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Here are some interesting links from the past couple days:

• Well-Worn Passwords Are Gold Mines for Hackers
  Using the same password for multiple Web pages is the Internet-era equivalent of having the same key for your home, car and bank safe-deposit box. Even though a universal password is like gold for cyber-crooks because they can use it to steal all of a per
• Google tweaked search 450 times in 2007
  Google is typically tight-lipped about it the inner workings of its search business, but there are a few nuggets worth looking at in a Popular Mechanics interview with Udi Manber, the Google vice president who oversees search quality. Among them: Google r
• Windows Vista One Year Vulnerability Report
  This paper analyzes the vulnerability disclosures and security updates for the first year of Windows Vista and looks at it in the context of its predecessor, Windows XP, along with other modern workstation operating systems Red Hat, Ubuntu and Apple produ
• Australian Police Caught Pirating Movies
  A recent audit of computer systems belonging to the South Australia Police has found that hundreds are being used to download films. In a move smacking of hypocrisy though, officers involved will not be charged.

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