In one demo, a box decorated in QR-like codes opens to reveal a bouquet of virtual flowers.

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Phishing scams are moving beyond the misspelled, far-fetched ruses that clog your in-box and beg for your bank codes.

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Dates and codes can be found on the box label.

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" Of course, he then further goes on to note that Intel's tests were done with NVIDIA's previous generation GeForce GTX 280, and that the codes were simply run out-of-the-box without any optimization -- but, still, he seems more than happy to accept this bit of "recognition.

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If, like us, you struggle to read the front of the Corn Flakes box of a morning, you likely gave up any hope of cracking ancient codes long ago.

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