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60-minute Security Makeover: Prevent Your Own 'Epic Hack'

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August 23, 2012
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60-minute Security Makeover: Prevent Your Own 'Epic Hack' Here are some ways to beef up security on your digital life -- before someone hacks into your digital life.
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Microsoft Unveils Redesigned Logo The revamp goes hand-in-hand with Microsoft's gamble on touch-centric Windows 8, the new operating system scheduled to be released in October.
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Windows 7 Forever! Why Windows 7 is the Next XP Windows XP's most beloved factors are also driving Windows 7 to long-lasting stardom, even for Windows 8 adopters.
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Apple vs. Samsung: Five Experts Weigh In We polled five people with specialist knowledge of the legal system, patent litigation and trials, and the U.S. smartphone market to get their opinions on the trial.
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Windows 8 Tablet Growth Hinges on Pricing: Report Windows 8 tablets, which are expected to start shipping by the end of October, will grab less than 2% of the global tablet shipments by year-end.
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How the FBI Proves Agile Works for Government Agencies The Sentinel case management system finally moves the law enforcement bureau off J. Edgar Hoover-era paper files.
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Apple Tries to Quietly Ax Badly Received 'Genius' Ads Apple is doing its best to yank its latest series of "Genius" ads -- which were widely derided for being silly and patronizing -- from the Internet.
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TV With 16 Times Resolution of HDTV Passed by UN Standards Body A new television format that has 16 times the resolution of current High Definition TV has been approved by an international standards body, Japanese sources...
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Sony Mobile Cuts 1,000 Staff, Moves HQ to Tokyo Sony Mobile is laying off 1,000 employees and will also move its global HQ to Tokyo, as the company tries to turn around its dwindling fortunes in the smartphone...
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VMware Workstation 9 Is All About Windows 8 Staying ahead of Microsoft itself, VMware has updated its Workstation desktop computer hypervisor so it can run Microsoft's soon-to-be-released Windows 8.
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SEC Rule Will Require Tech Companies to Disclose Use of Minerals From Conflict Zones The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted a regulation on Wednesday requiring companies to publicly disclose if they used minerals that...
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Kill Timer Found in Shamoon Malware Suggests Possible Connection to Saudi Aramco Attack A timer found in the Shamoon cyber-sabotage malware discovered last week matches the exact time and date when a hacktivist group claims to have disabled...
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Facebook Gets FTC Clearance for Instagram Acquisition The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has cleared Facebook's proposed acquisition of mobile photo-sharing service Instagram in an unanimous vote, FTC said on...
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Consumer Watchdog Challenges Google-FTC Privacy Settlement Consumer Watchdog, a nonprofit consumer advocacy group, is dialing up its criticism of the proposed privacy settlement between the U.S. Federal Trade Commission...
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Oakland Says AT&T Cell Towers Interfering With Police Radios AT&T Wireless has partially disabled service at 16 cellphone towers in Oakland after the California city said they were interfering with its emergency...
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Rambus to Lay off Around 15% in Restructuring Rambus on Wednesday said it would lay off around 15 percent of staff as part of a restructuring effort in which the company is trying to curb expenses to improve...
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HP Reports $8.9B Q3 Loss on Writedowns, Weak Sales, Lowers Full-year Forecast Hewlett-Packard on Wednesday announced a US$8.9 billion loss for its third quarter ended July 31 due to writedowns and weak hardware sales and also said...
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ICS-CERT Warns of SSL Security Flaw in RuggedCom Industrial Networking Devices Industrial Ethernet switches and other devices produced by industrial networking equipment manufacturer RuggedCom contain a vulnerability that could be exploited...
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