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alphadogg writes "The Downadup worm — also called Conflicker — has now infected an estimated 10 million PCs worldwide, and security experts say they expect to see a dangerous second-stage payload dropped soon. 'It has the potential to infect about 30% of Windows systems online, a potential 300 to 350 million PCs,' says Don Jackson, director of threat intelligence in the counter threat unit at SecureWorks. The worm, first identified in November and suspected to have originated in the Ukraine, is quickly ramping up, and while Downadup today is not malicious in the sense of destroying files — its main trick is to block users from accessing antivirus sites to obtain updates to protect against it — the worm is capable of downloading second-stage code for darker purposes."

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In the scale of embarrassing place names, Crapstone ranks pretty high. But Britain is full of them. Ask the residents of Titty Ho, North Piddle, Spanker Lane or Penistone.

A baby boy is being treated for suspected meningococcal disease at a Sydney hospital.

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Guys like Tom Friedman and Bill Kristol get paid tens of millions of dollars to fail at what Stewart does on a comedy show, and they don't even have to do it with their hands up a puppet's ass.

The number of deaths related to the US outbreak of salmonella has risen to seven with the death of a Minnesota woman in her 80s.

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A 20-year-old Brazilian model who lost her hands and feet to an infection has died in hospital of medical complications, according to a family statement on her website.

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Up to $850,000 is now on offer as a reward for information leading to the arrest of those responsible for a string of unsolved murders in New South Wales and Queensland.

France has drafted a plan for European Union countries to accept 60 detainees from the Guantanamo Bay prison camp, which US President Barack Obama wants to close, German magazine Der Spiegel has said.

Alleged sex offender held in custody
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A 56-year-old Melbourne man arrested in relation to more than 90 sexual offences on young girls in Melbourne's south-east over a six year period has been remanded in custody.
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A 56-year-old Melbourne man arrested in relation to more than 90 sexual offences on young girls in Melbourne's south-east over a six year period has been remanded in custody.

American cyclist Lance Armstrong says having a new cancer research centre in Adelaide named after his LiveStrong foundation is the greatest honour the foundation has ever had.

Microblog account name is changed, and bio now indicates that the account is "unaffiliated with the white house."

Property in New York: Bling’s still king in Manhattan