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Google has announced that it is changing its Safe Browsing API in order to warn of additional types of abusive software.
Safe Browsing is a public web service used by Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Apple Safari. When the user navigates to a site or downloads a file, Safe Browsing checks that site or file against a list of sites determined by Google to serve phishing or malware attacks and malicious file signatures.
Starting next week, Safe Browsing will warn of programs that may not qualify as malware and are disguised as a helpful download, but which "...make unexpected changes to your computer — for instance, switching your homepage or other browser settings to ones you don't want." Such programs are common. They can change search engines, the home page, insert ads or even weaken security settings.

It's not clear whether the changes will be available to Firefox or Safari immediately or, if they are, whether those browsers will need to update software to take advantage of it. We have asked Google and will update this story when it responds.

Google's public definition of malware as used by Safe Browsing is short on specifics. Such definitions have been controversial over time, as some sites, especially those which serve advertising, try to push the limits without running afoul of important gatekeepers like Google.

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Third round of layoffs in as many years.

Cisco plans to cut another 6000 jobs as it prepares to unveil tepid results for its last quarter and works through a transition towards a new cycle of high-end switches and routers.

The latest round of layoffs is at least the third workforce reduction in about as many years for a company once synonymous with the internet boom, but which has lately struggled to sustain growth.

The company announced in August 2013 that it would cut 4000 jobs. And in 2011, it said it planned to reduce its workforce by more than 11,000.

Shares in the company slipped 0.95 percent to US$24.96 (A$26.83) in extended trading, from a US$25.20 close on the Nasdaq.

"The market doesn't wait for anyone. We are going to lead it, period," CEO John Chambers told analysts on a conference call.

"The ability to do that requires some tough decisions. We will manage our costs aggressively and drive efficiencies."