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Cisco launches iPhone security app

By Elinor Mills CNET News Posted on ZDNet News: Nov 20, 2009 4:50:29 AM Cisco is offering a free iPhone app that will allow people to get customized alerts on new security threats and other information for safe web browsing....

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Fortified rice, fuel cells among Tech Award winners

Dr. Joseph Adelgan's Cows for Kilowatts program won the Tech Awards 2009 Intel Environment Award. (Credit: Elinor Mills/CNET) SAN JOSE, Calif.--Projects that turn slaughterhouse waste into energy and fertilizer, and zinc oxide...

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Cisco targets security professionals with iPhone app

Elinor Mills CNET News Published: 20 Nov Cisco is offering a free iPhone app that will allow people to get customised alerts on new security threats and other information for safe web browsing. The app, which will be available...

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T-Mobile UK says workers sold customer data

Updated November 18 at 11:19 a.m. PST to clarify that the data was sold by workers at T-Mobile UK, which is operated separately from T-Mobile USA. British Information Commissioner Christopher Graham says penalties aren't strong...

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Report: Countries prepping for cyberwar

Countries armed with "cyberweapons," according to McAfee. Major countries and nation-states are engaged in a "Cyber Cold War," amassing cyberweapons, conducting espionage, and testing networks in preparation for using the...

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Microsoft, ex-worker settle claims

Microsoft and a former employee have settled litigation involving allegations of patent infringement and trade secret theft. Microsoft sued a former employee earlier this year for allegedly stealing trade secrets that were...

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Antitrust concerns linger in Google Books deal

Elinor Mills CNET News Published: 17 Nov The revised Google Books settlement agreement may quiet international opponents, but it still gives Google a monopoly on commercialising out-of-print books where the copyrights are...

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Report: Countries prepping for cyber war

By Elinor Mills, CNET News.com Major countries and nation-states are engaged in a "Cyber Cold War," amassing "cyber weapons," conducting espionage, and testing networks in preparation for using the Internet to conduct war,...

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Microsoft working on fix for Windows 7 SMB hole

Elinor Mills CNET News Published: 16 Nov Microsoft on Friday said it is working on a fix for a vulnerability in the Server Message Block file-sharing protocol in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 Release 2 that could be used to...

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Microsoft patching zero-day Windows 7 SMB hole

By Elinor Mills, CNET News.com Microsoft on Friday said it is working on a fix for a vulnerability in the Server Message Block file-sharing protocol in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 Release 2 that could be used to remotely...

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