Stories by: Gregg Keizer

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iPhone 3G S teardown reveals significant speed boost 20/06/2009 10:02:00

The iPhone 3G S' hardware, including a faster microprocessor and a faster graphics processor than those in last year's model, supports Apple's claims that the new device is two to three times faster overall, a just-completed teardown shows.
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Researchers turn Conficker's own P2P protocol against itself 23/04/2009 14:51:00

Security researchers have updated a free tool that sniffs out the notorious Conficker worm on infected PCs by using the same peer-to-peer (P2P) protocol the malware relies on to communicate with its hacker masters.
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Firefox likely to win race to fix PWN2OWN contest bug 30/03/2009 08:59:00

Unless its two biggest rivals take extraordinary steps, Mozilla Corp. will be the first browser maker to patch a critical vulnerability used a week ago to win US$5,000 in a hacking contest.
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Microsoft's new TV ad whacks Apple over prices 30/03/2009 08:44:00

Microsoft Corp. Thursday night took a direct shot at its rival, Apple Inc., in a new television ad that pitched Windows PCs as lower priced than Macs.
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IE8 launch bumps browser's market share by 30% 23/03/2009 09:28:00

Microsoft Corp.'s Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) received a small bump in market share as the company launched the final version, according to Web measurement company Net Applications Inc.
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Researcher: Two big botnets gone, but replacements step up 19/01/2009 09:36:00

Although the shutdown of a California Web hosting company eradicated several prominent botnets last year, others have stepped up to fill the gaps, a security researcher said Friday.
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How to get your mitts on the Windows 7 beta 08/01/2009 10:25:00

Late Wednesday, Microsoft unveiled the public beta for Windows 7, the follow-on and follow-up to Vista, which from all signs the company is trying to forget as fast as possible.
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No nude celebs from LinkedIn, just malware 08/01/2009 11:48:00

Hackers have seeded LinkedIn, the business networking service, with bogus celebrity profiles.
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Apple code crashes, locks up Mac clones, Psystar claims 12/12/2008 10:24:00

Mac clone maker Psystar Corp. accused Apple Inc. this week of abusing copyright laws and locking Mac OS X to its hardware with code that prevents non-Apple machines from booting properly, court documents show.
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Microsoft sticks with 'Windows 7' for next OS 15/10/2008 08:34:00

Microsoft has announced that the code name for its next operating system, Windows 7, will be the product's official name.
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Facebook launches major iPhone app update 01/10/2008 10:31:00

Facebook updated its iPhone application this week, posting version 2.0 on Apple's App Store for free download.