Cisco launches iPhone security app


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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Ballmer: Windows 7 sales on a roll


Delivering opening remarks at Microsoft's shareholder meeting on Thursday, Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer said that Windows 7 was off to a "fantastic start."


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Microsoft designs laptop for developer giveaway


Windows division president Steven Sinofsky took his Windows team through the process of designing and building a Windows 7 laptop in conjunction with Acer.


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UK police make Zeus Trojan arrests


The UK Metropolitan Police Central e-Crime Unit made two arrests earlier this month for suspected use of the Zeus Trojan.


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Feds: Top e-tailers profit from billion-dollar Web scam


Three companies have generated more than $1.4 billion by "misleading" Web shoppers into signing up for so-called loyalty program memberships, according to a Senate report.


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Firefox faces browser clone war in China


The browser war in China is heating up but not quite in a way that resembles the Western markets, as Mozilla's Beijing chief explains.


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Ray Ozzie's view from the clouds


In a lengthy interview, Microsoft's Ray Ozzie talked about clouds, lessons Microsoft learned from the recent Sidekick outage as well as why people are wrong to count Microsoft out of the smartphone race.


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Intel to use EC slip-up in antitrust defense


Intel plans to use a finding of the European Ombudsman in its appeal against a European Commission antitrust fine.


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Countries engaging in Cyber Cold War


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, reports McAfee.


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Paul Allen diagnosed with cancer


Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen has been diagnosed with cancer, according to a memo sent on Monday to employees of Vulcan, Allen's company.


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Next year is THE year for cloud computing


Here is what Indu Kodukula, CTO of SunGard Availability Services thinks how cloud computing is likely to transform the computing industry landscape in 2010.


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The most successful Web scam ever?


Three companies have generated more than $1.4 billion by "misleading" Web shoppers into signing up for so-called loyalty program memberships, according to a Senate report.


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VeriSign sets timetable to fix DNS hole


VeriSign has said a significant outstanding internet security vulnerability will be closed by 2011, after delays caused by technical aspects of the implementation.


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Cray's Jaguar tops IBM's Roadrunner for fastest supercomputer


The Cray XT5 supercomputer known as "Jaguar" has finally clawed its way to the title of fastest computer in the world.


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