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Monday August 23, 2010 5:11 AM
Security study says data breaches often caused by configuration errors
IDG News Service - Hackers are increasingly exploiting configuration errors and faulty application code -- not the kind of software holes that get vendor patches -- to steal information from computer systems, according to a new study by Verizon Communications Inc.

Sunday August 22, 2010 11:10 PM
Security Researcher Arrested for Refusing to Disclose Anonymous Source
An Indian computer scientist was arrested this weekend when he refused to disclose an anonymous source who provided an electronic voting machine to a team of security researchers.

Monday August 23, 2010 3:04 AM
On the dot
Will Enemalta compensate the 15,000 residents in Safi, urrieq and Kirkop who suffered a power cut of nearly 24 hours on the first weekend of August? Thousands of man-hours of work were lost, appliances were damaged and food in fridges and, in some cases, freezers too had to be thrown away.

Sunday August 22, 2010 7:16 PM
Looi and wife Andre Louisa at Looi Software
Dr Looi Hoong Thoong loves a good challenge. Its this combative spirit that led him to develop the countrys first anti-virus program, writes ROZANA SANI

Sunday August 22, 2010 9:57 AM
2001 Pontiac Grand Am SE from North America - Comments
My 2001 Pontiac Grand Am SE 2.4 (I believe) has been good to me. I had the no starting issue; I reset the computer, and for the fun of it, sanded the plugs and turned off the security system, the switch under the steering wheel. It fired right up after sitting for however long.

Sunday August 22, 2010 10:17 PM
If Jackie Chan says it's good well, get a second opinion
The movie star has endorsed tons of products, some of which fail spectacularly. One Chinese newspaper called him 'a man who can destroy anything.' Judging from billboards and television commercials in China, film star Jackie Chan has never met a product he wouldn't endorse. Travel the country and you'll see the Hong Kong native's handsome visage hawking electric bikes, anti-virus software, even ...

Sunday August 22, 2010 9:56 PM
Technology's Biggest Myths
As it turns out, Windows Vista really wasn't all that slow; and no, your PC probably won't fry if you open it up without wearing a wrist strap. Thanks in large part to the Internet, the tech world is teeming with lies, half-truths, and misinformation. We've dug up some of the Web's most notorious nuggets of conventional wisdom to see which hold up to scrutiny and which are merely urban legends.

Sunday August 22, 2010 6:05 AM
Owner of SCR Michigan sending computers to charity in his native Ghana
Stephen Opoku said hes found relative job security as a computer repair technician and owner of SCR Michigan LLC in Kalamazoo.

Sunday August 22, 2010 11:42 PM
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Friday August 20, 2010 7:29 PM
How Googling Cameron Diaz can mess up your computer
Searching for Cameron Diaz online carries a one-in-ten chance of landing on a website containing with malicious software, according to a report by the computer security firm McAfee.