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Researchers predict new computer security threat for wireless networks: Typhoid adware (w/ Video) – Eureka! Science News

There’s a potential threat lurking in your internet café, say University of Calgary computer science researchers. It’s called Typhoid adware and works in similar fashion to Typhoid Mary, the first identified healthy carrier of typhoid fever who spread the disease to dozens of people in the New York …
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Computer-security event seeks to spur int’l talks – Detroit News

… Howard Schmidt, the White House’s cybersecurity coordinator, as well as other influential cybersecurity officials from the European Union, Canada, Japan, India and China. Also on the agenda are the CEOs of AT&T Inc. and computer maker Dell Inc …
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Alliance of Wi-Fi and WiGig Standards in 60 GHz (Glenn Fleishman/Wi-Fi Networking News)

Glenn Fleishman / Wi-Fi Networking News:
Alliance of Wi-Fi and WiGig Standards in 60 GHz  —  Good news for those of us that like harmony in standards-land: The Wi-Fi Alliance and WiGig Alliances have agreed to cooperate on technology for networking in the 60 GHz band.  This is terrific, and not unexpected.

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Court fight brews over media request to unseal iPhone records (CNET News)

CNET News:
Court fight brews over media request to unseal iPhone records  —  An attorney for the 21-year old Silicon Valley resident who found what appears to be Apple’s prototype iPhone in a bar is expected to oppose a request by CNET and other media organizations to unseal court records relating to the investigation.

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