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Google takes down 93,000 scam ads

...has revealed that it took down over 93,000 ads linking to scam sites from July to December last year, in response to requests from... Read more

28 June, 2011 by Tom Espiner

Twitter researchers step up fight against spam

...to combating spam on Twitter, which is a relatively new frontier for scam artists and malware creators. Researchers have joined battle with scam artists and... Read more

18 February, 2011 by Josh Lowensohn

Security firm warns of fake disk defraggers

...Scam artists are using fake disk defragmentation programs to lure computer users into... Read more

15 December, 2010 by Elinor Mills

Get Safe Online warns of scareware scams

...people in the UK has been cold-called by fraudsters in scareware scams, according to safety awareness campaign Get Safe Online. The scams normally involve... Read more

15 November, 2010 by Tom Espiner

Facebook clickjacking scam attacks 'like' link clicks

...Another clickjacking scam has hit Facebook, tricking hundreds of thousands of users to post messages... Read more

2 June, 2010 by Elinor Mills

McAfee software linked to spam email scam

The company is investigating reports that its SaaS Endpoint Protection software seems to be allowing computers to serve as proxies for sending spam email Read more

18 January, 2012 by Elinor Mills

Facebook scammers go phishing in chat sessions

Con artists are posing as Facebook security staff in chat sessions, with the aim of luring people into handing over their login and credit-card details, security firm Kaspersky has warned Read more

16 January, 2012 by Elinor Mills

FBI nabs suspects in $14m clickjacking fraud

...The US Department of Justice has uncovered a large, sophisticated internet scam ring that netted $14m (£8.8m) by infecting millions of computers with... Read more

10 November, 2011 by Elinor Mills

Three men jailed over £3m phishing scheme

...been jailed for luring British and Irish bank customers into a phishing scam that police believe netted more than £3m for a criminal gang. Vincent... Read more

11 July, 2011 by Tom Espiner

Facebook locked in 'arms race' with spammers

...spammers have modified their handiwork so it will get past Facebook's scam detection system, company spokesman Fred Wolens told ZDNet UK's sister site... Read more

17 May, 2011 by Elinor Mills

Facebook bolsters user security features

...to see a video and instead end up spamming their friends. A scam was circulating on Wednesday in which Facebook users were inadvertently commenting on... Read more

13 May, 2011 by Elinor Mills

HMRC warns of sharp rise in phising emails

...to a fake HMRC website that asks for credit card details. The scam email often begins with a sentence such as "We have reviewed your... Read more

7 February, 2011 by Nick Heath

McAfee moves to plug spam email hole

The security firm will plug a hole this week in its SaaS for Total Protection software, which was being exploited by scammers to send spam email Read more

19 January, 2012 by Elinor Mills

Watchdog aims to clamp down on mobile-app rip-offs

Premium-rate regulator PhonepayPlus has warned that rogue apps are charging smartphone users for services without their knowledge, with Android rather than iPhone the main target Read more

26 September, 2011 by Ben Woods

Travelodge investigates customer data breach

The hotel chain is looking into how customer email addresses were compromised and used by spammers Read more

24 June, 2011 by Tom Espiner

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apexwm

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apexwm

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pjc158

Why is it that Newzealand has the guts to stand up to the USA and ask to see the evidence and we don't!

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What a farce! Hopefully the European court will see where this is leading.

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those conformation letters are hard to figure out what is which letters it is a pain in the back side. Please make it more Ledge-able being better...

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BrownieBoy

"cites" even. Ouch!

16 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Horace Ontalhold

...... and PDP11s too

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BrownieBoy

I had a quick skim through the PDF. It seems to be that many of these so-called cost savings would be down to a hardware refresh. Although...

18 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
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apexwm

Jack : I was hoping you could provide us a summary since you are familiar with this report. I am not yet sure how much of my time I'd like to...

21 hours ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Smilig Eddie

2 – 4 more weeks of waiting: how many buyers are going to decide instead to see what the iPhone 5 offers? Consumer trust in the brand has also...

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SRist

So it looks like this was a complete red herring - Adobe are allowing upgrades from Photoshop CS3, CS4 and CS5 at the same price. When did this...

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Jack Schofield

@apexwm Have you considered either (a) reading the story above or (b) reading the PDF? There are answers in both.

1 day ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
apexwm

I would love to hear why Microsoft believes that "upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7 pays for itself in a year, in increased productivity and...

1 day ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
debsmk

I have just changed mine to white they said 3 to 5 days

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BrownieBoy

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1 day ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC