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Kim Dotcom Gears Up for MEGA Launch
Almost a year to the day after the original Megaupload was shut down by the FBI, fugitive internet tycoon Kim Dotcom is getting ready to launch the second coming of his file-sharing site from…
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Phishing Sites Use Whitelisting Technology To Keep Out Unwanted Targets
One of the favorite tactics of businesses is to use ‘whitelisting’ to keep malicious visitors at bay, but now it looks as if cybercriminals have turned the tables on them, employing the same tactics…
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Building Big Data: How Facebook’s Graph Search Was Born
Facebook’s revolutionary search strategy, Graph Search, represents an intriguing marriage of Big Data and social networking that should allow people and businesses to connect in dozens of new and exciting ways. In case you…
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Facebook’s Open Compute Shapes the Future of Big Data Servers
When a company grows to the size that Facebook has, vendors no longer get to dictate the specs of its server acquisitions. Instead, the boot is on the other foot Facebook gets to determine…
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New Java Flaw Discovered, Selling for $5K on Black Web
Oh dear, oh dear. Oracle must think it’s experiencing a bad case of déjà vu right now – just days after it released a patch for a ‘serious’ vulnerability discovered in its Java software…
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US Power Plant Shut Down by Malware-Infected USB Stick
In a case that bears strong similarities to the highly publicized Stuxnet attack on Iran, two US power plants have befallen the same fate, becoming infected with malware via USB sticks, according to the…
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Software Developer Sacked for Outsourcing Job to China
Ever heard the old saying “work smarter, not harder”? Well, if you happen to be an employer of some sort, you might want to think twice before you go proffering this kind of advice…
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Facebook Graph Search + Your Privacy Explained
Facebook made a bit of a stir yesterday with the announcement of its new Graph Search feature that enables users to search for all kinds of interesting topics and recommendations. For example, if you’re…
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IBM and Oracle Go Head-to-Head for Splunk Buyout
Big Data Elephants Set To Battle For Splunk Hot on the heels of Dell’s rumored mega-buyout, rival firm IBM is reported to be flexing its own financial muscles as it looks to make data…
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Dell’s Buyout Moving Fast: Talks Now at “Advanced Stage”
Things are moving fast at Dell as latest reports suggest that talks about its rumored buyout have already reached an advanced stage, with investors believed to have lined up at least four major banks…