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Researchers crack Microsoft, eBay, Yahoo, Digg audio captchas
Researchers have figured out how to to crack captchas, making it possible to launch automated attacks against sites such as Microsoft, eBay and Digg where opening phony accounts could be turned into cash. Read More


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Researcher blasts Siemens for downplaying SCADA threat
The security researcher who last week voluntarily canceled a talk on critical vulnerabilities in Siemens' industrial control systems took the German giant to task for downplaying the problem Read More

10 things we like and don't like about Check Point's R80 endpoint security product
Check Point's Unified Endpoint Security Management tool offers powerful single client for comprehensive endpoint security Read More


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Sony Ericsson online store, Sony BMG Japan reportedly hacked
The Hacker News reports that hackers continue to look to exploit holes in online networks run by Sony. Read More

Apple iPad corporate security gets boost from GroupLogic
Businesses can now grant iPads safe remote access to files using new software designed to meet enterprise management and security concerns. Read More


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Microsoft online chief: I would never log into a Chromebook
Surprise! A Microsoft executive doesn't like Google products. Read More

Dimension Data finds vulnerabilities on Cisco devices
Large numbers of companies using Cisco network equipment are still vulnerable to a single security vulnerability flaw nearly two years after a patch was issued, an analysis of network scans by Dimension Data for its 2011 Network Barometer Report has found. Read More

NASA will use not-so-new technology for next spacecraft
NASA today said it will base a new spacecraft capable of carrying humans into low-earth orbit and beyond on existing technology developed for the now defunct Constellation system. Read More

Top 10 Songs About (or to) Computers
As computers have become an integral part of life over the past 50 years, many a musician has burst forth in song about them. We track down the best efforts. Read More



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