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Web Service for WordPress Password Cracking
Nov 30, 2009 By EmmaIT Support is the key as hackers have developed a distributed Wordpress admin account cracking scheme that poses a severe risk for the IT security of blogs whose owners select insecure passwords. PHP scripts located on a virtual server run bruteforce (password guessing) attacks on targeted...
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Locals Fume as BT Boss Gets Broadband
Nov 30, 2009 By EmmaIT company BT has upset the good folk of an Oxfordshire village by giving its chairman broadband ahead of the rest of the residents. Hambleden, near Henley-on-Thames, is an IT connectivity "notspot", where the length of the lines make it impossible for BT to provide this IT service -...
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Firms Must Tailor Web Sites to Digital "Tribes"
Nov 30, 2009 By EmmaIT companies must view their customers as members of "digital tribes" and tailor online IT services to them if they are to be successful, according to a white paper from KPMG published today. Revenue models also need to be adapted to these tribes, otherwise firms risk driving traffic...
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Malware Can Be Hidden in English Text
Nov 30, 2009 By EmmaA team of IT consultants has engineered a way of hiding malware in sentences that read like English language spam. Breakthrough paper shows hackers could evade antivirus protection by hiding malicious code in sentences that read like English language spam. The work is a breakthrough because...
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RIM Updates BlackBerry Server
Nov 30, 2009 By EmmaThe IT company made available Monday the BlackBerry Enterprise Server SP1, and it adds multiple enhancements for companies using RIM's corporate mail deployment. The update, which is compatible with Microsoft's Exchange and IBM's Lotus Notes, boosts the IT department's ability to manage IT...
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'Black Screen of Death' Linked To Patch
Nov 30, 2009 By EmmaMicrosoft 's November IT security patch may be to blame for the "black screen of death" that has been plaguing PC users. Prevx, an IT products vendor, on Friday attributed some of the black screen crashes to a recent Window operating system change that locked down Windows registry...
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Navy Finds Lessons In Storage Drives
Nov 30, 2009 By EmmaThe Navy received a report earlier this year of what appeared to be a serious cyber attack which brings us to IT Support need. The breach turned out to be less damaging than feared, but the incident served as a reminder that external storage drives shouldn't be overlooked as an IT security risk....
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Google Puts Movie Search on Mobile Devices
Nov 29, 2009 By EmmaGoogle launched a mobile version of its movie search IT service Tuesday that is compatible with Apple's iPhone as well as all mobile devices running Android and the Palm webOS. The new IT Support offered promises to make it easier for movie fans to plan their next theater trip while on the go....
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Chinese EBay Rival Unveils Branded Mobile Phone
Nov 29, 2009 By EmmaChina's biggest online auction and retail Internet site plans to stamp its brand on a new mobile phone, the first time it's name will be put on a device, according to a source with knowledge of the situation. Taobao.com plans this week to announce the IT service, which will be co-branded by...
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Nokia Must Speed up Transformation
Nov 29, 2009 By EmmaNokia needs to speedily boost its offering of mobile internet solutions and IT Support, marketing head Anssi Vanjoki told a German magazine and did not rule out a sale of its core handset manufacturing business in the long term. The IT company - No. 1 global cellphone maker, needs to catch up...
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