China hackers behind cyber attack on Canada: report

MONTREAL (AFP) – China-based hackers have launched an unprecedented cyber-attack on the Canadian government, penetrating the computer systems of two key agencies and forcing them offline, CBC reported.

Asked about the report, the Treasury Board issued a brief statement recognizing it had detected an "unauthorized attempt to access its networks," but did not elaborate.

"Employee access to the Internet has been limited for the time being," said Treasury Board

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19:53 - 17/02/2011 dalim13

Champions shaping up for browser battles

SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) – Google on Friday released a revved-up version of Chrome as rivals Microsoft and Mozilla beefed up their own champions for the competitive Internet browsing software arena.

In keeping with the arrival of the lunar year of the rabbit, Google product managers Jeff Chang and Li Chan touted the latest test version of Chrome as "quick as a bunny."

The latest Chrome release



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07:11 - 19/02/2011 dalim13

China cracks down after calls for protests

BEIJING (AFP) – China has detained top activists and deployed heavy security in large cities after the launch of a web campaign calling for protests echoing popular uprisings in the Arab world, campaigners said on Sunday.

Up to 100 leading Chinese


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17:38 - 21/02/2011 dalim13

Motorola CEO confirms $800 price tag for Xoom tablet on Verizon

Those leaked ads showing an $800 sticker price for the Android 3.0-powered

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18:24 - 16/02/2011 dalim13

Advanced Zeus Trojan Hits Polish ING Customers

A version of the Zeus malware that intercepts one-time passcodes sent by SMS (Short Message Service) is targeting customers of the financial institution ING in Poland.

The security vendor F-Secure blogged on Monday about the issue, which was analyzed on



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Apple's Jobs to attend Obama meeting

WASHINGTON/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Apple

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