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Microsoft Preps 3 Critical Fixes for Patch Tuesday Release

Microsoft plans to issue seven security updates -- three of which are rated "critical" -- in its monthly Patch Tuesday release next week Several of the patches deal with preventing remote code execution (RCE). Attackerscould potentially take advantage of vulnerabilities by remotely running malicious code and gaining access to an unsuspecting user's...

Los Angeles Mad as Hell at Time Warner

Los Angeles City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo has filed a civil lawsuit against Time Warner Cable, alleging it deceived and ripped off its subscribers, providing inferior service for months The complaint accuses TWC of engaging in numerous fraudulent acts andbusiness practices that resulted in consumers...

Hong Kong Tops McAfee's Riskiest Web Domains Chart

The Hong Kong domain (.hk) is the riskiest Internet destination for Web surfers, according to a McAfee report released Wednesday Overall, the security firm looked at 265 domains for a variety of unwanted behaviors, and ranked the 74 most heavily trafficked top-level domains. The list includes both country domains, such as .hk, and generic domains,...

Wikia Search Invites Users to Stir the Pot

Wikia Search -- the open source search engine Wikia initially launched in January -- got a fresh start Tuesday. The refurbished version lets users edit, comment on and influence search results After performing a search query on any major search engine, a user typically gets a static results page -- the information it contains is determined largely ...

Facebook Embroiled in Canadian Privacy Controversy

The Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic (CIPPIC) has accused Facebook, a popular social networking site, of violatingCanadian privacy laws In a 36-page complaint submitted to the Canadian Privacy Commissioner,the CIPPIC outlines 22 separate alleged violations against Facebook. Theorganization claims that it failed to disclose to mem...

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