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Personal data of 170 million Facebook users exposed, collected, and shared without any hacking

Using publicly available information on Facebook, a researcher has been able to gather personal details of nearly 170 million users of the service, or about a third of all users. The data includes names, addresses, e-mails, phone numbers, and birthdays: essentially anything that was not marked as private is now part of this file.

The file has now ended up on The Pirate Bay, and ...more
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Microsoft sets emergency Windows patch for Monday

Microsoft today said it will issue an emergency patch for the critical Windows shortcut bug on Monday, August 2.

The company said it is satisfied with the quality of the "out-of-band" update -- Microsoft's term for a patch that falls outside the usual monthly delivery schedule -- but also acknowledged that it has tracked an upswing in attacks. ...more
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Ballmer: Making Microsoft Competitive In Tablets Is Top Of Mind

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is counting on a surge of new tablet computers based on Windows 7 and Intels upcoming ultra-low-voltage microprocessors to regain market momentum against Apples fast-selling iPad.

Speaking to financial analysts at Microsofts Redmond, Wash., headquarters Thursday, Ballmer acknowledged that Apples success in the tablet market has been "one of the top ...more
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FBI sought data on Defcon 'social engineering' contest

A Defcon contest that invites contestants to trick employees at U.S. corporations into revealing not-so-sensitive data has rattled some nerves.

Contest organizers have been called by the FBI and has seen warnings issued by security groups and the Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center, (FS-ISAC) an industry group that provides information on security threats ...more
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HP Confirms Plans for Both Windows and webOS Tablets

Hewlett-Packard has confirmed it plans separate tablet computers running Microsoft's Windows and Palm's webOS. HP says it will use Windows for a business device and webOS for a consumer-oriented machine.

No release dates, product specs, or prices have been named, but HP spokesperson Marlene Somsak told us in an e-mail that a Slate-type computer is coming soon. ...more
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