News general at SoftHunters
 

News


Fresh news for you!

Latest general news

Microsoft Helps Put Phisher in Prison


Microsoft's Global Phishing Enforcement Initiative has netted its first criminal: 23 year-old Jayson Harris from Davenport, Iowa was sentenced to 21 months in prison and ordered to pay $57,000 to victims for a phishing scheme perpetrated in in 2003 and 2004.
BetaNews.Com IT News

Claria Says to Uninstall its Adware


Adware company Claria this week took the unusual step of telling users to uninstall its software, following through on a promise to exit the adware business in order to focus on personalized search. Claria says it will stop sending pop-up ads to users' computers on July 1.
BetaNews.Com IT News

Judge to decide on AT&T spying suit


AT&T, Justice Department say companies are protected from privacy laws when working with government on national security issues.
CNET News.com - Entertainment &

Podcast: MPAA-gate


Could the MPAA makes themselves look any worse? Find out what CNET's Buzz Out Loud podcasters have to say.
CNET News.com - Entertainment &

Security Bites podcast: Office users beware


Security Bites podcast for June 23, 2006: Three security issues puts Office users at risk. Plus, USDA and FTC breaches and update trouble for Zone Labs and Microsoft users.
CNET News.com - Entertainment &

Music search sites that learn your taste


LONDON (Reuters) - The boom in digital music has left a lot of iPods to fill and made millions of songs available online. But how to choose which ones? Music recommendation services are using tech wizardry to solve the problem.
Reuters: Technology

Qualcomm says Nokia pullout will not hurt CDMA


NEW YORK (Reuters) - Qualcomm Inc. QCOM.O said on Friday that Nokia's NOK1V.HE decision to stop making cellphones based on Qualcomm's CDMA technology would not affect its 2006 financial outlook or the growth of the wireless technology.
Reuters: Technology

FTC laptops stolen, 110 people at risk of ID theft


WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Trade Commission, responsible for protecting Americans from fraud and identity theft, reported on Thursday the theft of two of its own computers with personal information about 110 people.
Reuters: Technology

France unveils national rival to Google Earth


PARIS (Reuters) - A clear view of your favorite French beach or monument is only a click away.
Reuters: Technology

Hacker may have netted USDA's Johanns ID data


WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns and other top Agriculture Department officials are on the list of 26,000 people whose personal information may have been stolen by a computer hacker, USDA said on Friday.
Reuters: Technology

Apple hopes for toned-down French download law


PARIS (Reuters) - Apple Computer Inc. said on Friday it was awaiting final approval of a French bill aimed at opening online media stores to rivals, which it hoped would leave the market to decide which systems prevailed.
Reuters: Technology

Privacy advocates slam AT&T on customer records


NEW YORK (Reuters) - Privacy advocates slammed AT&T Inc. T.N on Thursday for declaring that it owned its Internet and video customers' account information and could hand the data over to law enforcement if needed.
Reuters: Technology

Tech gurus say they'll 'switch from Mac'


Also on News.com Extra: UFO research--Findings vs. facts.
CNET News.com - Entertainment &

Qualcomm: Nokia decision will not hurt CDMA


NEW YORK (Reuters) - Qualcomm Inc QCOM.O said on Friday that a decision by Nokia NOK1V.HE to pull away from making cellphones based on its CDMA technology would not hurt the company or growth of the technology.
Reuters: Technology