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Damage caused by computer crime plummeted
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Damage caused by computer crime plummeted

The annual serious results of the Computer Security Research Institute and the US Federal Bureau of Investigation show that this year has been the fourth consecutive yea…

December 12, 2018
Sophos: 'Email is becoming more secure?'
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Sophos: 'Email is becoming more secure?'

Statistics from security firm Sophos show that in every 91 e-mails sent, only one contains viruses or other types of malware, while last year's rate was

December 12, 2018
World Cup is also a major event of the IT industry
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World Cup is also a major event of the IT industry

No previous world football championship has required such high technology and technical infrastructure as this year. World Cup sponsors and FIFA technical partners like…

December 12, 2018
World's smallest LED flash light
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World's smallest LED flash light

Many people expect their mobile phones to be equipped with flash, but designing products that are small, thin, and contain all the necessary features is not easy. Luxeon…

December 12, 2018
Flash and DRAM memory ... out of date
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Flash and DRAM memory ... out of date

The pair of chip makers is expected to jointly publish documents about the phase change memory (PCM), also known as the PRAM and Ovonic Unified Memory, at VLSI technolog…

December 12, 2018
Young people and blog whirlwind
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Young people and blog whirlwind

Recently, Vietnamese netizens have been stirred up by a scandal involving a blog (known as a diary online) that has a record number of visitors. On peak days, there are…

December 12, 2018
Google is sued again
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Google is sued again

French publisher La Martiniere is suing Google technology corporation because they have

December 12, 2018
Hackers massively exploit Windows security flaws
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Hackers massively exploit Windows security flaws

Experts from Exploit Prevention Labs, a security firm, warn that they have detected some malicious code targeting exploiting security flaws that arise in MDAC (Microsoft…

December 12, 2018
No DDR3 memory this year
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No DDR3 memory this year

Information technology people are anxiously awaiting the market for faster third-generation DRAM computer memory chips - DDR3 - of the future, will have to wait until th…

December 12, 2018