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Microsoft Helps Put Phisher in PrisonMicrosoft'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 AdwareAdware 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 suitAT&T, Justice Department say companies are protected from privacy laws when working with government on national security issues. CNET News.com - Entertainment & |
Podcast: MPAA-gateCould 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 bewareSecurity 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 tasteLONDON (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 CDMANEW 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 theftWASHINGTON (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 EarthPARIS (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 dataWASHINGTON (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 lawPARIS (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 recordsNEW 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 CDMANEW 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 |
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