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Apple .Mac customers targeted for fraud
Phishers apparently take advantage of the difficulties that occurred when Apple transitioned users from .Mac to Mobile Me service last month.
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Cellphones still for talking despite other uses like music and Web surfing
MONTREAL - Cellphones are still for yakking, no matter how many things they can do.
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MIT students ask for end to gag order on MBTA hack
BOSTON -- An attorney for three MIT students who allegedly hacked into the MBTA's automated fare system has asked a federal judge to lift a gag order that prevents the students from talking about how they got inside the system.
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Woman hacks 5-year-old son
A 32-year-old woman hacked her son to death on Wednesday night and threw the body into a nearby pond at Jaichanditala in Howrah. The body of the five-year-old boy was fished out by officers of Domjur police station on Thursday morning and sent for post-mortem.
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Apple .Mac customers targeted for fraud
Phishers apparently take advantage of the difficulties that occurred when Apple transitioned users from .Mac to Mobile Me service last month.
CNET |
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State-By-State Foreclosures
IRVINE , Calif. – August 14, 2008 – RealtyTrac® ( realtytrac.com ), the leading online marketplace for foreclosure properties, today released its July 2008 U.S. Foreclosure Market Report™, which shows foreclosure filings — default notices, auction sale notices and bank repossessions — were reported on 272,171 U.S. properties during the month, an 8 percent increase from the previous month and a ...
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Western Digital My Book Mirror Edition (2TB)
The Western Digital My Book Mirror Edition is a compelling choice for an external drive, delivering excellent value, good performance, and two hard drives for added data security. For anyone looking for an external USB 2.0 drive, the My Book Mirror belongs on your shortlist.
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Ontario teacher arrested on felony charges
ONTARIO — An Ontario High School social studies teacher was arrested Wednesday and charged with seven counts of online sexual corruption of a child in the second degree.
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What Linux Will Look Like In 2012
Our open source expert foresees the future of Linux: By 2012 the OS will have matured into three basic usage models. Web-based apps rule, virtualization is a breeze, and command-line hacking for basic system configuration is a thing of the past.
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Report: Ben Ling's going back to the Googleplex
Once in charge of Google Checkout, Ling became the marketing guru for Facebook's developer platform before joining Facebook last year. Now he's leaving again--for Google?
CNET |
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NVIDIA ships out beta OpenGL 3.0 drivers in record speed
Filed under: Gaming While boasting a fraction of DirectX usage in the gaming market, OpenGL hasn't been sitting around while Microsoft eats its lunch. Long favored as a foundation for cross platform games like World of Warcraft, and historically used by by id Software to famous effect, the API just hit the 3.0 in a major reworking of the library. NVIDIA has had a hand in the API, ...
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Radiohead, Buzzcocks, My Morning Jacket Featured on 'Choke' Soundtrack
Contrary to internet murmurs earlier this week, Radiohead won't be providing the entire score to the movie adaptation of Choke , a novel by Fight Club author Chuck Palahniuk. But the Oxford-based whizzes will be contributing in much lesser capacity, lending one song to what's shaping up to be an illustrious soundtrack, featuring tunes from the likes of the Buzzcocks, My Morning Jacket, ...
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Murdered Chinese graduate Yang Zhen Xing linked to internet betting scam
A Chinese man murdered with his girlfriend in his Newcastle flat may have been targeted because of his involvement in an international betting scam.
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Reissued Without Change From 8-13-08: Proxim Wireless Reports Second Quarter 2008 Financial Results
SILICON VALLEY, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 08/14/08 -- -- Sales Increased by 47% Over Q108 -- Raised $3M and Exploring Strategic Alternative for the Harmonix Division to Support Core Business Growth -- Narrowed Non-GAAP Loss to $0.1M from $4.1M in Q108 Proxim Wireless Corporation (NASDAQ: PRXM), a leading provider of end-to-end broadband wireles.....
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Here And Now - Georgia -- The U.S. Options
Georgia -- The U.S. Options, Cyber War Beyond Russia, Meth Project, Olympics, Geezer Jocks
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Schmidt: Mobile Ad Revenue To Outdo Traditional Types
About once a month, Google comes up with some neat new feature for mobile phones. It's never much compared to certain search and mapping innovations, and the things tend to receive little notice from any mainstream audience. But Eric Schmidt is still betting on mobile in a big way. read more
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Exec Completes Google-Facebook-YouTube Career Shift
Whatever else one might be able to say about him, Ben Ling does not burn bridges. The proof: roughly 10 months after Ling quit Google in order to work for Facebook, he's getting put back on the search giant's payroll as an executive at YouTube. read more
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Update: Cyberattacks against Georgia
Many experts think that the Russian government may not be directly involved.
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Live Search Maps Touts Highlighted Listings
Google's mapping products tend to attract a lot of attention, and like so many of Google's efforts, a lot of advertisers, too. Microsoft wants everyone to know that there are advertising opportunities available through Live Search Maps, too, though. read more
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Miss An Olympic Moment? Yahoo To The Rescue
The time difference between China and America, plus the vagaries of NBC's scheduling, may leave people missing something at the Summer Olympics. read more
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Bell Canada Throttling Ruling Delayed
The Canadian Radio- Television and Telecommunications Commission has delayed its ruling on a dispute between Bell Canada and third party Internet service providers over the slowing down of online traffic. The CRTC now says it will rule on the dispute between Bell and the Canadian Association of Internet Providers (CAIP) by October 31. A ruling was anticipated this month, but the Commission ...
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Corn Farmers Against Google?
That anti-Net Neutrality op-ed you read by a respected author? How do you know he wrote it? That grassroots organization of plain folks you hadn't ever heard of, all suddenly galvanized for a cause that, if not attained, has dire, dire consequences for everyone? How do you know it's a real organization? How do you know the organization, and the op-ed, weren't created by LawMedia Group at the ...
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Critical Java Bugs in Nokia Phones?
A pair of critical vulnerabilities in Sun Microsystems Inc.'s Java technology for mobile devices could be used by hackers to surreptitiously make calls, record conversations and access information on Nokia Series 40 cell phones, a Polish researcher said. read more
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Wuala Uses Java to Make Online Storage Social
First there was the failure of MediaMax/TheLinkUp, which was based on the idea of pairing online storage with social networking. In its wake comes Wuala, a new service from Zurich-based Caleido that pairs a similar plan with some unique technologies and capabilities. read more
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Obituaries - Aug. 14
Danny Lee Heist, 49, Cheviot, died Aug. 6. He was a computer programmer.
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