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<title><![CDATA[Scammers turning to phone calls to gain PC access]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2011 07:10:26 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Forget e-mail. Criminals are making old-fashioned phone calls and offering free security scans in order to gain access to people's computers, according to Microsoft.To run the con, criminals pretend to be PC security experts from legitimate companies. They call their intended victims, warning of a risky security threat and offering to run a free security checkup. If the victims take the bait, the scammers gain access to their PCs and often capture passwords or financial information.The phone is a tried and true method for cons.(Credit:cc Sh4rp_i/Flickr)Among the 7,000 PC users that Microsoft polled in the U.S., U.K., Canada, and Ireland, 15 percent on average had received such a phone call. Of those, 22 percent fell for the con.In many cases, the criminals were granted remote access to the victim's PC, where they were able to steal certain private information. In other cases, the victims provided credit card details, believing they were paying for legitimate software.Most of the victims (79 percent) said they were hit by some type of financial loss. Among those, 17 percent reported that they had money taken from their financial accounts, 19 percent said their passwords were stolen, and 17 percent found themselves the victims of identity fraud. More than half said they also ran into computer problems as a result of the scam.The amount of money stolen per person ranged from $82 up to $1,560, while the cost of fixing the subsequent damage to the PC was $1,730 on average and as high as $4,800.&quot;The security of software is improving all the time, but at the same time we are seeing cybercriminals increasingly turn to tactics of deception to trick people in order to steal from them,&quot; Richard Saunders, director of International Public and Analyst Relations at Microsoft, said today in a statement. &quot;Criminals have proved once again that their ability to innovate new scams is matched by their ruthless pursuit of our money.&quot;Though the scam so far seems limited to the four English-speaking countries covered in the survey, Microsoft believes it's only a matter of time before the criminals expand their horizons to non-English-speaking regions.To protect yourself from such scams, Microsoft recommends the usual pieces of advice that we've all heard before but are worth repeating.Be suspicious of unsolicited calls related to a security problem.Never provide credit card details or other information to an unsolicited caller.Don't go to a Web site, install software, or follow other instructions from someone who calls unsolicited.Take down the caller's information and pass it along to the authorities.Keep Windows and your other software up to date, especially antivirus software.Use strong passwords and change them regularly.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Adobe proposes standard for magazine-like Web]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Mar 2011 08:10:09 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Adobe&amp;39's CSS Region proposal would permit much more complicated layouts on Web pages.(Credit:Adobe Systems)Adobe Systems has proposed a standard that could make it easier to create Web pages with fancy layouts seen more often in magazines.The company proposed a technology it calls CSS Regions (PDF) yesterday to the World Wide Web Consortium, which standardizes the Cascading Style Sheets technology widely used to control formatting on Web pages. Adobe also described the technology at a CSS Working Group meeting in Silicon Valley.&quot;This proposal is intended to support sophisticated, magazine-style layouts using CSS,&quot; said Arno Gourdol, director of engineering for runtime foundation at Adobe, in a mailing list posting.The proposal marks an important change at Adobe, one toward increasing engagement with Web technologies. The company continues to try to keep its Flash Player in the online programming vanguard, most recently with yesterday's Flash Player 10.3 beta and last week's Flash Player 11 preview. But it's also contributing both to the WebKit browser engine, via a partnership with Chrome developer Google, and to the mobile version of the jQuery project for conveniently packaged JavaScript libraries that make it easier for programmers to bring polished user interfaces to the Web.CSS, though, is the heart of where formatting work happens on a modern Web page.Not coincidentally, magazine layouts are central to Adobe's InDesign software for combining text and graphics into newspapers or magazines. Better features in Web standards would make it easier for Adobe to offer InDesign customers the ability to render a version of their designs for the Web.And there are plenty of signs Adobe is headed that direction. This week's was Wallaby, a prototype tool to convert Flash content into Web content using CSS, JavaScript, and HTML. The obvious use case is Apple iOS devices such as theiPad that bar use of Flash.Another sign: last week's Digital Publishing Suite, which takes InDesign content and produces downloadable versions for the iPad, Motorola Xoom, Samsung Galaxy, and BlackBerry PlayBook.More complicated text flows also are part of Adobe&amp;39's CSS Regions proposal.(Credit:Adobe Systems)There's already work under way to improve CSS's layout abilities. CSS founder and Opera Software Chief Technology Officer Hakon Wium Lie has been advocating CSS grid layout abilities.And apparently that's met with some success, because one of the items on today's CSS meeting agenda is a &quot;request for resolution to move Grid Spec from editor draft to working draft,&quot; a step closer to standardization.Of course layout is only part of the challenge of bringing the polish of professional publishing to the Web. Another is better typography. That's being solved through the Web Open Font Format, a downloadable font technology that dovetails with CSS's font control. It's gradually gaining browser adherents and, significantly, also has support from typeface designers.Perhaps the bigger challenge, ultimately, will be an opposite one, though: building technology from the Web into traditional publishing.The Web increasingly is a dynamic place at odds with the static world of magazines and newspapers. Even basic interaction such as comments profoundly change the nature of the media. Video, animations, 3D, and any number of other technologies promise even more changes for the publishing industry--and for Adobe.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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