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Google Search Gets Better Spelling Suggestions and Image Search Ranking in January

Google has provided its now usual list of major search algorithm and feature updates for January. Several of the changes address spelling suggests and corrections, but there are also improvements to image search and so on. One thing that Google is boasting about is fresher results. This is an update to the new fresh...

4 February 2012
15:11 GMT

BBC Names Female Panda the 2011 'December Woman' Raising Anger

BBC's peculiar choice of including Sweetie Panda female ,brought by Edinburgh Zoo from China, in a list of successful women that have been under the spotlight in 2011 has raised a lot of controversy. Even though the Chinese panda couple have increased the popularity of the zoo and have attracted the attention ...

28 December 2011
09:59 GMT

The Olympics and the US Presidential Elections to be Used as Bait by Hackers

Since 2011 is nearly over, security solutions providers are coming forward with predictions about the year to come. Panda Security is one of the companies that will enlighten us with some interesting insight on what’s about to happen. First, it’s expected that the rise of social engineering techniques th...

19 December 2011
10:00 GMT

Famous Pandas Eat Bamboo Worth £70,000 ($109,172/€81,441) Annually

Two eccentric creatures live the lives of the rich and famous at the Edinburgh Zoo. They demand bamboo worth £70,000 every year and live in luxurious suites costing no less than £275,000 annually. As if this wouldn't be enough, officials say the facility will have to pay £636,000 a year to Chin...

5 December 2011
05:42 GMT

Edinburgh Zoo Will Have Two Expensive Giant Pandas

Authorities from the Edinburgh Zoo are excited to announce they are going to have new residents: two Giant Pandas brought from China. Even if these new creatures will increase the popularity of the facility, members of eco-groups claim their intention has a rather insignificant conservation value and is a waste of mo...

30 November 2011
10:26 GMT

World's Most Expensive Anti-Cancer Tea Fed by Panda Poo

China makes sure nothing is wasted while all its resources are used and reused, time after time. Same goes for Panda poo, that is supposed to contribute a great deal to the manufacturing process of one of the worlds' most sophisticated and expensive kinds of tea. It appears that Pandas are very delicate creatu...

22 November 2011
10:49 GMT

Softpedia 10 Year Anniversary: 50 Licenses for Panda Internet Security 2012 [Ended]

Today we get a bit more serious with our giveaway campaign, and offer 50 licenses for Panda Internet Security 2012. It is a comprehensive security suite designed to keep your system protected against all sorts of malware.Nothing has changed as far as the requirements for winning a code go. So get your fingers typing ...

7 October 2011
09:00 GMT

Google Wants You to Report Scraper Sites, to Combat the Problem

Google is always tweaking and improving its search algorithm. Recently, it's been working on weeding out poor quality results, the product of aggressive SEO. Content farms were the first target, but Google has its sights set on yet another transgressor, scraper sites. These sites scour the web and pull in con...

29 August 2011
06:01 GMT

Pages That Contain Search Results Are Now Labeled in Google Searches

Google has always been a believer in small, frequent updates over big changes and revamps. Not that it doesn't do the latter, it's now in the process of deploying an universal design across all of its sites, but some of the best things about Google services have come from small, constant updates.One perfect...

16 August 2011
08:48 GMT

Google Search Rolls Out Spam-Busting Panda Update to Most Languages

Google has announced that the 'Panda' search ranking algorithm, designed to cull the search engine of poor quality results, is rolling out to almost all languages supported by Google Search. The Panda update initially affected only English language searches, but the company is now ready to deploy it for eve...

12 August 2011
08:40 GMT

Kinectimals Adds Five Kinds of Bears in the Fall

Video game publisher Microsoft and developer Frontier Developments have announced that their Kinectimals titles will be getting access to bears during the fall of this year, along with a new area to explore. The new game will be actually called Kinectimals Now with Bears and will lure players to a new uncharted is...

