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Yahoo Messenger Flaw Enables Spamming Through Other People's Status Messages An unpatched Yahoo Messenger vulnerability that allows attackers to change people's status messages and possibly perform other unauthorized actions.
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Get an Early Peek at Ubuntu Linux 12.04 'Precise Pangolin' An updated Linux kernel and new bundled software star in the first alpha release of this upcoming operating system.
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Verizon Says It Doesn't Use Carrier IQ Software Verizon Wireless said Thursday it doesn't add to its phones any software from Carrier IQ, the company that has come under fire in the past few days for what some...
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Google Safe Browsing Alerts Network Admins About Malware Distribution Domains Google has extended its Safe Browsing alerts for network administrators to include domains that host malware or exploits in addition to compromised websites and...
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Google's Android 4.0 Ported to X86 Processors Google's open-source Android 4.0 operating system for smartphones and tablets has been ported to work with x86 processors, a member of an open-source project...
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MediaTek and Opera Integrate Mini Browser on Feature Phones Opera Software will work with MediaTek, a designer of software and chipsets for low-end phones, on integrating the Norwegian company's Mini browser on feature...
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European Distrust of US Data Security Creates Market for Local Cloud Service Concern over the laxity of United States data protection laws has created a new market for Europe-based cloud computing services.
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EBay Launches Web Query Language In the hopes of reducing the complexity of making data calls over the Web, eBay has launched a programming language, called ql.io, which bundles separate API...
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Yahoo Messenger Flaw Enables Spamming Through Other People's Status Messages An unpatched Yahoo Messenger vulnerability that allows attackers to change people's status messages and possibly perform other unauthorized actions.
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