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    Major Internet search engines were crippled Monday morning by a variant of the MyDoom worm, rendering Google inaccessible to many users and slowing results from Yahoo.

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    Security researchers worked overtime in 2007, which turned out to be a nightmare for software vendors from day one.

  • MyDoom's day passes quickly

    The latest variant of the MyDoom worm, which was discovered Tuesday, peaked after around 12 hours and has already started dying out, according to antivirus companies.

  • Psst--want some source code?

    A group of self-identified hackers has set up shop online to sell what it claims are files containing confidential software code--and it says it's ready to take orders for more.

  • Trademarks cast shadow on paid search

    Netflix built its popular Internet DVD rental store on the backs of small online marketing partners. Now it's concerned that those same affiliates are infringing its trademark in the hottest marketing channel on the Web: keyword-search advertising.

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