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In preliminary Betanews tests Tuesday comparing the relative speeds of major Web browsers in Windows Vista- and Windows 7-based virtual machines, not only did the general performance of Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 improve by about 23%, but the latest production build of Firefox 3.0.10 appears to improve its performance by 17.5%.
This despite running in a [...]

What is Native Client?
Native Client is an open-source research technology for running x86 native code in web applications, with the goal of maintaining the browser neutrality, OS portability, and safety that people expect from web apps. We’ve released this project at an early, research stage to get feedback from the security and broader open-source communities. [...]

Indian Credit Card Fraud Exposed – Linked to Symantec

Posted by: Bug Dork on: March 22, 2009

In a recent undercover sting the BBC has uncovered some unscrupulous Indian chaps selling valid UK credit card details, the kicker to the story is the fraud is linked to Symantec as the people being defrauded had all recently bought Norton subscriptions.
I guess it’s hard to control a 3rd party call center though and who [...]

HACKING FAQs

Posted by: Bug Dork on: March 22, 2009

What is Hacking?

Computer hacking is the practice of modifying computer hardware and software to accomplish a goal outside of the creator’s original purpose. Hacking is the art of exploiting the flaws/loopholes in a software/module. Since the word “hack” has long been used to describe someone who is incompetent at his/her profession, some hackers claim this [...]

Planes grounded by ‘Microsoft virus’

Posted by: Bug Dork on: February 9, 2009

I am not sure whom the French military is attacking these days. (I am told that relations with British tourists are much improved.)But this morning I happened upon peculiar information while accidentally scanning the French paper Liberation.
Apparently in the past two weeks, some French fighter planes were grounded because the military had failed to take [...]


 

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