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Windows Defender May Be Activated on Unprotected PCs By Microsoft

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It is rumored that the Windows Defender will be automatically activated by Microsoft for those PCs that are left behind in the update. This news came out by Microsoft on Monday Afternoon. The security officials at Microsoft were speaking about this on their latest Security Intelligence Report and it is scheduled to be released today. As per Microsoft’s policy, they want to move their users from

Teaching Kids Programming With A Toy Robot

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We all love computer programming for one common reason that it opens up a new world of possibilities in front of you. To make a difference in this field, you don’t even have to leave your computer screen. However what was your age when you started learning about computer programming for the first time? For Vikas Gupta, who has come up with the idea of a toy robot that will teach children of the

PHP.net Hacked and Malware Injected

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PHP.net, the number one scripting language used in the World Wide Web was reportedly hacked last October 24, 2013. The official site said that the method by which their servers were compromised is still unknown at this time. The attackers may have accessed the private key of the php.net SSL Certificate and is now being shut down and will be replaced with a new certificate. There were two servers

Developer Convicted Of “Like Hacking” Charge – Computer Seized By Idaho Court

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An interesting news has emerged from Idaho where a local court ordered to seize the computer of a developer, who said in one of his statements that he likes hacking. This statement was not given by the developer to anyone or in the court but the same words were written on his website. The name of the developer is Corey Thuen and as per the order released by Idaho court last week, the computer of

Drivers Got Delayed Due To A Computer Glitch At DFW Airport Again

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This has happened for the second time in a week that the traffic woes were caused due to a computer glitch at DFW (Dallas/ Fort Worth) Airport. This happened on Monday when the new automated system installed on airport was not accepting and registering the toll tag transactions. The issue was addressed and fixed but the system was not working at its best as it was causing a delay of 10-15 minutes

Apple Introduces iOS 7.0.3 To Remove iOS 7 Bugs

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Not long ago, apple introduced its latest mobile operating system iOS 7 but it accompanied many bugs too. The biggest problem faced by iPhone and iPad users was battery drainage issue. This is not something that has happened for the first time with iOS update. In previous version of iOS similar bugs were found and later removed by Apple. Working on the same improvement policy, Apple has come up

Hadoop 2 adds YARN support

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Hadoop will now natively support Apache’s framework for job scheduling and cluster resource management. With Hadoop’s 2.2.0 version, the first stable release offered on the 2.x build, the platform sees YARN sit on top of HDFS (Hadoop Distributed Filing System) to offer a large-scale, distributed operating system for applications dealing with big data, thus enabling simultaneous processing for

NetBeans 7.4 Released

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NetBeans IDE 7.4 is now available, with its HTML5 development support implemented in version 7.3, now expanded to Java EE and PHP applications, as well as support for mobile web development on Android and iOS. NetBeans IDE allows you to quickly and easily develop Java desktop, mobile and web applications as well as HTML5 applications with HTML, JavaScript and CSS. The IDE also provides a variety