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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Dropbox unveiled on Thursday a new photo uploading feature for Android smartphones, potentially sharpening its competition with Google, Apple, and a host of other companies battling to rule the burgeoning market for online storage solutions.

Many third-party Windows applications are failing to utilize two important security features that could prevent certain code execution attacks, according to a report released Thursday by Secunia.. Many third-party Windows applications are failing to utilize two important security features that could prevent certain code execution attacks, according to a report released Thursday by Secunia.Researchers at the Danish vulnerability tracking firm recently investigated whether some of the most popular third-party applications used two built-in Windows security features, known as Data Execution Prevention (DEP) and Address Space Layout Randomization (ASLR). DEP, first introduced in the Windows XP Service Pack 2 in August 2004, makes part of the memory nonexecutable and, as a result, renders the exploit development process more complex and time consuming. ASLR, introduced with the release of Windows Vista in early 2007, randomizes memory space and significantly lowers the chances for certain c

User photographs can still be found on many social networking sites including Facebook after people have deleted them, British researchers said Thursday.

User photographs can still be found on many social networking sites including Facebook after people have deleted them, British researchers said Thursday.