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Cupertino High student develops Internet security site – San Jose Mercury News

Cupertino High student develops Internet security site
San Jose Mercury News
By Matt Wilson You are not as safe on the Internet as you think, and Ganesh Datta, a 16-year-old Cupertino High School student, is ready to help you realize that fact. Ganesh recently launched SecurAid, a resource website that explains how to stay

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Biz Break: Symantec goes shopping, Steve Jobs doll not for sale, and Facebook plans IPO – San Jose Mercury News

Today: Mountain View-based computer-security company Symantec buys LiveOffice for about $ 115 million, giving it cloud-archiving offering. Also: Steve Jobs doll will not be released after pressure from Apple (AAPL), Jobs lawyers, and a report …
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Biz Break: Facebook settles privacy case, AMR bankruptcy, risk to HP printers – San Jose Mercury News

Biz Break: Facebook settles privacy case, AMR bankruptcy, risk to HP printers
San Jose Mercury News
The researchers, however, said that a fix would not be possible after the hack was made. "If and when HP rolls out a fix, if a printer is already compromised, the fix would be completely ineffective. Once you own the firmware, you own it forever.

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Banking by smartphone can be risky – San Jose Mercury News

“Most instances of banking fraud are not due to the bank’s technology being compromised, but to people unwittingly giving out their personal information to criminals via phishing scams and copycat sites, or their computers being infected with malware …
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