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MI6 seeks recruits on Facebook

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The Secret Intelligence Service, which has traditionally scoured the country’s elite universities for recruits, launched a series of online adverts this month as part of its attempts to attract people from a variety of backgrounds.”A number of public channels are used to promote job opportunities in the organisation and Facebook is a recent example of […]

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Google offers $10M for ideas that can ‘change the world’

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Google noted that the ideas can be big or small, technology-driven or not. But they do have to have a potential positive impact on the world.
Google offers $10M for ideas that can ‘change the world’

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It’s impossible to know who lurks behind a funny nickname

admin @ September 24, 2008 # No Comment Yet

It is that anonymity that’s at the hub of a debate and vote that takes place in the European Parliament tomorrow. An Estonian MEP, Marianne Mikko, is worried that a growing number of blogs are written with “malicious intentions or hidden agendas”. She proposes that bloggers identify themselves and declare any interests they have in […]

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Google has reverse-engineered Windows?

admin @ September 24, 2008 # No Comment Yet

It is this secure sandbox that has piqued the curiosity of some observers, and for a reason that many may find surprising. From reading the source, it looks as though Google has reverse-engineered Windows, and that’s explicitly prohibited by the Windows EULA.
Of all the things that Chrome brings to the web browser market, its security […]

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First Google Android phone to cost $199

admin @ September 23, 2008 # No Comment Yet

The first mobile phone to use Google Inc’s Android mobile operating software will cost $199, the Wall Street Journal reported on its website on Wednesday.The phone, which features a slide-out keypad, is being manufactured by Taiwan’s HTC Corp and will be sold by Deutsche Telekom’s T-Mobile USA unit, which plans to unveil the device at […]

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Number one Exchange replacement Zarafa releases software

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Number one Exchange replacement Zarafa releases software Open Source
Zarafa open source offering will consist of the Zarafa server, Z-Merge (a new web services API platform for application integration), the Zarafa IMAP/POP3/iCal gateway, the Zarafa Administration Console, the Zarafa WebAccess and many other tools and services. It is the only groupware platform that includes open source […]

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Google releases first patches for Chrome

admin @ September 10, 2008 # No Comment Yet

Google has issued an update for its newly released Chrome, following a critical vulnerability in the beta browser found by Vietnamese security researchers.
The flaw can be triggered when the user saves a web page - using Chrome’s “Save page as” command - with a very long name. That, in turn, creates a stack-based buffer […]

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Sony recalls 438,000 laptops

admin @ September 6, 2008 # No Comment Yet

Japan’s Sony Corp has launched a voluntary recall of 438,000 Vaio portable computers, citing a potential hazard that could cause the machines to overheat or possibly burn a user.
Sony’s recall affects 72,800 computers in the United States, a Sony spokesman said on Thursday.
Sony received 15 reports of overheating, including one of a consumer who suffered […]

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The National Hi-Tech Crime Unit has its own identity snatched

admin @ September 3, 2008 # No Comment Yet

Uwe Matt, has done nothing illegal in buying the site, the authorities should never have allowed this to happen. According to the company, it’s likely that Matt bought the site in order to get higher rankings on search websites like Google, but that there is nothing to stop him selling the website domain on to […]

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Cheaters: Inside the hidden world of IT certification fraud

admin @ September 3, 2008 # No Comment Yet

For the first time ever, companies that develop and administer IT certification exams are working together to combat a problem that has largely been swept under the rug for years: certification fraud.
A group of IT hardware and software vendors, independent certifying agencies, test centers and others have formed the IT Certification […]

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Google plans to launch web browser

admin @ September 1, 2008 # No Comment Yet

Google Inc plans to launch a web browser called Google Chrome in a challenge to Microsoft Corp’s Internet Explorer, the Wall Street Journal reported on its website on Monday.The browser launch is likely to be announced soon, the paper said, citing unnamed sources.
Google plans to launch web browser: WSJ | Technology | Reuters

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