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PC users have been urged to scan their computers before 3 February to avoid falling victim to a destructive virus. On that date the Nyxem virus is set to delete Word, Powerpoint, Excel and Acrobat files on infected machines. Nyxem is thought to have caught out many people by promising porn to those who open… Continue reading Countdown for Nyxem virus

Recently Google has agreed to censor its results in China, adhering to the country’s free-speech restrictions in return for better access in the Internet’s fastest growing market. (Read about Google’s Censorship in China). Well for those who are living in China Google’s censorship is no longer a problem – Chinese web users can see full,… Continue reading Bypass Google’s Censorship in China

Almost a quarter of the world’s spam in the last three months of 2005 was sent from computers in the United States, according to U.K. antivirus company Sophos. The U.S. is closely followed by China, with 22.3 percent. South Korea rounds out the top three with 9.7 percent, according to Sophos, which said the level… Continue reading Most spam still coming from the U.S.

A report released Friday by security-software company Symantec suggests that an ordinary notebook holds content valued at 550,000 pounds ($972,000), and that some could store as much as 5 million pounds–or $8.8 million–in commercially sensitive data and intellectual property. The same research, commissioned by Symantec, shows that only 42 percent of companies automatically back up… Continue reading Could your laptop be worth millions?

Google AdSense is moving beyond the traditional text and graphical advertising to rich media, including interstitials, expanding ads and floating ads. AdSense began contacting publishers last week to be involved in the rich media limited beta test.