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Security firm warns of malware attack on Facebook

Very few details are available about what appears to be a different attack than one discovered by Kaspersky Labs lat week, other than the fact that it ...

Video: Legendary game designer Will Wright brings us 'Spore'

On the CNET News Daily Debrief, Kara Tsuboi and Daniel Terdiman discuss the next game from legendary designer Will Wright. Spore is just a few weeks ...

Much ado about the iPhone's 'kill-switch'

The discovery of a URL that appears to blacklist iPhone applications sent the Internet into a tizzy, despite the fact that the person who discovered it ...

Cybersecurity lessons from the Civil War

The director of the National Cyber Security Center makes connections between today's online dangers and the insider threats and hacks of American history. ...

Black Hat a sure bet to be big, bold in Vegas

From a mock trial in "Hacker Court" to presentations titled "Bad Sushi" and "Satan is on My Friends List," security conference promises to be provocat ...

Timeline tracks history of Internet fads and trends

All Your Base, Leeroy Jenkins, and Lonelygirl15 are among the bits of geek pop culture that have made it to a list created on timeline site Dipity.

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SpaceX finds cause of failed private rocket launch

A privately held rocket company on Wednesday blamed a design error for its latest failure to reach orbit, which caused the loss ...

TiVo filling up? DVR expanders provide more room to record

Beijing's Olympics provide a reminder why many of us love our digital video recorders. By automatically recording shows onto ...

Election officials return to paper

Thousands of touchscreen devices are collecting dust across the country as officials shift to scanners that read paper ballots.

Egypt to DNA-test 2 fetuses from King Tut's tomb

Egyptian scientists are carrying out DNA tests on two mummified fetuses found in the tomb of King Tutankhamun to determine whether ...

Giant online security hole getting fixed, slowly

A giant vulnerability in the Internet's design is allowing criminals to silently redirect traffic to websites under their control. ...

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New US cyber defense coordinator hints at plans (AP)

AP - One of the United States' biggest challenges in securing government computers from foreign attacks isn't necessarily technical. The country first ...

Major Internet security flaw also affects e-mail (AP)

Lenovo says quarterly profits up 65 percent (AP)

Hacker indictment greeted with muted response (AP)

AP - Federal authorities are calling it the largest hacking and identity theft case yet. But this week's indictments of 11 people who allegedly plundered ...

Looking inside the Storm worm botnet (CNET)

CNET - LAS VEGAS--On Wednesday, Joe Stewart, director of malware research for SecureWorks, presented his work on protocols and encryption used by the Storm ...

Vonage's subscriber growth grinds to a halt (AP)

AP - Vonage Holdings Corp.'s subscriber growth nearly ground to a halt in the second quarter, as the Internet telephone company said Thursday it gained ...

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Sprint Puts Positive Spin on Losses

Sprint Nextel, the troubled No. 3 wireless carrier, lost nearly a million customers in the second quarter. But the company says it lost some of them on ...

Lenovo Says Quarterly Profits Up 65%

The worldâ€™s fourth-largest PC maker said its quarterly profit rose as strong sales in China and emerging economies offset weakness in the United States.

Lifeâ€™s Work: The New Workplace Perk: Gas

Telecommuting, shortened workweeks and Internet subsidies were ways of saving time and providing workers with a little more balance in their lives, but ...

AOL Weighs on Time Warner; Earnings Fall 26%

Declining subscriber fees at the AOL online unit and lower ad revenue at the Time publishing business pushed down second-quarter earnings.

Blockbuster Raises Outlook After Quarterly Loss

Blockbusterâ€™s second-quarter loss widened, but revenue rose more than expected as it pushed merchandise sales at its movie rental chain.

Imax Loss Deepens on Digital Technology Costs

Giant-screen movie theater firm Imax reported a deeper second-quarter loss on Thursday as it continued to invest in its transition to digital technology.

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