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FCC to look into the blocking of text messages on cellular networks, the slowing of p-to-p traffic, and what constitutes reasonable broadband traffic management
Researches have found a way to exploit the universal plug and play protocol as well as Adobe's Flash to hijack computers and change the primary DNS server
MacSweeper may be the first 'scareware' application for Macs
With Social Security numbers at risk, county officials offer registered voters in Tennessee county a year of free identity theft protection at the cost $10 per account
New antitrust investigations concern the interoperability of Windows with other software and Microsoft's tactic of bundling software products with Windows
Random JS Toolkit allows attackers to create threats that only attempt to victimize an individual computer in the same manner a single time to protect against discovery by anti-virus systems
IBM and Nokia are among the companies that donated patents to Eco-patent Commons to encourage the development of environmentally friendly technologies
The hacked page offers a Trojan horse disguised as a popup advising users to download the latest Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool
Experts are recommending that businesses abandon piecemeal security systems and instead adopt broader, risk management-style models
A Congressional investigation found that a TSA site had security flaws that could enable identity theft and that the site's no-bid contract was awarded unfairly