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		High-bandwidth denial-of-service attacks more common, security firm says 10.17.2012 12:00 PM Distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks with an average bandwidth of over 20Gbps have become commonplace this year, but very few companies or organizations have the necessary network infrastructure to deal with such attacks.

		Webroot SecureAnywhere 2013 adds protection for Mac OS X 10.18.2012 11:06 AM Webroot SecureAnywhere 2013 takes the small, fast, effective protection of its predecessor, and brings it to the Mac OS X platform as well.

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		Samsung predicts Android 4.1 to reach U.S. Galaxy S III smartphones soon 10.17.2012 12:10 PM The Jelly Bean OS update will include a host of new and enhanced TouchWiz features.

		7 ways Windows Server 2012 pays for itself 10.17.2012 12:30 PM These new and improved 'supersaver' features offer the biggest return on your Windows Server 2012 investment

		Android and iOS app download sizes are growing fast 10.17.2012 1:30 PM Download sizes for iOS and Android apps continue to explode as new tablets and smartphones come packed with high-definition displays, more RAM, and beefier processors.

		App scanner tells you if a mobile app is safebefore you install it 10.17.2012 2:05 PM The Zscaler Application Profiler vets Android and iOS apps so you can assess their security risk.

		Review: ShellNewHandler lets you clean up the file creation context menu 10.17.2012 2:26 PM ShellNewHandler can remove extraneous entries from your Vista or Windows 7 file creation context menu. It's a free utility that can save you time and confusion.

		Three reasons the Surface RT might not work for business 10.17.2012 2:49 PM Pre-orders of the Surface RT seem to be selling briskly, but businesses anxious to get the new Windows tablet might want to think twice.

		CloudOn expands app to build on 'Office as a platform' 10.17.2012 3:03 PM While the world waits for dedicated Microsoft Office for tablets, CloudOn is providing Word, Excel, and PowerPoint via fresh iPad and Android apps.

		Facebook prepares to use 'cold storage' to deal with vast amounts of data 10.17.2012 3:20 PM Facebook is rethinking the way it stores data to cope with the 7 petabytes of new photos the social network's users upload every month.

		The Pirate Bay moves to the cloud to escape authorities 10.17.2012 3:38 PM The popular search engine used to find torrents, or small information files that allow the downloading of content from the BitTorrent peer-to-peer system.

		Microsoft runs out of $499 Surface RT for pre-orders 10.17.2012 4:26 PM Microsoft has exhausted its initial supply of the lowest-priced Surface RT tablet, which now is backordered by three weeks.