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Blue Sprig: A Silicon Valley Startup ... In China

Having a hard time finding a technical founder in the Bay Area? Do what tech veteran Jason Johnson did and go hunting in China.READ»

The Future Of The Internet's Here. And It's Creepy

Two new studies are offering a sneak peak into the future of the Internet: 24/7 digital surveillance of citizens is about to become affordable for repressive regimes worldwide. Do NOT text a friend about this. READ»

Lookout Security: An Antivirus Company That Wins Without Scaring Your Grandma

Lookout Security, a mobile security startup founded by ex-hackers, is booming, and proving that you don't need scare tactics in order to grow in popularity.READ»

How American-Made Tech Helped Middle Eastern Governments Censor the Internet

A new study details how American and Canadian companies provided Internet filtering and monitoring software to the Iranian government, Mubarak's Egypt and other repressive states. It's still going on.READ»

Cameron Diaz Ranked as the Internet's Riskiest Celebrity

McAfee's Most Dangerous Celebrities list came out today, and it's got a couple of surprises. Sorry to Ms. Diaz, who was excellent in at least one movie, but searching her name is just asking for trouble.READ»

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Intel Expands its Empire: Buys McAfee for $7.7 Billion

Intel has just announced it's going to buy one of the most well-known PC security firms, McAfee. It's going to be handing over $7.68 billion to seal the deal, too.READ»

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Malware Tracker Map Gives Live Worldwide Coverage of Infected Computers

Right now, there are 1.5 million computers in the U.S. that are suspected to be infected with malware, although that figure seems inordinately low, but we'll come to that in a bit. I know this because of Malware Tracker, a Google Maps ...READ»

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Plagued by Lawsuits, McAfee Founder Hunts for Cures in Belize

John McAfee, the antivirus-software pioneer, says he's lost most of his fortune -- but doesn't care. To the contrary, he now hopes to give something back by deriving antibiotics from jungle plants in Belize. Really?READ»

McAfee Update Causing Tens of Thousands of Spontaneously Broken Computers

A flawed update from anti-virus software maker McAfee is causing tens of thousands of Windows computers to become inoperable--and McAfee's response time is not inspiring.READ»

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Did Sinking Pirate Bay Cause More Piracy? And Does It Matter Anyway?

Pro-copyright activists celebrated while file-sharers cried at rulings on the Pirate Bay's illegality, and the subsequent attempts to sink the site. But some new data suggests piracy sites tripled in the aftermath, which really ...READ»

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What's the Carbon Footprint of Spam? Enough to Power 2.4 Million Homes

The carbon footprint of a single email is negligible, but new research from ICF International and McAfee shows that the 62 trillion spam emails sent each year waste 33 billion kilowatt hours of power, or enough to power 2.4 million ...READ»