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11 Charged in Connection to Largest Ever ID Theft Case
Eleven people have been charged in San Diego and Boston with hacking into the computer networks of nine major U.S. retailers and stealing and selling more than 40 million credit and debit card numbers.
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High oil prices spur demand for low energy electronics
SEOUL (Reuters) - These days when customers walk into electronics stores, the first question they ask is how much electricity the fridge, washing machine or laptop computer they are contemplating buying consumes.
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CNET site compromised by malware
Technology news site CNET has been compromised and is hosting malware, according to a security alert issued by a web monitoring company.
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DRAM market takes another dive
Shaun Nichols in San Francisco, vnunet.com , Thursday 7 August 2008 at 02:09:00 Beware of falling prices, say analysts Chipmakers are being warned that prices for DRAM chips may take a big drop in the coming months. Research firm iSuppli said that the prices OEMs pay for DRAM may...
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Credit card cybertheft will still 'flourish' say experts
LAS VEGAS - US authorities are calling it the largest hacking and identity theft case yet. But this week's indictments of 11 people who allegedly plundered millions of payment card numbers might not seriously dent the underworld where such crimes occur.
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Chertoff: I'm Listening to the Internet (Not in a Bad Way)
In an exclusive interview with Wired.com, Homeland Security chief Michael Chertoff explains why cybersecurity finally matters, how airlines botch the terrorist watch list, and why blog comments are driving policy changes at DHS.
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Cisco earnings up four percent, beating forecasts
NEW YORK (AP) - Cisco Systems says its fiscal fourth-quarter earnings were up four percent, beating expectations. The world's largest maker of computer networking gear reported earnings of $2.01 billion, or 33 cents per share.
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Credit card cybertheft will still 'flourish' say experts
LAS VEGAS - US authorities are calling it the largest hacking and identity theft case yet. But this week's indictments of 11 people who allegedly plundered millions of payment card numbers might not seriously dent the underworld where such crimes occur.
The New Zealand Herald |
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Olympics? Whatever. Cybergamers go for gold
Forget the Olympics, this weekend will see nine of New Zealand's top computer gamers compete in Singapore in the run-up to the World Cyber Games Championships.
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Giant cyberspace security hole getting fixed, slowly
SAN FRANCISCO - A giant vulnerability in the internet's design is allowing criminals to silently redirect traffic to websites under their control. The problem is being fixed, but its extent remains unknown and many people are still at risk.
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Credit card cybertheft will still 'flourish' say experts
LAS VEGAS - US authorities are calling it the largest hacking and identity theft case yet. But this week's indictments of 11 people who allegedly plundered millions of payment card numbers might not seriously dent the underworld where such crimes occur.
The New Zealand Herald |
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High oil prices spur demand for low energy electronics
SEOUL (Reuters) - These days when customers walk into electronics stores, the first question they ask is how much electricity the fridge, washing machine or laptop computer they are contemplating buying consumes.
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Aide To Plead Guilty Month Before Fumo Trial
A computer technician accused of illegally destroying years' worth of state Senate computer records will plead guilty next week, marking the first plea in the corruption case against Sen. Vincent Fumo.
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Linux on Servers? Great. On PCs? Not So Much
PC OEMs offered a halfhearted endorsement of the Linux desktop on Wednesday, claiming that the operating system was mainly suited for low-cost appliances and PCs designed for education.
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US defends seizure of flyers' laptops
Business travellers flying to the US should continue to expect to have their laptop computers seized and searched even if they are not suspected of criminal activity.
Contractor UK |
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IBM open sources supercomputer software
IBM has launched its first certified open source software package for supercomputers based on Linux..
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Cyber lawyers fall out over MySpace suicide
Defendant not guilt of breaking hacker law, say legal eagles.
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James Cameron's 'Avatar' creating tech buzz
Seventeen months before the release of James Cameron's sci-fi epic "Avatar," anticipation in the industry is enormous. The project will be made in stereoscopic 3-D and combine live action and computer animation using visionary new techniques.
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Speak Up, a Computer Is Listening
Ever since ?Star Trek,? we?ve dreamed of being able to give our computers spoken orders. NaturallySpeaking 10, available Thursday, takes some baby steps in the right direction.
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Internet flaw a boon to hackers
LAS VEGAS - Computer security professionals crammed into a Las Vegas ballroom on Wednesday for the first public briefing on an Internet flaw that lets hackers hijack traffic on the World Wide Web.
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High oil prices spur demand for low energy electronics
SEOUL (Reuters) - These days when customers walk into electronics stores, the first question they ask is how much electricity the fridge, washing machine or laptop computer they are contemplating buying consumes.
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Parents Use Web To Spy On Kids
Over 750,000 children are illegally accessing social networking sites - prompting parents to spy on their own children.
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$12 PC based on NES, not Apple II -- even cooler
Filed under: Desktops The $12 PC project just got a little more interesting -- contrary to what the Boston Herald reported yesterday, the project is actually based around an off-license NES clone from China called the Victor, not the Apple II. The machine is entirely contained within a keyboard and accepts NES cartridges as well as Famicom software, so there's already a BASIC -- ...
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State of the Planet
Indigenous Clash Over Development Of Amazon. Brazil's Supreme Court is expected to decide this month whether the government can continue to evict rice farmers from a recently created 4.2 million acre (1.7 million hectare) Indian reservation in the Amazonian rainforest.
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