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Adobe PDF Guide – Everything You Wanted to do with PDFs
Apr 11th
Adobe PDF is probably the best format for sharing documents as they are preserve the formatting, the documents are read-only and also because most computers, mobile phones and ebook readers can open PDF files. Here you’ll learn how to do just about everything with PDF documents without Adobe Acrobat
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Adobe PDF Guide – Everything You Wanted to do with PDFs
NUTS: Apple Sells Out of IPad, Google Stumbles to Keep Up
Mar 17th
Apple released the new iPad to eager crowds on Friday, as Google stumbles to keep pace with Android. News Under the Sun is a weekly column rounding up all the events in the mobile industry. Want the news but don’t want it every day?
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NUTS: Apple Sells Out of IPad, Google Stumbles to Keep Up
Why Windows 8 says that your Password is Incorrect?
Mar 2nd
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DpEw2cQ1Eo Windows 8 and Microsoft Account (or Windows Live ID) Microsoft has made one important change in Windows 8 around user accounts.
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Why Windows 8 says that your Password is Incorrect?
Symantec pcAnywhere hack exposes 200,000 PCs: analyst
Feb 23rd
Even though software company Symantec released a patch for its pcAnywhere program after it was infiltrated by hackers, as many as 200,000 computers are still running the infected version, including thousands that may have access to credit card and other sensitive data. These numbers are according to Rapid7, which surveyed the Net for computers that were running unpatched versions of the software
Iran blocking 30 million from email, Web ahead of election
Feb 23rd
With parliamentary elections scheduled for next week, Iran has begun blocking Internet services, Web security experts say, adding to concerns that a “clean Internet” that government leaders hope to create will shut off Iranians from the rest of the online world.
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Iran blocking 30 million from email, Web ahead of election
Apple’s latest sandboxing deadline delay signals moving goalpost for devs
Feb 23rd
Apple has given developers yet another few months to implement application sandboxing for OS X apps, a security feature brought over from iOS: the deadline is now June 1, 2012. While the intent of sandboxing is to prevent hacked apps from taking over a user’s system, however, the sandbox design inherently limits functionality that users and developers have come to expect on the desktop
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Apple’s latest sandboxing deadline delay signals moving goalpost for devs
Malicious backdoor in open-source messaging apps not spotted for 3 months
Feb 18th
For almost three months, versions of three widely distributed open-source applications from Horde.org contained a backdoor that allowed attackers to remotely execute malicious PHP code on systems that ran the programs. Members of the Horde Project warned of the tampering earlier this week, in a bulletin that advised users of the collaboration and messaging applications to immediately reinstall newer versions that didn’t contain the malicious code. Those affected included anyone who downloaded installation packages for Horde 3.3.12, Horde Groupware 1.2.10 or Horde Groupware Webmail Edition 1.2.10 between various dates in November and February 7.
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Malicious backdoor in open-source messaging apps not spotted for 3 months
Twitter buys URL-checking anti-malware firm Dasient
Jan 24th
Twitter has acquired web security firm Dasient , a real-time link checking system that scans URLs for malware and other online threats, in a move that will likely make clicking a link on the terse social network safer in future. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Google Launches an AdSense Toolbar for Chrome
Jan 17th
Google today released a new extension for Google Chrome that will help you quickly access your AdSense earning reports without leaving the page you are currently reading.
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Google Launches an AdSense Toolbar for Chrome
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