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Microsoft awards more than $US250,000 to security researchers

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http://www.itwire.com – Written by: Stephen Withers | Published in: SecurityMicrosoft has awarded more than a quarter of a million dollars to security researchers in the 2012 BlueHat Prize. (IT news)

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