Count Mark Zuckerberg among the hundreds of thousands of new users that Viddy, a mobile-video social network, is adding each day. The Facebook chief recently joined and uploaded a clip of his dog, Beast, which brought a wave of publicity...
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Viddy Reaches 16M Users, Gets Boost From Zuckerberg’s Dog
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Hackers' favorite security hole last year was a Windows vulnerability from four years ago, according to Symantec.
Hackers’ Favorite Target Last Year Was a Blast From the Past
If you need more proof that users are a weak link in computer security, look no further than today’s report from Symantec, which showed that hackers’ favorite target in 2011 was a security hole fixed about four years ago. The...
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The number of U.S. spam text messages rose 45 percent last year to 4.5 billion, according to Richi Jennings , an industry analyst.
6 Tips on Stopping Mobile Spam
Some 4.5 billion spam text messages were sent in the U.S. last year. The surge is costing carriers money and frustrating users, who must pay for the messages and deal with the influx of potentially fraudulent texts. To reduce the...
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