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Kaspersky: Mobile phone security rising in importance

...PCs, according to the head of antivirus company Kaspersky Lab. The current virus threat to mobile phones has been described as a "a raindrop in... Read more

17 February, 2011 by Steve Ranger

Kaspersky: The Internet must be locked down

...they too are deluged with viruses. What is your prognosis on the virus threat to mobile phones?A: There are three rules that any system... Read more

5 July, 2002 by Matt Loney

First worm to hit Oracle databases found

The discovery of proof-of-concept code suggests that companies running Oracle databases could soon face a new threat Read more

2 November, 2005 by Joris Evers

Nokia reacts to mobile virus threat

Symantec has been signed up to protect Symbian Series 60 users from the growing threat of smartphone viruses Read more

6 October, 2005 by Alorie Gilbert

Smartphone virus threat grows

Recent variants of the Cabir virus, which targets mobile phones, are drawing on the original source code to overcome flaws and become a more dangerous threat Read more

29 December, 2004 by Paul Festa

Olympics arms against virus threat

Security officials in Athens are taking steps to stop worms crippling the Olympics' data network Read more

23 July, 2004 by Marguerite Reardon

Millennium virus threat isn't over yet

Virus damage possible this week, as people return from holiday and switch on Read more

4 January, 2000 by Will Knight

Common ground: uniting against the virus threat

...often been the security experts - they greeted the recent 'Resume - Janet Simmons' virus threat with tired sighs, but were confronted by IT directors clamouring for... Read more

23 August, 2000 by Pia Heikkila
The Evolving <endeca_term>Virus Threat</endeca_term> - What's Next

The Evolving Virus Threat - What's Next

Computer viruses have come a long way since the first floppy boot sector viruses appeared in the mid-1980s. As... Read more

1 January, 2009

5 years ago...Hackers multiply Melissa virus threat

Remember the Melissa hell? Read more

31 March, 2004 by silicon.com staff

Virus threat: Goner on the rise

One in 30 emails contains the worm... Read more

5 December, 2001 by Joey Gardiner

Scripting virus threat to websites

Anti-virus vendor Central Command has discovered a virus that may pose a threat to websites. Read more

9 January, 2001 by Pia Heikkila

Urban myth fronts .exe virus threat

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19 June, 2000 by Pia Heikkila

Symantec pre-empts handheld virus threat

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12 June, 2000 by Sally Watson

Companies stay vigilant for post-Y2K virus threat

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5 January, 2000 by Sally Watson

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knapper

That we have :-) Retailers don't buy stuff to lie around in warehouses, particularly with fast moving technology products. If they didn't think...

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JohneKerr

I think that we have been here before, shipments are not equal to sales. Correct?

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Iain Sutherland

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Burn-IT

Yes it is basically down to "nobody in control understands IT, is willing to admit it, or allow decisions to be delegated". Lets get someone in who...

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pjc158

So let me get this straight just because a consultant has oberved that mobile companies who get in trouble never recover, well we all might as well...

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Jake Rayson

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archerthom

I'm imagining Batman-style sonar imaging that will detect the cat and Lego bricks in the dark - I'm going to be disappointed aren't I?

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unlockworldwide

May I quote Horace Dediu, who runs the consultancy Asmyco who has repeatedly observed that mobile phone companies that fall into loss – even once...

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NarayanaIyyappan

It is useful for their lifes,and also this matters are important for networking students.

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DarkDown

yeah! all we want free software

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Jack Strain

Just gimme a map to the fridge. :D

1 day ago by Jack Strain via Facebook on Indoor navigation coming to a mobile near you soon
Sungwoo

do You know that? it can install 4G Ram. So i buy 4g and install It work! I can run call of duty 4,6,7 [Modern war... 1,2,3] Call of duty 1 was...

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itsajob

2. Bad idea. Making up patch cables loses you your commission from the cable supplier. 3. If you tidy up, other people can understand where the...

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Paul Smyth

Is this classic FUD? One thing I would definitely have notice is a Mozilla threat to stop supporting GNU/Linux.

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UnderINK

I agree with the previous commenter wholeheartedly. I couldn't say it better myself. This is very 'Big Brother'. And while I agree with protecting...

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Simon Bisson and Mary Branscombe

Nice to see that Turing's idea of a general purpose computer doing once-hardware-powered tasks in software is now universal ;-) Mary

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Jason Burchell

seriously now. I've only bothered to read a small bit of the comments. do me and the rest of the world a favour. stop saying it does not work or...

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apexwm

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