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CAPTCHA, crowdsourcing pioneer von Ahn captures Grace Murray Hopper Award
Luis von Ahn, an associate professor at Carnegie Mellon University best known for his work in protecting websites via crowdsourcing, has been named winner of the 2011 Grace Murray Hopper Award.
By Bob Brown | 27 April, 2012 02:32
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Researchers crack Microsoft, eBay, Yahoo, Digg audio captchas
Researchers have figured out how to to crack captchas, making it possible to launch automated attacks against sites such as Microsoft, eBay and Digg where opening phony accounts could be turned into cash.
By Tim Greene | 25 May, 2011 01:36
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Repetition breaks Google Audio CAPTCHA
Google has fixed a flaw in its Audio CAPTCHA software that could have given scammers a way to automatically set up phoney accounts with the company's services.
By Robert McMillan | 04 August, 2010 04:34
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Facebook CAPTCHA no match for spyware attack
Hackers have found a way to create automated Facebook pages and are using them to spread spyware to unsuspecting users, says antivirus and Internet security firm AVG Technologies.
By Brad Reed | 02 October, 2009 01:33
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Google buys reCAPTCHA to boost book scanning efforts
Google plans to accelerate its massive efforts to scan tens of millions of books and periodicals with the acquisition on Wednesday of a company called reCAPTCHA.
By Juan Carlos Perez | 17 September, 2009 05:23
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