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300,000 Infected Computers to Go Offline Monday

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July 6, 2012
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300,000 Infected Computers to Go Offline Monday As many as 300,000 PCs and Macs will drop off the Internet in about 65 hours unless their owners heed last-minute calls to scrub their machines of malware.
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Twitter Ruling Disappoints, but Doesn't Surprise Privacy Advocates Privacy advocates say they are dismayed but not surprised at a New York Criminal Court judge's decision ordering Twitter to hand over data on an Occupy Wall Street protester.
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Windows 8, OS X Upgrades by the Numbers Like 2009, this year is one of dueling operating system upgrades, when the two biggest OS rivals face off with new editions.
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Microsoft Readies Fix for Windows Flaw Under Attack Next week's Patch Tuesday will address a vulnerability in Windows that has been exploited by an increasing number of attacks and plug IE holes.
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Android Smartphones Hijacked by First Mobile Botnet Researchers warn users of a global botnet spamming smartphones, probably originating from a rogue app.
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LibreOffice for Android Is in the Works Though still 'fairly horrific' for tablet devices, the software is coming along nicely, a developer reports.
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Patch Tuesday Includes Shocking Update for IE9 Microsoft plans to publish nine new security bulletins next Tuesday, including an unusual back-to-back update for Internet Explorer.
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There Is No Excuse for Still Being Infected with DNSChanger People have had months of warnings and a plethora of free utilities that take five seconds to verify if their PC has DNSChanger. If they lose access to the Web on Monday, they deserve it.
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Adding and Managing Users in Windows 8 As with many aspects of Windows, there are some changes in Windows 8 you need to be familiar with if you want to add and manage user accounts.
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HTC Q2 Profit Down by 58 Percent HTC's second-quarter net profit dropped 58 percent year on year, the company reported Friday, a sign that its newest smartphones are not doing as well as it...
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Google, Apple Remove Malware Application From Official App Stores Google and Apple removed a mobile app named "Find and Call" from their respective app stores on Thursday following reports that it was stealing people's phone...
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Samsung's High-end Smartphone Sales Boost Profits Strong sales of Samsung's high-end smartphones led to a 79 percent jump in the company's operating profits for the second quarter of 2012.
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From Tech to Toilet Paper, Berliner Tries to Live Completely Open Source for One Year Open source computer, open source mobile phone, open source toothbrush, open source jeans, open source video codec, open source camera, open source beer and even...
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Intel Appeals EU Antitrust Fine Intel this week presented an array of arguments to the E.U. General Court against a massive €1.06 billion ($1.33 billion) fine imposed by Europe's antitrust...
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KPN Closes Portal After Two-thirds of Corporate Customers Found Using Default Password KPN closed a self-service portal for corporate ADSL customers on Tuesday after it discovered that 120,000 of its 180,000 business clients were still using...
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Facebook Buys a Stake in $450M Asian Undersea Cable Consortium Facebook has taken a stake in a US$450 million project to link South Asian countries with an undersea cable, a company spokeswoman said Friday. The project is...
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Microsoft Streamlines Windows Server Options, Kills Versions for Home and Small Business Microsoft revealed that there will only be four versions of Windows Server 2012, and Small Business Server and Home Server didn't make the cut.
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Group: Hundreds of Dice.com Listings Discriminate Against US Workers IT job board Dice.com has hundreds of listings for jobs that aren't available to U.S. tech workers because the listings are aimed at foreign visa holders, said...
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Create a Secure Chat Room in a Flash with ChatStep This free service offers fast, easy, and encrypted online chat -- perfect for those project meetings when phone calls won't do.
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After One Year, Office 365 Success Unclear A mixture of intense excitement and skepticism followed the launch a year ago of Office 365, as backers and critics debated whether the cloud collaboration...
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