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Cisco Systems Inc. has issued three security patches that fix denial-of-service bugs discovered in the Secure Shell protocol in Cisco IOS Software, which runs the company's routers, and in its Service Control Engine. Hewlett-Packard Co. said that a 31% increase in laptop PC sales led to strong financial results for its second quarter, which ended April 30. The company reported a profit of $2.06 billion on revenue of $28.3 billion, up 11% from a year earlier. Federal courts in California and Connecticut have charged 38 people in the U.S. and Romania with using complex Internet phishing schemes to steal thousands of credit and debit card numbers.