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+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 80% of Browsers Found To Be At Risk of Attack| from the zomg-we're-all-gonna-die dept.| posted by CmdrTaco on Thursday February 17, @13:00 (Security)| https://it.slashdot.org/story/11/02/17/1740227/80-of-Browsers-Found-To-Be-At-Risk-of-Attack?from=newsletter+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CWmike writes "About [0]eight out of every 10 Web browsers run byconsumers are vulnerable to attack by exploits of already-patched bugs, asecurity expert said Thursday. The poor state of browser patching stunnedWolfgang Kandek, CTO of Qualys, which presented data from the company'sfree BrowserCheck service Wednesday at RSA. 'I really thought it would belower,' Kandek said. [1]BrowserCheck scans Windows, Mac and Linuxmachines for vulnerable browsers, as well as up to 18 browser plug-ins,from Adobe's Flash to Windows Media Player. When browsers and plug-insare tabulated together, between 90% and 65% of all consumer systemsscanned with BrowserCheck since June 2010 reported at least oneout-of-date component. In January 2011, about 80% of the machines werevulnerable. The most likely plug-in to require a patch: [2]same as lastyear, Oracle's Java."
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Links: 0. http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9209958/Bulk_of_browsers_found_to_be_at_risk_of_attack 1. https://browsercheck.qualys.com/ 2. http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9192098/Users_neglect_Java_patches_leave_attack_door_wide_open -
The Master of Online Mayhem - Forbes.com
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Valve Beats Google, Apple For Profits Per Employee| from the are-we-supposed-to-call-them-an-evil-empire-yet dept.| posted by Soulskill on Thursday February 17, @03:21 (Businesses)| https://games.slashdot.org/story/11/02/17/0526200/Valve-Beats-Google-Apple-For-Profits-Per-Employee?from=newsletter+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
AndrewGOO9 writes "It should come with little surprise that Gabe Newellis well on his way to being one of the wealthiest men in gaming. In anage when console gamers would have many believe that the PC was on itsway out the door, Newell and Valve's Steam stand as sentinels of theplatform, offering a ridiculous amount of content to the 30 millionusers. With the lion's share of the downloadable market on the PC, it'sno wonder that [0]Steam has become the go-to for many and an incrediblefinancial opportunity for Newell and Valve. According to Forbes, 'Newellsays that, [1]per employee, Valve is more profitable than Google andApple. A potential buyer was rumored to have made an acquisition offer afew years back for the Steam piece only, but Newell supposedly refused tosplit the online storefront from Valve's game-publishing arm.'"
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Links: 0. http://www.examiner.com/video-game-industry-in-national/valve-beats-out-apple-google-for-profitability-per-employee 1. http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2011/0228/technology-gabe-newell-videogames-valve-online-mayhem.html -
New Hacking Tools Pose Bigger Threats to Wi-Fi Users - NYTimes.com
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Ecuadorean Villagers May Hold Secret to Longevity - NYTimes.com
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