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  Motorola's NVG510 DSL modem... not very good

  A few weeks ago here in the above ground portions of the Gibbs Universal Industries Secret Underground Bunker we got hooked on the British series "Downton Abbey".

  By Mark Gibbs | 15 March, 2012 10:51

  Tags: 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n, Access, ADSL, Apple, Apple TV, at&t, BBC, broadband, DNS, Downton Abbey, DSL, DSL modem, LAN & WAN, Motorola, networking, networking hardware, NVG510, PBS, problems, security, Telecommunication, wi-fi, WiFi, wireless, WLANs / Wi-Fi

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  Accused Kelihos botmaster proclaims innocence

  The Russian man accused by Microsoft of creating and operating the Kelihos spam botnet said on Friday he's innocent.

  By Gregg Keizer | 31 January, 2012 04:10

  Tags: BBC, Cybercrime and Hacking, DRM and Legal Issues, Google, Microsoft, security

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  Lady Gaga Twitter, Facebook pages recover from iPad 2 scam hacks

  Lady Gaga's Twitter and Facebook pages were hacked on Monday, tricking some of her millions of followers to a scam website looking to suck up victims' personal information.

  By Bob Brown | 21 December, 2011 08:31

  Tags: BBC, Facebook, Facebook security, free ipad2 scam, Lady Gaga hack, security, sophos, twitter, Twitter security, websense

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  FBI, DHS say no evidence of a hack in an Illinois water district pump failure

  The FBI and Department of Homeland Security say they can't find evidence to confirm any of the story that an Illinois water authority's SCADA network was hacked and that it resulted in burning out a pump in the system.

  By Tim Greene | 24 November, 2011 06:28

  Tags: BBC, Cyberattack, cybercrime, Intel, legal, security

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  Hackers hit oil, gas, defense companies in Norway

  A single group of hackers using spearphishing has stolen industrial drawings, contracts and more from at least 10 oil, gas and defense companies in Norway, according to a published report.

  By Tim Greene | 19 November, 2011 08:29

  Tags: BBC, cybercrime, Defcon, intrusion, legal, security, spearphishing

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  Security roundup for week ending Nov. 18: Facebook, Norway oil-industry cyberattacks, and why virtualization and mobile devices mean security stress

  Last week's flood of pornographic and violent images that hit Facebook was a coordinated spam attack that caught the attention of the world. But less remarked-upon and perhaps more sinister was what may have been a denial-of-service attack on many organizations' DNS servers, based on an exploit of the BIND 9 protocol, temporarily knocking their networks offline. The Internet Systems Consortium (ISC), which maintains several software products essential for Internet infrastructure, released a patch that's something of an interim fix for this and said it would conduct an investigation. This kind of attack -- which incapacitates entire networks, as it did in this case -- is truly worrisome.

  By Ellen Messmer | 19 November, 2011 05:36

  Tags: BBC, Facebook, Internet Systems Consortium, security

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  Google aims to help businesses make better mobile websites

  Google is launching a new initiative called GoMo aimed at helping businesses build websites for the mobile age.

  By Brad Reed | 02 November, 2011 08:26

  Tags: BBC, consumer electronics, Google, networking, smartphones, wireless

• Samsung to disable Galaxy Tab 10.1 features

  Samsung has offered to disable some of its Galaxy Tab 10.1 features in order to overturn a ban on sales of the device in Australia.

  By Ben Camm-Jones | 04 October, 2011 04:08

  Tags: Apple, BBC, business, business issues, consumer electronics, hardware systems, iPad, iPhone, ipod, smartphones, tablets

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  'Dumb IE users' report faked, admits scam's architect

  A report issued last week that claimed users of Microsoft's Internet Explorer have lower IQs than those who run rival browsers was a hoax.

  By Gregg Keizer | 04 August, 2011 04:40

  Tags: applications, BBC, browsers, Cybercrime and Hacking, Google, internet, Microsoft, mozilla, software

• BBC launches subscription iPad app for 11 European countries

  The BBC is expanding its popular iPlayer digital content service, launching a subscription iPad application for 11 European countries, the broadcaster said on Thursday.

  By Jeremy Kirk | 28 July, 2011 21:39

  Tags: BBC, internet, Internet-based applications and services, video, mobile, mobile applications, iPad

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  Security firm founder Kaspersky's son reportedly kidnapped in Russia

  Several news services are reporting that the son of Eugene Kaspersky, founder of the Moscow-based security firm Kaspersky Labs, has been kidnapped for ransom in Russia.

  By Jaikumar Vijayan | 22 April, 2011 03:16

  Tags: BBC, CIO role, Gartner, IT industry, IT Leadership, it management, kaspersky lab, security, Security Hardware and Software

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  Dot-com domains still lack DNSSEC security

  It's been over two weeks since the DNS Security Extensions (DNSSEC) system was turned on for .com domain names. This is an end stage for a process that will one day let surfers be 100 percent confident they're accessing the site they think they are, and have not been diverted by hackers.

  By Keir Thomas | 14 April, 2011 09:13

  Tags: BBC, mozilla, phishing, security, spam, VeriSign, viruses

• BBC iPlayer offers shows from ITV and other broadcasters

  The BBC iPlayer is now offering web users the chance to watch TV shows broadcast on rival channels including ITV and Five.

  By Carrie-Ann Skinner | 19 February, 2011 05:18

  Tags: BBC, home entertainment, internet, Internet-based applications and services, Internet & broadband, video

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  BBC iPlayer is bandwidth hog, admins warned

  License payers love the BBC's iPlayer, the new version of which is formally launched today. Network admins, however, are being warned to beware of its ability to eat bandwidth at a fearsome rate.

  By John E Dunn | 10 September, 2010 00:35

  Tags: applications, BBC, software

• Worldwide poll: 4 of 5 call Internet access a basic human right

  Nearly four out of five people around the world believe that Internet access is a fundamental human right, according to a BBC World Service study released this week.

  By Sharon Gaudin | 10 March, 2010 06:06

  Tags: BBC, internet, surveys