Hackers bypass Windows 7 activation


Hackers have managed to find a way around one of the key antipiracy protections built into Windows 7.


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Verizon to test sending RIAA copyright warnings


Verizon is expected to begin issuing 'copyright notices' on behalf of the RIAA to those accused of illegally downloading songs from the web.


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Google: Firms can get rid of Office in a year


Dave Girouard, president of Google's enterprise division, says Google Docs will reach a "point of capability" next year that will serve the "vast majority's needs."


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Cloud, consumers give Skype enterprise boost


Skype's Dan Neary says in the past online consumer apps would never be considered business grade But with the cloud, those apps have become secure enough that you trust.


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Microsoft probing Windows 7 zero-day hole


Microsoft said it is looking into a report of a vulnerability in Windows 7 and Server 2008 Release 2 that could be used by an attacker to remotely crash the computer.


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The role of data governance in the enterprise


According to analyst reports, the volume of enterprise data doubles every 18 months - and a lot information is inaccurate, duplicated or out-of-date and needs to be managed.


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Scammers trick users to ship stolen goods


RSA FraudAction Research Lab has uncovered the workings behind a recent re-shipping scam in which U.S. residents were used as mules to send goods purchased with stolen credit card numbers overseas.


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Google hopes to remake programming with Go


Google hopes to boost both computing power and programmers' abilities with an open-source experimental programming language project called Go.


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Is Mozilla's contributions program working?


It's been just under four months since Mozilla launched its pilot program for contributions, a way for users to donate to add-on developers for their time and effort.


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End-to-end encryption is the key to protecting data and reputations


In order to avoid the financial and brand damage associated with data breaches, businesses need to consider deploying end-to-end encryption as a tamper proof way of securing data.


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Twitter, LinkedIn announce tie-up


LinkedIn's 'status' feature now syncs with Twitter with an optional check box, a feature that the two companies say should be rolling out over the next few days.


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GNOME delays 3.0 release


The release of the next major upgrade of the GNOME desktop, GNOME 3.0, has been pushed back to September 2010.


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Hundreds of Facebook groups hijacked


Facebook groups are under attack. But the attackers say they come in peace and insist they want only to highlight a flaw in the way Facebook handles group administration.


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Google trying not to cross 'the creepy line'


Google CEO Eric Schmidt told Fox Business last week that "we're trying not to cross what we call the creepy line" when it comes to the data it gathers.


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