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Windows Defender No Longer Beta
Windows Defender is a free program that helps protect your computer against pop-ups, slow performance, and security threats caused by spyware and other unwanted software. It features Real-Time Protection, a monitoring system that recommends actions against spyware when…
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Microsoft to start Vista coupon plan for PC buyers
Microsoft Corp. (MSFT.O) this week will begin a coupon program for personal computer buyers to upgrade to the new Vista operating system when it premiers next year in an effort to avoid a drop-off in PC sales over the holidays and ahead of the software’s release.…
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Is Vista ready? Microsoft testers weigh in
Microsoft officials obviously believe Windows Vista is ready, given that it is set to release it to manufacturing within weeks, if not days. But what do some of its toughest testers think? With millions kicking Windows Vista’s tires, just about anyone and everyone is a Vista…
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Windows XP SP3 delayed to 2008
Windows XP Service Pack (SP 3), which Microsoft officials said in January to expect in the latter half of 2007, now has slipped into 2008. Microsoft delivered the last service pack update for XP, Windows XP SP2 (which was actually more of a whole new version of Windows than it…
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China to blacklist those making, distributing “spyware”
China will blacklist the producers and distributors of spy software, or spyware, in a bid to safeguard Internet safety, Wednesday People’s Daily reported. “The blacklist will be published regularly,” the Internet Society of China (ISC), an influential…
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Britain Has Highest Spyware Infection Rate in EU
A survey of over 600 UK respondents showed that young men are significantly more likely to be infected with spyware than their female counterparts. Young males aged 18 to 29 are at the highest risk of being infected with spyware according to new research conducted by Webroot…
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FBI director wants ISPs to track users
FBI Director Robert Mueller on Tuesday called on Internet service providers to record their customers’ online activities, a move that anticipates a fierce debate over privacy and law enforcement in Washington next year. “Terrorists coordinate their plans cloaked in…
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Microsoft hopes 7 is lucky number for IE
Some 18 months after Bill Gates pledged to revamp Internet Explorer, Microsoft is ready with the final version of Internet Explorer 7. The new Web browser, which has been in testing for months, is now available for download from Microsoft’s Web site. On the feature side,…
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Battlefield 2142 In-game Ads Use Spyware Tactics
Electronic Arts today announced that Battlefield 2142 has shipped to retailers in North America and Europe for the PC. After ripping open the box, but before putting the disc into their systems, gamers may notice a slip of paper with a disclaimer written on it. CGW Podcast read…
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US full of Internet addicts: study
The United States could be rife with Internet addicts as clinically ill as alcoholics, a study suggested. Researchers at Stanford University School of Medicine in Stanford, California, said their telephone survey indicated more than one in eight US residents showed at least one…