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A Tour of Risky Web Sites

2008-06-04 16:22:18 by manunkind in PC Sympathy
 
...risky sites they contain. Web sites are considered risky if they have files that, if downloaded, could give a hacker control of a visitors computer, or if filling out a form on the site resulted in a bombardment of spam emails McAfee found that 5% of addresses that ended in .com are risky, which is about average. The real risk comes from Web...
 
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Apple iPhone Apps With Ads: A Risky Bet (AAPL)

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2008-07-09 06:00:00 by Dan Frommer in Silicon Alley Insider
...risky to us. Logical, because ad-supported applications are now commonplace, and consumers will surely put up with a promotional message or two in exchange for access to a cool app. And risky, because it's unclear how Apple intends to handle ads on its platform -- or whether it will allow them at all Since Apple (AAPL) first showed off the...
 
Tags: apple, apple iphone apps, iphone, apple intends, iphone developers kit, ads, apps, complex ads, iphone games
 
 
 
 
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RIM Downgraded On Risky Smartphone Land Grab, Crappy Economy

2008-09-26 11:00:00 by Dan Frommer in Silicon Alley Insider
 
...risky one. Deutsche Bank downgraded RIM to "sell" and RBC to "sector perform" this morning, while Credit Suisse upgraded RIM to "neutral The one note of the three we've seen today: RBC's downgrade, in which analyst Mike Abramsky cuts RIM's price target to $90 from $165. Why Less visibility to recovering margins -- RIM guided margins in the...
 
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RIM Downgraded On Risky Smartphone Land Grab, Crappy Economy

2008-09-26 11:00:00 by Dan Frommer in Silicon Alley Insider
 
...risky one. Deutsche Bank downgraded RIM to "sell" and RBC to "sector perform" this morning, while Credit Suisse upgraded RIM to "neutral The one note of the three we've seen today: RBC's downgrade, in which analyst Mike Abramsky cuts RIM's price target to $90 from $165. Why Less visibility to recovering margins -- RIM guided margins in the...
 
Tags: rim, huge market share, share, rim blows, market share, razr, previous razr owners, gross margins, land grab
 
 
 
 
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McAfees latest report on dangerous websites

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2008-06-05 13:20:39 by Shoaib Hashmi in Startup Meme
...risky sites is not same everywhere; bad cyber guys build these sites where it seems feasible for them The tech-security company has ranked domains (.com, .hk, .org, .au, .jp, etc.) according to the number of risky sites they contain. Risky websites contain files which, if downloaded, can provide hacker control of users computer, also if a...
 
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Working together to fight malware

2008-04-17 13:22:00 by Karen in Official Google Blog
 
...risky. But recent research from Google suggests that an increasing number of malware attacks are taking place on sites you'd normally regard as safe or legitimate, but have actually been compromised Google works closely with the security community to identify malware on the web and then share that information more broadly. We've set up a...
 
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New Google Service Helps Infected Websites Clean Up

2008-05-23 00:14:32 by manunkind in PC Sympathy
 
...risky The search giant this month quietly added a new, free service called the Safe Browsing Diagnostic Page that tells whether a site flagged by Google as potentially dangerous is hosting malware, or helps distribute malware, for instance Googles new diagnostics service provides information about any bad behavior by the site within the past...
 
Tags: google, malware, helps distribute malware, google spreadsheets, malware distribution, applaud google, websites, usb malware, service
 
 
 
 
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How to Sell Security

2008-05-26 14:35:47 by manunkind in PC Sympathy
 
...risky larger gain. But when faced with a loss, about 70 percent chose the risky larger loss over the sure smaller loss This experiment, repeated again and again by many researchers, across ages, genders, cultures and even species, rocked economics, yielded the same result. Directly contradicting the traditional idea of economic man, Prospect...
 
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Lenny Dykstra Makes His Own Stock Picks, Says Pro Who Helps Him

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2008-06-16 12:23:00 by Peter Kafka in Silicon Alley Insider
...risky levels, which are used to add to positions on weakness (value levels) and used to reduce positions on strength (risky levels). I pick stocks for Sector Report that trade near 52-week lows, which is a common thread with Lenny's picks Lenny makes his own picks after reading tons of research notes from the most respected independent...
 
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