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Marketplace Tech Report for Friday, August 31, 2012
Aug 31, 2012

Marketplace Tech Report for Friday, August 31, 2012

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Computer security experts are ringing alarms about Java. Nope. Not the coffee. Java the piece of software that you probably have on your computer. Turns out, Java has some pretty major security flaws that hackers can and are exploiting. Plus, we take a look at the future at the IFA trade show, a consumer electronics show in Berlin going on now.

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Avoid getting burned by Java

Aug 31, 2012
Oracle announces a new patch for its Java software.

Computer security experts are ringing alarms about Java. Nope. Not the coffee. Java the piece of software that you probably have on your computer. Turns out, Java has some pretty major security flaws that hackers can and are exploiting. Plus, we take a look at the future at the IFA trade show, a consumer electronics show in Berlin going on now.

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