Articles tagged with: Virus and Operating System

Viral epidemics poised to go mobile

If you own a computer, chances are you have experienced the aftermath of a nasty virus at some point. In contrast, there have been no major outbreaks of mobile phone viral infection, despite the fact that over 80 percent of Americans now use these devices. A team headed by Albert-Laszlo Barabasi, director of the Center for Complex Network Research at Northeastern University, set out to explain why this is true.  more

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'Sleep talking' PCs save energy and money

..e keep their computers on for - like ensuring remote access and availability for virus scans and backup, maintaining presence on instant messaging (IM) networks, being available for incoming voice-over-IP (VoIP) calls, and file sharing and down more

Related Tags: microsoft, uc-san-diego, tim, voip, flash-memory, , ovi, personal, instant-messaging, memory, presence, flash