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Symantec Warns of Android Trojans That Mutate With Every Download Researchers from security vendor Symantec have identified a new premium-rate SMS Android Trojan horse that modifies its code every time it gets downloaded.
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RIM Offers Free PlayBook to Attract Android Developers Research in Motion is trying to woo developers by giving a free BlackBerry Playbook tablet to coders who port their Android application for its BlackBerry Tablet.
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The Curse of 'Dont Be Evil' Google is definitely evil! Or is it? The critics weigh in.
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Windows Phone 8 Details Leak Microsoft reportedly plans to integrate more of its existing technologies into the next phone OS, from Skype to SkyDrive, adding near-field communications and lots more apps.
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Skype 5.8 For Windows Brings Facebook Video Calling Write on your Facebook wall from Skype, spot your friends for a quick chat -- maybe even in HD or in a group.
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AMD Targets Ultrabooks, Shows 18mm Trinity Notebook Super-skinny laptops will offer long battery life and smaller price tag than Intel's entries, AMD tells analysts.
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Tiny High-Tech Keychain Gadgets Forget superthin Ultrabooks that can fit in your purse--these tiny gadgets can fit in your pocket, with room to spare.
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Security Slackers Risk Internet Blackout on March 8 If feds pull down temporary network as planned, machines infected with DNSChanger Trojan won't be able to access the Web.
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MegaUpload's Kim DotCom Denied Bail Again: Third Time's a Charm? MegaUpload founder Kim DotCom, allegedly worth more than $200 million, looks to be stuck in a New Zealand prison cell over fears he's a flight risk.
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Google Won't Delay New Privacy Policy Despite EU Concerns Google does not plan to delay its new privacy policy despite calls from Europe's data protection watchdog.
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Google Fights Android Market Malware The Bouncer service steps up Android Market security, periodically analyzing apps for known malware, spyware, and Trojans.
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Apple Security Update Patches Mac OS X Critical bug fixes addressed in both Snow Leopard and Lion, in Apple's first security update of the year.
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Microsoft Researchers Say Anonymized Data Isn't So Anonymous Data routinely gathered in Web logs - IP address, cookie ID, operating system, browser type, user-agent strings - can threaten online privacy because they can be used to identify the activity of individual machines, Microsoft researchers say.
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VeriSign Hack: Few Details Seep Out It's still not clear exactly what was compromised when Internet giant VeriSign suffered a series of data breaches in 2010.
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Facebook Members Get More Than They Give Typical users of the social network are "friended" more than they "friend," a Pew Internet and American Life Project reports.
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Will Europe Upend Google's New Privacy Plan? The European Union asks Google to delay implementing its new privacy policy for closer scrutiny with stricter European privacy law.
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VeriSign Admits Multiple Hacks in 2010, Keeps Details Under Wraps VeriSign, the company responsible for guiding most of the world's Internet users to the correct websites and once the largest encryption certificate issuing...
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Apple iTunes Match Glitch Replaces Explicit Lyric Songs With Censored Versions Tunes by rap artists Kanye West, Jay Z, and Ice Cube are affected.
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VeriSign Hacked: What We Don't Know Might Hurt Us VeriSign didn't exactly 'disclose' the breach, and the few details buried in the SEC filing create more questions than they answer. Without more to go on, it is hard to know what the risk is.
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Vendors Show Voice Call Hand-off Between LTE, 3G Networks Qualcomm this week revealed a key step in enabling voice calls over LTE handsets. Working with Ericsson, the chipmaker says it recently completed the first voice call handover between LTE and 3G networks, and will showcase the achievement later this month at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
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