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Rootkit Infection Requires Windows Reinstall, Says Microsoft

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June 28, 2011
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Rootkit Infection Requires Windows Reinstall, Says Microsoft Microsoft is telling Windows users that they'll have to reinstall the operating system if they get infected with a new rootkit that hides in the machine's boot sector.
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'Nexus Prime' Could be Google's Next Big Android Phone Rumors that Google and Samsung are partnering on a "Nexus Prime" Android smartphone with a "Super AMELED HD" are picking up steam online
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New Sony VAIO Z is Thinner, Lighter than MacBook Air The VAIO Z boasts a 13.1-inch high-resolution display, a 2.7GHz Intel Core i7 processor and a 256GB SSD drive.
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Pokki Brings Smartphone-style Apps to Your Desktop Software platform will help developers build and distribute lightweight desktop apps based on HTML5 and JavaScript.
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Danish Police Aim to End Anonymity on the Internet A proposal has been put forward at the Danish Ministry of Justice that will eradicate anonymous use of the Internet.
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Your Cable Box Is An Extreme Energy Hog A new study estimates that U.S. consumers spent $2 billion a year to power set-top boxes that are sitting idle.
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Supreme Court Kills Violent Game Law, Hopefully Ending the Madness The question now is whether states have learned their lesson. California was the seventh state to try, and the seventh state to fail, to regulate violent games.
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E-Reader Use Doubles in Six Months, Tablets Grow at Slower Pace U.S. consumers are adopting e-readers like the Amazon Kindle and the Barnes & Noble Nook at a faster pace than the adoption rate of tablet PCs.
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Hot Deal: Lenovo Laptop with Sandy Bridge Processor for $350 Pick up the Lenovo IdeaPad B570 for just $350 at Best Buy -- the cheapest laptop with a dual-core processor based on Intel's new Sandy Bridge architecture.
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Violent Video Game Debate: Where Do We Go From Here? In the wake of today's landmark Supreme Court decision, California can't ban the sale of these types of games to children. What will the next step be for both sides of the debate?
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Microsoft's Office 365 Launch Puts Google on Defensive Microsoft's launch of Office 365 has Google feeling pressure to explain why businesses should use Gmail and Google Docs.
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LulzSec, Anonymous Hacks Were Avoidable, Report Says SQL injection, classic buffer overflow, cross-site scripting and cross-site request forgery are among the avoidable types of attacks, according to the annual Common Weakness Evaluation/SANS Top 25 Most Dangerous Software Errors.
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Opera Follows Rivals With Minimalist 'Featherweight' UI Opera Software will debut a new, streamlined user interface in Opera 11.5, a company executive said Monday, that closely resembles the minimalist design now sported by most of its competitors.
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Why Google Health Failed: Too Litle, Too Soon Google's personal health record service, Google Health, failed to take off due to poor marketing and a lack of functionality that consumers insist is required.
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Microsoft's Top IE Exec Bashes Mozilla Over Firefox Support Microsoft's top IE executive Monday joined another exec at the firm to criticize Mozilla for new Firefox support plans.
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Sony 'Cut Corners' in Protecting User Data, Lawsuit Alleges Three PlayStation Network users charge that Sony 'cut corners' in its efforts to protect personal data of its users.
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