to do more to secure its online store for smartphone applications. The company behind the now ubiquitous Android operating system came under fire after computer-security experts last week uncovered more than 50 malicious applications that were uploaded to …
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The latest release of the Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool is set up to take on a bot designed to hijack HTTP traffic for several browsers, but also featuring additional malicious capabilities. Dubbed Win32/Cycbot by Microsoft, this piece of malware …
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Mary Jo Foley / All about Microsoft Blog:
Microsoft takes the wraps off Storage Server ‘Breckenridge’ — On November 8, Microsoft took the wraps off a new version of Windows Storage Server, which seems to be the product codenamed “Breckenridge.” — Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Essentials, like its Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 sibling …
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Facebook Places takes aim at Google — If Facebook Places catches on with the company’s 500 million users, Facebook could be sitting on a gold mine of local business listings that advertisers and users will love and Google will hate. — As part of Google’s quest to pack useful answers …