Flame Ties To Stuxnet, Duqu | Google Chromebook: Visual Tour

Flame Ties To Stuxnet, Duqu | Google Chromebook: Visual Tour

May 31, 2012

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Google Chromebook, Chromebox: Visual Tour
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All three pieces of malware seemingly commissioned by the same entity and developed on the same platform, but by different groups of developers, security researchers say.

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Intel-based Xolo San Diego lands in the British Isles on June 6, while Lenovo LePhone K800 hits China today. Both run Google's Android platform.

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Cloud app rivals fight for government customers; Microsoft launches with note that government customer data will be segregated from other customers' data.

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