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New worms spread via Skype
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New worms spread via Skype

Security experts are investigating a report that deep is spreading through the chat feature in Skype's popular VoIP software.

December 13, 2018
Internet and new weird addictions
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Internet and new weird addictions

The Internet has produced a series of modern addictions, with countless strange symptoms. Study of the New Scientist British Weekly.

December 13, 2018
Sharp mass-produced green laser disk reader
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Sharp mass-produced green laser disk reader

Japanese electronics firm Sharp said it has begun mass-producing green laser disk readers (blue-laser diodes) with the aim of contributing to lower prices for Blu-ray an…

December 13, 2018
Mozilla patches Firefox
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Mozilla patches Firefox

On December 19, Mozilla released security updates to fix a series of bugs in Firefox 1.5 and 2.0 versions. Firefox 2.0.0.1 version - The first upgraded version of Firefo…

December 13, 2018
Security 2006: Confidence crisis
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Security 2006: Confidence crisis

The number of attacks decreased but the attacks became more and more intentional and serious. InfoWorld's survey shows the confidence crisis in IT security experts.

December 13, 2018
Make Christmas cards, new year for loved ones
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Make Christmas cards, new year for loved ones

ArcSoft Greeting Card Creator software will help you design the best cards you want. As soon as you start the program, you will have to choose the size of paper you inte…

December 13, 2018
Festive season, spam season
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Festive season, spam season

Christmas does not only come with endless parties and festivals but also a flood of spam. No five spam emails yet

December 13, 2018
LAN network set a record of 107Gbps
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LAN network set a record of 107Gbps

On December 20, Siemens announced that it had set a new record in network speed with data transfer rates of up to 107Gbps, twice as much as the previous record set.

December 13, 2018
Intel is about to release the chip
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Intel is about to release the chip

Intel is expected to announce the third version of the four-core chip - Intel Core 2 Quad in January next year, still targeting AMD in the next generation of chips.

December 13, 2018
Yahoo upgraded the Mail Beta system
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Yahoo upgraded the Mail Beta system

Yahoo has just upgraded its version of Yahoo! New Mail Beta aims to improve performance, fix errors, and add some new features.

December 13, 2018
QuickTime is turned into super-keylog
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QuickTime is turned into super-keylog

On December 20, Apple Computer released an upgrade to patch a serious security bug in the QuickTime multimedia application. The application developer said that this erro…

December 13, 2018