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Google admits Desktop security risk
February 20, 2006
Google Desktop 3 Beta contains a security risk for businesses, says Gartner, and Google agrees.
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security
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Lawyer: Open-source risks overblown
November 2, 2005
Prominent open-source software attorney says the GPL already minimizes many risks of using free and open-source software.
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open-source software
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Free Software Foundation
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lawyer
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open source
QuickTime bugs open door to attack
January 11, 2006
Several security flaws in Apple Computer's media player could put computers running Windows and Mac OS X at risk of hijack.
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Microsoft Windows
Gartner: Risky business in virtual worlds
August 10, 2007
Research firm identifies five areas of concern for companies intending to exploit the business opportunities of virtual worlds.
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Windows-based cash machines 'easily hacked'
March 4, 2008
ATMs that rely on desktop PC technology--and that's a lot of them--are at risk from worms, key loggers, and denial-of-service attacks.
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U.K.
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Adobe fixes PDF reader flaws
July 12, 2006
If left unpatched, vulnerabilities in Adobe Systems' PDF reader software could put Windows, Mac users at risk of cyberattack.
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Apple Computer
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Microsoft Windows
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Microsoft Corp.
PC 'overclockers' risk danger for faster machines
March 1, 2001
Although their tinkering nullifies warranties and can even do PCs harm, people who make a hobby of pushing processors past their limits are willing to take the risks.
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chip company
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PC
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motherboard
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Intel
SAP and on-demand: 'The switch is tougher'
May 19, 2006
Henning Kagermann, chief of SAP, says new competition, fast-moving tech are driving the company to rethink how it builds its software and how to sell it.
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Oracle Corp.
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IBM Corp.
Sun's Solaris 10 at risk of zero-day exploit
February 13, 2007
Security bugs in Sun Microsystems' telnet service could allow attackers to gain unauthorized access to a system.
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Sun Microsystems Inc.
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Telecommuters: Beware the tax man
November 2, 2005
Telecommuters employed by a company outside their home state may be at risk of having to pay extra taxes unless Congress adopts a bill protecting them.
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Identity theft risk greatest in major cities
February 14, 2007
Study lists New York, Detroit and Los Angeles as the cities with the highest occurrence of identity fraud.
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identity fraud
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analytics
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Detroit
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complaint
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Los Angeles
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city
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New York
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credit card
Microsoft: BitLocker key to safe disk disposal
April 26, 2006
Says businesses using Vista with its hard drive encryption technology will have easy, safe way to dispose hard disks.
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MessageLabs Ltd.
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Microsoft Windows Vista
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Microsoft Corp.
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Surfing a bigger risk than spam to company networks
September 15, 2006
Businesses are more likely to pick up a virus via employee Web surfing than from e-mail attachments, study says.
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Apple flaws put both Macs and PCs at risk
May 12, 2006
Patches arrive for more than 40 holes affecting QuickTime, used by Apple and Windows systems, and Mac OS X.
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Hackers probe Outlook Express flaw
June 24, 2005
Exploit published to Web aims at vulnerability in Microsoft newsgroup reader that could give attacker complete control over a PC.
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FTC spotlights proposals on P2P risks
December 8, 2004
Trade regulators say file-swapping companies are starting to regulate themselves on consumer issues.
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FTC focuses on file swapping
December 15, 2004
Two-day workshop will look at consumer risks, copyright implications of peer-to-peer technology.
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workshop
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file-sharing
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P2P
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file-swapping
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Apple Computer
A call for rational discourse on identity theft
December 6, 2007
ID Analytics' Thomas Oscherwitz writes that while ID theft losses are dropping, the debate has become ever more shrill.
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identity fraud
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analytics
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organization
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call
Stolen PC holds sensitive consumer data
November 9, 2005
Machine stolen in October from credit monitoring service has ID information on 3,600 consumers.
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CardSystems Solutions Inc.
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identity theft
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password
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California
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PC
New laws needed for nanotech safety?
January 11, 2006
A former EPA official says nanomaterial regulations are needed to help protect health and environmental safety.
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nanotechnology
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