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The Department of Homeland Security is urging computer users to disable or uninstall the Java programming language because of a serious security vulnerability. The flaw in Java 7 “can allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system,” according to a warning posted Thursday by the U.S. Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT). Hundreds of millions of consumers and businesses may be affected. Hackers could exploit the flaw to install malicious software or malware that could make…

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A pair of safety glasses is one of the most mundane but useful pieces of equipment that anyone can own. As very visually oriented species human beings rely greatly on their sense of sight to function, which is why protecting it and preserving it is of the utmost importance. There are a lot of occupations, and do it yourself tasks, that involve using heavy tools or jobs that involve a lot of flying particles. This is the reason why people…

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It’s been 15 years since the Internet became a mainstream phenomenon and began revolutionizing modern life in so many different ways — from how we find information to how we communicate with other people to how we consume news to to how we buy books and music to how we find a compatible life partner. Along the way, the Internet has completely upended entire industries, killing off or reducing many of the existing power brokers, removing the middle men, and ushering…

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If you haven’t noticed yet, there will be a serious issue in the availability of hard drives. This is because of the major flooding that has occurred in Thailand. While this natural disaster is incredibly unfortunate for the people of Thailand, we also will see the supply chain impacted significantly for hard drives and other sub-components. Some ship dates at one of the largest server and storage brands in the US now list estimated ship dates after March of 2012….

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Expedia’s Trip Adviser, email marketing provider Epsilon, Sony’s online entertainment services, professional engineering society Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. They all suffered some kind of a data breach in the first four months of 2011. At one point, it seemed like there was at least one new security breach being reported every week. The incidents listed above don’t include any health care data breaches, accidental information exposure like British Petroleum’s lost laptop or Texas State Comptroller’s office storing information…

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The source code for the Zeus banking Trojan has been leaked on the Internet, which will allow pretty much anyone interested in crafting a malware attack to do so, provided they know where to look. The complete source code for the Zeus malware kit is being freely distributed as a ZIP file on several underground forums. Zeus, also known as Zbot, is one of the most advanced pieces of malware currently active and is commonly used to steal money from…

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During an update of one of my personal Vista Machines, I had installed (with reservations) the latest version of Internet Explorer 9. After installing Internet Explorer 9, I had notice my fonts had become extremely difficult to read. After spending sometime changing, Windows Themes, screen resolution, and character DPI.   I was still unable to see the screen clearly. I knew of Microsoft’s ClearType and having it installed on my machine but wasn’t sure if it was functioning. It wasn’t until…

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