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Technology waste causes death in poor countries
Ivory Coast has seen at least 10 people die and more than 70,000 people have to be treated because toxins emanate from hi-tech waste buried around Abidjan region. The Un…
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Starting a game with 10 USD, after 2 years is a millionaire
In just 32 months, Chinese-American teacher Ailin Graef has turned 9.95 USD into a virtual talent business worth millions of dollars in real money with the game Second L…
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Online video distracts viewers
43% of people surveyed by ICM research firm (UK) said they watched videos on the Internet or mobile phones more and therefore, the time spent on TV dropped significantly…
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Google was investigated for conquering video
The Italian court prosecutor said last week that it was investigating two alleged Google Italy representatives
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Muglia: Microsoft's future is 64-bit
Virtualization and the 64-bit platform are key areas in Microsoft's future technology infrastructure development plan - an assessment by Bob Muglia, director of Microsof…
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New Skype devices do not need a PC
RTX Products A / S, a Danish company, has just started selling the Skype wireless phone model, which can operate independently without connecting to a PC.
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Security makes e-commerce lose $ 2 billion in revenue
Research firm Gartner said that in 2006, the global e-commerce industry lost about $ 2 billion in revenue due to security concerns from users.
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China successfully produced cheap PC
A Chinese technology firm said it has successfully produced a PC model for less than $ 200 thanks to the application of domestic microprocessor chips.
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Intel successfully produced 45nm chip
Intel claims to have successfully produced a prototype of a new microprocessor chip that is smaller, faster and consumes less energy.
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2006 - Year of zero-day attack
Security firm Websense said 2006 was the year of zero-day attacks, with the number of such attacks reaching a record high in security history.
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Spammer 'bombs terrorism' globally
The cybercrime groups have been taking advantage of the system of kidnapped family PCs to bomb tons of mail bombs that paralyze the worldwide mail system.
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Google 'opens up' a wide range of websites for phisher
Experts have discovered an extremely serious security bug in the Google Search Appliance and Google Mini may be exploited by hackers to attack phishing information on an…
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First detection of spyware attacks Mac OS X
Security experts have just discovered the first adware / spyware to attack Apple Computer's Mac OS X operating system.
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Europe: more than half email is spam
Spam continues to submerge users and accounts for 50-80% of the total email sent to the mailbox, the European Commission said. Viviane Reding, EU Commissioner of Communi…
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Yahoo Chairman China resigned after ... 40 days in office
The head of Yahoo in China, Mr. Xie Wen resigned after less than 40 days of taking over the new seat