipments of desktop and laptop PC's will be 10.6 percent in 2013,while tablet shipments will grow by 67.9 percent. The trend toward'anytime-anywhere'computing has been underway for ...
Sales of devices based on Apple's Mac OS and iOS will overtake those of products running all flavors of Windows in 2015, a Gartner analyst predicted Monday. The switch in leadership would come roughly 13 years after Steve Jobs reinvented ...
A recent targeted attack that used Chinese malware compromised over 1,000 computers belonging to dozens of South Korea organizations, according to researchers from Israeli security firm Seculert. The main malware tool used in the attack ...
U.S. consumers should be able to reclaim control of their personal data from data brokers, websites and other companies, a member of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission said Wednesday. Commissioner Julie Brill, a long-time privacy advocate, ...
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Recent leaks about surveillance programs at the U.S. National Security Agency show an agency with little regard for the U.S. Constitution and laws on the books, two past NSA leakers said Wednesday. Leaks by former NSA contractor Edward ...
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Lite-On Technology held its 2013 annual general meeting on June 19, during which the shareholders approved Lite-On's results in 2012 and distribution of a NT$2.4 dividend per common share. Of that sum, the cash and stock dividend portions ...
Tags: Lite-On Technology, Dividend Policy, LED, Electrical, Electronics
Strong industrial activity in early 2013 softened somewhat recently but the sector should have enough momentum to continue growth, according to the quarterly Manufacturers Alliance for Productivity and Innovation U.S. Industrial Outlook, a ...
Tags: Processing Machinery, MAPI, US
Microsoft is close to another restructuring that could see several senior managers moved sideways or leaving the company as it reduces its number of business units from eight to four. The restructuring is being prepared by a small group ...
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Chemical suppliers and manufacturers in India contribute a major part in Indian economy. If you are running a business that deals in chemicals then might be you think what's the importance of getting the chemicals from suppliers or ...
Tags: Chemical, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy