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Will Firefox Lose Its Users?

Gadgets & Tech – After "Firefox to Track User Data?" post, there were lots of bad comments regarding this new feature. People all over the internet started to express their opinion (from posts like "go to hell" to "Firefox is spyware",…

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Windows Vista More Vulnerable To Malware Than Windows 2000

Gadgets & Tech – Vista let 639 threats per thousand computers through, compared with 586 for Windows 2000, 478 for Windows 2003, and 1,021 for Windows XP, security vendor PC Tools said. Microsoft's Vista operating system is more…

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Iranian Diplomats Wounded In Iraq

Politics – "The suspicious behavior of US forces in security issues has brought increasing insecurity in Iraq," Mohammad Ali Hosseini, an Iranian foreign ministry spokesman, said in a statement, a copy of which was made available…

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Notebook And WiFi Standards

Gadgets & Tech – Every modern notebook is Wi-Fi enabled, allowing internet access from any part of the globe. But while using your wireless notebook, you should be aware of Wi-Fi standards, hotspots, and how to effectively use this…

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Fed auctions $7.2B in Treasury securities

News – The U.S. Federal Reserve auctions $7.2 billion in safe Treasury securities to big investment firms as part of an ongoing effort to ease credit stresses.

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How to Secure Your Laptop Against U.S. Customs

Gadgets & Tech – Last month a US court ruled that border agents can search your laptop, or any other electronic device, when you're entering the country. They can take your computer and download its entire contents, or keep it for…

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Iraq War Harms US Security

Politics – with U.S. casualties again spiking and American troops bogged down in Iraq indefinitely, there have been virtually no prominent articles taking the neocons to task for their lack of realism in failing to see the…

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U.S.-Trained Forces Helping Mexican Cartels

News – As many as 200 U.S.-trained Mexican security personnel have defected to drug cartels to carry out killings on both sides of the border and as far north as Dallas, Rep. Ted Poe, R-Humble, told Congress on Wednesday.

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Protect Any Hard Drive With This Drive Enclosure

Gadgets & Tech – "Maybe you're a spy or you've got schematics for the next hot gadget locked away on your hard drive, but either way you're going to want to lock your files down. "

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Spyware. History and Description

Gadgets & Tech – The first known use of the expression ;spyware; occurred on October 17th, 1994 in a post that joked about Microsoft;s business model. Spyware later came to allude to snoop equipment such as diminutive cameras. In…

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Does the Industry Really Want to End Computer Virus Attacks?

Gadgets & Tech – Antiviral solutions work in much the same way as medicinal vaccines: They only work on older, known viruses. However, the real hazard comes from the new, unknown viruses that are being released today. Where is the…

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Man Accused Of Handing Pot To Court Security

Do No Evil – Sheriff Tim Gobble said the items he placed in the bowl included marijuana and rolling papers. When questioned, the man ran from the building, but officers captured him within minutes.

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Half of all rootkits still not detected by security software

Gadgets & Tech – AV.Test have put modern security software tools under the microscope and found that half of the rootkits installed failed to be detected by them on average.

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10 Ways to make Your VoIP Rollout Easier

Science – You know Voice over IP (VoIP) can potentially save your company money, especially if your employees make many domestic long distance calls and/or international calls. It can also provide your users with convenience…

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ESET Smart Security Promo

Gadgets & Tech – Eset Smart Security is a solution to protect computers from a variety of threats

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Jaipur Bombings

News – Seven bombs ripped through the crowded streets of India's western city of Jaipur

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TrueCrypt - enctryption for free

Gadgets & Tech – TrueCrypt is an open-source encryption program that can protect your sensitive data. It creates a virtual encrypted disk within a file and mounts it as a real disk. You can encrypt an entire or partion of a hard…

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CuteFTP 8.2.0 Build 02.26.2008.4

Gadgets & Tech – CuteFTP Professional - is an award-winning FTP Client for securely and reliably transferring files over industry standard protocols including FTP, FTPS, HTTP, HTTPS and SSH.

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Legendary FBI Agent Joins College Tonight, Inc.

News – College Tonight announces their official relationship with John Douglas, legendary FBI agent. He will help College Tonight create a community geared towards free social expression.

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Proxy Service

Gadgets & Tech – List of free anonymous proxy servers. Updated daily. The right to anonymity is important to people using internet. Surf the Web Carefully - Use Proxy Server!

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Security Flaws Exposed at Nuke Lab

News – If you were a terrorist looking for weapons-grade nuclear material in America, the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory might be a good place to start.

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Cryptographic Algorithms - Impact On Application Performance

Careers & Jobs – he importance of security is often realized only after an application's security is breached. One of the reasons why security is not enforced is it's impact on application performance. Adding security makes my application…

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Google Responds To Claims Of "Serious Security Flaw"

Science – Google says reports of an "open relay" security hole in its Gmail interface are not factually correct, according to information obtained by The Inquisitr this afternoon.

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Computer Security Protection Tips | Ideas From US

Gadgets & Tech – As people become more comfortable using computers, it seems that people's lives are being stored virtually on hard drives. Yet many people still do not take rudimentary actions to protect and back up their data.…

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6 Signs Your Job May Be in Jeopardy

Careers & Jobs – If you're worried that the daily dose of bad news about the economy could impact your next paycheck, you're not alone. While you never can be completely prepared to lose your livelihood, there are certain signs…

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