27 July 2011
15:01 GMT

Panda Global Protection 2012

The 2012 line of security products from Panda has just been released. The same three solutions are available from the Spanish developer, namely the Antivirus Pro, which offers essential protection, the Internet Security suite, designed to keep your system safe from online threats and Global Protection bundle, built t...

6 June 2011
02:31 GMT

Panda Security Releases Antivirus for Mac

Anticipating that Macs will take up around 15% of the computer industry relatively soon, Panda Security believes Mac owners need to have a reliable antivirus solution at hand, for when Mac OS X really starts to pique the interest of cyber-crooks.The new antivirus available for Mac OS X users from Panda Security (&ldq...

20 October 2010
08:27 GMT

Download Panda Cloud Antivirus 1.1 Beta

A new release of Panda Cloud Antivirus is cooking, and early adopters can already download the first testing bits and take the security offering out for a spin. Panda Cloud Antivirus 1.1 hit the Beta development milestone, offering testers a preview of the successor of version 1.0. Of course, the main reason why Pand...

30 April 2010
08:56 GMT

Free Panda Cloud Antivirus Beta 3 Will Embrace Windows 7

Introduced at the end of April 2009, the free Panda Cloud antivirus will be tailored for Windows 7 and x64 platforms in Beta 3, a release that the security company promises will be readied by September of this year. For the time being, Panda has made available the second Beta of its free Cloud-based antivirus, kickin...

2 July 2009
11:00 GMT

Download Free Panda Cloud Antivirus Beta

Security solutions are keeping up with the trend and are also embracing the Cloud, with Panda Cloud Antivirus an illustrative example in this context. The software outfit applauded what it referred to as an industry's first, a Cloud-based antivirus thin-client. Fact is that the Panda Cloud Antivirus functions on...

30 April 2009
06:24 GMT

Pandas Warm China-Taiwan Diplomatic Relations

The significance of the gift that China made Taiwan is very high, analysts say, as the two giant pandas that are to be taken to the Taiwanese capital of Taipei tomorrow represent just the latest in a string of good-will gestures that the mainland engaged in over the past few months. The animals can only be found in t...

22 December 2008
04:45 GMT

Fake Fernando Alonso Accident Spam Surfaces

According to Panda Security, a company specialized in providing security software solutions, a new spam campaign has been launched with the purpose of infecting users' machines with a banking Trojan which identified by the previously mentioned firm as Trj/Banker.LGC. People in the English speaking part of the wo...

22 July 2008
11:41 GMT

Fake Windows XP Security Center in the Wild

Back in the past, we saw a huge number of rogue anti-spyware technology which did nothing than to misinform users and trick them into buying unneeded security solutions. Today, a similar scam has been reported by security company Panda Software but, in comparison with the previous attacks, this one relies on a Window...

22 May 2008
09:15 GMT

More Than One in Five Home Computers Still Infected

A report conducted by PandaLabs a month ago revealed that approximately 1 in 5 home computers which have up-to-date security software installed were infected and according to the security company, the situation is almost the same today. According to the findings of the study which included 1.5 million users, 72 perce...

15 May 2008
05:46 GMT

Infected Or Not - Prove You're Clean and Win iPod Nanos

Panda Security, the creator of multiple security solutions, including Panda Antivirus, has launched an interesting campaign, named Infected or Not, supposed to give users the chance to check their computers for infections. According to the security company, the campaign is the result of a study which proved that no l...

14 April 2008
09:31 GMT

Bring the Heavy Guns, Viruses Fight Dirty

The hybrid Trojan/worm malware deployed to gullible Internet users has caused quite a stir in February, according to the latest statistics from Panda Security, formerly known as PandaLabs. The lethal duo coming in one package has comprised 17.6 percent of the total infections happening in the passed month, 2.6 percen...

4 March 2008
14:56 GMT

Fossil Panda Found in the Tropical Hainan Island

Giant pandas represent a symbol in the fight for preserving the biodiversity of the world. A couple of decades ago, there were less than 1,500. Today, there are 3,000 giant panda bears living in bamboo rich coniferous forests, on over 23,000 square km, in 6 mountain massifs of southwestern China, in the middle of the...

