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The Pirate Bay Enters List of 100 Most Popular Webites

Gadgets & Tech – The Pirate Bay is growing bigger and bigger, much to the displeasure of anti-piracy outfits such as the MPAA and IFPI. The BitTorrent tracker even managed to slip into the list of 100 most visited websites on the Internet, and it doesn't seem to stop there.

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Submitted and Voted for on May 19, 2008 11:15am

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The "Alternative"

Gadgets & Tech – For many years buying a home computer has been synonymous with buying a copy of Microsoft's Windows operating system. But now, led by the US computer giant Dell, it is getting easier to purchase a PC loaded with a cheaper alternative.

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Submitted and Voted for on May 19, 2008 11:14am

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Help! We're Running Out Of Internet!

Gadgets & Tech – If you thought the World Wide Web was a limitless receptacle to the world's news, blogs and occasionally pointless musings, think again. The Internet could run out of web addresses by 2011, undermining the potential of businesses to use new services and applications, Karine Perset, the author of an alarming report on the future of the WWW, warned F

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Submitted and Voted for on May 19, 2008 11:12am

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Honour among thieves

Gadgets & Tech – Professional virus writers are now selling a suite of software on the Internet with an unusual attachment: a detailed licensing agreement that promises penalties for redistributing the malicious code without permission.

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Submitted and Voted for on May 01, 2008 12:16pm

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Microsoft botnet-hunting tool helps bust hackers

Gadgets & Tech – The software vendor is giving law enforcers access to a special tool that keeps tabs on botnets, using data compiled from the 450 million computer users who have installed the Malicious Software Removal Tool that ships with Windows.

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Submitted and Voted for on April 29, 2008 10:59pm

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GTA IV region lock shock

Video Games – It's the gaming event of the millennium and a day long-since marked in the calendars of fans of virtual violence: yep, tomorrow is GTA IV day. But in ultimate party pooping style, our good friends at CVG.com have eaten all the sausage rolls and deflated the novelty shaped balloons with news that the game will be region locked on Xbox 360.

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Submitted and Voted for on April 29, 2008 10:56pm

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PC makers want to extend XP's life

Gadgets & Tech – It goes to say a whole lot when even PC makers themselves want to extend Microsoft Windows XP's shelf life beyond what the software giant themselves want. Currently, the deadline stands at June 30 where PC makers can no longer sell PCs with Windows XP after that date

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Submitted and Voted for on April 28, 2008 02:24pm

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Researcher finds new flaw in QuickTime for Windows

Gadgets & Tech – A security think tank says it has found a vulnerability in Apple's QuickTime multimedia player that can be exploited remotely to compromise Windows Vista PCs upgraded to Service Pack 1, as well as XP SP2.

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Submitted and Voted for on April 28, 2008 02:21pm

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Hackers shut down Bank of Israel

Gadgets & Tech – Hackers have managed to shut down the Bank of Israel for two whole days, taking advantage of the Jewish festival of Passover, when senior staff members were out of the office.

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Submitted and Voted for on April 28, 2008 02:18pm

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Alleged webcam hacker accused of spying on young girls

Gadgets & Tech – Experts at SophosLabsââ;;¢, Sophos's global network of virus, spyware and spam analysis centers, are warning home computer users about the importance of properly securing PCs, following news that a man who allegedly used computer malware to prey upon young women has been charged in Canada.

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Submitted and Voted for on April 28, 2008 02:17pm

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SQL injection attack hits hundreds of thousands

Gadgets & Tech – The attack appears to take advantage of features of Microsoft SQL Server, though according to security vendor F-Secure the problem lies in poor site coding, not in vulnerabilities in Microsoft's software. SQL injection is a well-known technique for attacking sites, and one that professional web developers should know they need to guard against.

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Submitted and Voted for on April 28, 2008 02:15pm

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High Powered File Sharing - Free, so I tried it, andââ;¬Â¦

Gadgets & Tech – FileDropper came highly recommended, but there was a cost associated. Granted, the basic plan was only $.99 per month, but it's still a hassle to buy anything on the Internet when there are free alternatives.

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Submitted and Voted for on April 27, 2008 07:11pm

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CNN site hit by China attack

Gadgets & Tech – After being called off Friday, the on-again, off-again cyberattack against CNN's Web site again picked up steam early this week, according to network security analysts. At its peak, the attack has sucked up 100MB/S in bandwidth, enough to slow the news Web site for some visitors. "That's a decent-sized attack," said Jose Nazario, a sen

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Submitted and Voted for on April 26, 2008 03:23pm

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Microsoft starts Vista SP1 auto delivery

Gadgets & Tech – Microsoft today flipped the switch to start automatically upgrading some copies of Windows Vista to Service Pack 1 (SP1), the company announced.

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Submitted and Voted for on April 26, 2008 03:21pm

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Third-Party Ad Serving Compromises Internet Security

Gadgets & Tech – Third-party Internet advertisements on unused Web pages can often create security vulnerabilities outside the control of Internet service providers, according to research presented at a security conference last weekend.

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Submitted and Voted for on April 26, 2008 03:20pm