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Web watchdog wants global attack on online child abuse
LONDON - Hundreds of child abuse websites around the world could be shut down if countries worked together to tackle the problem, an internet watchdog said in a report.
The New Zealand Herald |
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California jury convicts elderly women in hit-and-run murder conspiracy
LOS ANGELES - An elderly woman was convicted Wednesday of murdering two homeless men to collect insurance payouts, and she and a co-defendant were found guilty of counts involving conspiracy to murder for financial gain.
CNews |
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CEO sees Thomson Reuters among "info majors"
The new Thomson Reuters Corp may compete most directly with Bloomberg and Reed Elsevier, but Chief Executive Tom Glocer thinks the company also may jostle with Google and Microsoft.
Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News |
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WebCentral boosts Security and Reliability with Windows Server 2008
As an addition to the 2008 RSA security conference in San Francisco, a software company called untangle hosted a shootout between competing Internet site filtering solutions. Held at the Thirsty Bear in San Francisco, the tools blocked porn with a 94-98% success rate.
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LA man pleads guilty to "botnet" charges
A computer security consultant pleaded guilty Wednesday to installing malicious software in hundreds of thousands of personal computers across the country to steal private information and at least $20,000, the U.S. attorney's office said.
The Fresno Bee |
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New Zealand company to use Internet to sell milk powder
International dairy trader Fonterra will begin online trading in milk commodities in July to take advantage of rapid price movements, its chief executive said Thursday.
AP via Yahoo! Finance |
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USB drives becoming more of a malware threat
USB devices are extremely convenient, just plug them in and you're ready to go. Some USB flash dives in recent times have come with built in software that through Microsoft Windows is capable of being automatically launched as the device is plugged in. There is an inherent problem with this feature however, Windows does not stipulate whether or not the program that launches from the device is ...
Overclockers Club |
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 17th Apr 2006 21:16 UTC, submitted by anonymous
"If your laptop computer is a complement to your desktop machine, you're probably well aware of the need to synchronize data between the two.
New Mobile Computing |
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New data reveal online video views are soaring
LAS VEGAS (AP): New data show online views of videos soared 66 percent in the U.S. in February from a year earlier, with TV networks grabbing just a pittance of those eyeballs.
The Star |
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It's not going to work
Jim Allchin, a senior Microsoft Corp. executive, walked into Bill Gates's office here one day in July last year to deliver a bombshell about the next generation of Microsoft Windows.
OS News |
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7 p.m. -- Eagle company buys Mexican Internet-telephone company
Eagle Ventures International Inc., of Eagle, has reached a preliminary
The Idaho Statesman |
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New data reveal online video views are soaring
New data released Wednesday show online views of videos soared 66 percent in the U.S. in February from a year earlier, with TV networks grabbing just a pittance of those eyeballs.
Boston Globe |
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Will Google's App Engine become a malware portal?
Security experts fear Google's new application hosting service App Engine will become a tool to spread malware and could ruin Web security defences.
ZDNet Australia |
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VeriSign CEO, president gets $8.1M in 2007 compensation
William Roper, the president and chief executive of VeriSign Inc. , which runs some of the Internet's core systems, received compensation in 2007 valued at $8.1 million, according to a proxy statement filed Wednesday.
Boston Globe |
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LOS ANGELES ( Map , News ) - An elderly woman was convicted Wednesday of murdering two homeless men to collect millions of dollars in insurance payouts, and she and an equally elderly co-defendant were found guilty of counts involving conspiracy to murder for financial gain.
The San Francisco Examiner |
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China's web users turn chatrooms red
SHANGHAI - Chinese web users, stung by international criticism of China ahead of the Beijing Olympics, have splashed red across the internet by adding hearts and "CHINA" to their names when chatting online in a show of support.
The New Zealand Herald |
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Letters to the Editor
[This letter is] in response to the [Thursday, April 10] opinion article on illegal downloading by Jennifer LaBorde. I find the attitude of today’s college students perplexing, to say the least.
Advance Titan |
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Los Angeles man pleads guilty in spyware ID theft case
A Los Angeles man Wednesday pleaded guilty to using spyware that turned thousands of computers across the United States into "zombies" so he could steal their owners' identities. John Schiefer, 26, admitted using "botnets," or armie ...
People's Daily |
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Recent Original Stories
"Today the Protocol Freedom Information Foundation, a non-profit organization created by the Software Freedom Law Center, signed an agreement with Microsoft to receive the protocol documentation needed to fully interoperate with the Microsoft Windows workgroup server products and to make them available to Free Software projects such as Samba.
New Mobile Computing |
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Tip of the Week: Editing a Google Doc, Offline
Google Docs Offline lets you revise your documents without a Web connection.
New York Times |
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Moving Photos to an Apple TV
My Apple TV isn?t showing the photos in my Pictures folder. How do I get them off my hard drive and on the television screen?
New York Times |
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Seeing Comments in Word
How do I see embedded comments in Microsoft Word?
New York Times |
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Laptop Effort for Children Starts to Show Some Offshoots
The Hewlett-Packard 2133 Mini-Note PC tips the scales at around 2.6 pounds and taps the wallet for less than $500.
New York Times |
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Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Thu 5th Apr 2007 18:46 UTC, submitted by Matt H.
"Even though I enjoy using my Linux boxes a great deal for the most part, there are still those little annoyances that are enough to drive a guy batty.
OS News |
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Comcast Sets its Sights on Peer to Peer Apps
The broadband provider's proposed "P2P Bill of Rights and Responsibilities" could set tough limits on file-sharing software.
PC World |
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