6 December 2007
03:27 GMT

What Makes Panda Special?

The rarity and the tame look of the giant panda, resembling a living teddy bear, transformed this animal into the symbol of the fight for the preservation of endangered species. But have you ever thought that what you see is a bear? An odd bear, but a real bear! The line that led to panda appeared about 12 million ye...

27 October 2007
07:38 GMT

Panda's Story Comes to An End

Everyone thinks that Panda bears are cute, and I sure like 'em too, but what I really don't like is a virus that turns icons into Pandas. I'm talking about the Fujacks worm here and its story, from the beginning. Fujacks is a worm type virus, which means it can spread itself really fast and infect a lo...

24 September 2007
08:59 GMT

How to Save the Pandas

This is the emblematic animal for our planet's endangered fauna. But during the last 15 years, the situation has improved: the population of giant pandas has grown from 1,100 to 1,600. A 40 % increase, over a territory of 23,000 square km. Panda requires not altered/slightly altered environments, in the middle m...

15 September 2007
13:46 GMT

HTC P6300 (Panda) Review

After releasing new innovatory devices such as the HTC Touch and the HTC advantage, the Taiwanese manufacturer decided that it was time to go back to roots and deliver a PDA that brings back to life a design found in one of their older released Pocket PCs. Recommended by HTC as a business phone, the HTC 6300, codenam...

3 September 2007
11:41 GMT

Worm Creators Trialed

Well, if you're in China, you could get $12.500, but it's more probable to get 5 years... or more! Malware developers that have created the annoying Fujacks worm are being trialed in China for their deeds. The culprits Li Jun, Wang Lei, Zhang Shun and Lei Lei are facing charges in a people's court in H...

22 August 2007
09:35 GMT

Panda Antivirus or How to Remain Vulnerable Even If You Have Protection

Panda Antivirus was described as a new competitor for the security giants such as Kaspersky and Symantec but it failed to reach its goal and steal an important amount of users from the rivals. Moreover, it was proved that Panda Antivirus is somehow more vulnerable than secure so it could harm your computer even witho...

9 August 2007
06:24 GMT

Panda Anti-Antivirus?!

The parent company of Panda Antivirus likes to describe its product as one of the top solutions when it comes to computer security. But the things are a little bit different today when security company Secunia reported a highly critical vulnerability in several Panda software solutions that can allow an attacker assa...

23 July 2007
06:28 GMT

Win a PlayStation with Your Favorite Antivirus

Panda Software, the owner of the popular Panda Antivirus solution, recently debuted a special campaign for the upcoming 2008 security tool, offering several PlayStation portal game consoles as the big prize for the registered testers. All you need to do is register as a tester for Panda Antivirus 2008, Panda Firewall...

28 June 2007
06:26 GMT

The Oldest Panda Bear Ever Found!

The cute aspect of the giant panda, resembling a living teddy bear, turned this animal into the symbol of the fight for the preservation of endangered species. Even if a real bear, this species eats 99 % bamboo. Now researchers have discovered the fossil skull of the earliest known bear from the panda genus (Ailuropo...

19 June 2007
06:21 GMT

The Pandas Strike Again!

Panda Antivirus, one of the most popular security solutions on the Internet, is vulnerable to DoS attacks and might allow an attacker to control your computer. The security flaw affects several products provided by the developer such as Panda Antivirus Enterprise Suite, Panda Antivirus Platinum 6 and 7, Panda Antivir...

8 May 2007
04:38 GMT

Two New HTC Smartphones - Panda and Nike

HTC has definitely lost its mind if the leaked photos everyone got to see in the past week are of real handsets. A lot of time has passed since we've managed to see so many devices leaked in such a short period of time from the same mobile phone manufacturer. If I remember well, it might just be that this thing ...

9 March 2007
11:41 GMT


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