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China censors web after tax riots

China on Friday blocked online access to news of riots by thousands of people who clashed with police in an eastern manufacturing city in what began as a protest over taxes.

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created Oct 28, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

Cyber attack on Europe exposes big flaws in Internet security

A major cyber attack in Europe that apparently was launched from Iran has revealed significant vulnerabilities in the Internet security systems used to authenticate websites for banking, email and e-commerce around the world.

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created Sep 12, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 1

Zillow real estate value website sets IPO price

Startup Zillow that provides online information about real estate has set the price for its initial public offering of stock at $12 to $14 per share.

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created Jul 07, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

PrivateSky shields online exchanges from prying eyes

A free service launched on Wednesday called PrivateSky lets Internet users shield email, Facebook updates, and other online exchanges from hackers or other unwanted snoops.

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created Jun 22, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

LinkedIn IPO stirs Internet bubble fears

LinkedIn, the professional-networking website firm, said Tuesday it expects to be worth as much as $4 billion when it goes public soon, sparking fears of another Internet bubble. ...

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created May 18, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

Downadup Worm Hits Over 3.5 Million Computers

(PhysOrg.com) -- Security firm F-Secure has advised that the Downadup worm has spread to more than 3.5 million computers by exploiting a vulnerability Microsoft patched last October. This is achieved by trying ...

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created Jan 16, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0 weblog