 Hacker splashes data from six million Chileans on Internet: report May 12, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
A hacker broke into Chile's government sites mining data from six million people which he then posted on the Internet on two popular servers for several hours, the El Mercurio daily have said. | |
Colonel suggests using hackers' tool against them May 15, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 11 vote(s)
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(AP) -- Hackers often harness the combined power of thousands of virus-infected personal computers to pump out spam e-mail or disable targeted servers by overwhelming them with Internet traffic. | |
Britain complains to EU about Microsoft file system May 13, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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(AP) -- A British watchdog agency said Tuesday it had complained to European Union regulators that Microsoft Corp.'s new file format for storing documents discouraged competition. | |
 How Did That Chain Letter Get To My Inbox? 19 hours ago | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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Everyone who has an e-mail account has probably received a forwarded chain letter promising good luck if the message is forwarded on to others--or terrible misfortune if it isn't. The sheer volume of forwarded ... | |
Volkswagen, Sanyo to develop lithium-ion battery: report May 11, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 13 vote(s)
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Volkswagen AG will join forces with Japan's Sanyo Electric to develop a lithium-ion battery, a key component of hybrid and electric cars, the Nikkei newspaper reported Sunday. | |
Humanity and technology fuse in global Pangea Day film event May 11, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Humanity and digital technology broke down walls between cultures on Saturday during a first-ever Pangea Day film event aimed at replacing conflict with understanding. | |
 France's Larousse sets up Wikipedia rival May 13, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
France's Larousse publishing house on Tuesday launched an online French-language encyclopedia offering free access to its dictionary and inviting users to contribute content, aiming to rival Wikipedia. | |
 Game Web site gets users to help make computers smarter May 14, 2008 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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(AP) -- Carnegie Mellon University researchers hope Web surfers will spend their free time playing Internet-based games to help other people's and businesses' computers get smarter. | |
Google starts to blur faces in Street View photos May 14, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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(AP) -- After privacy complaints, Google Inc. is beginning to automatically blur faces of people captured in the street photos taken for its Internet map program. Rolling it out will take several months, however. | |
EU warns Google over photos on Street View May 15, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
(AP) -- The EU's top data protection supervisor said Thursday that Google Inc.'s "Street View" map and imaging feature could pose privacy problems if it launches in Europe. | |
 We're watching the 'oppressors': world telecoms boss May 13, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
The head of the world telecoms body said on Tuesday that oppressive regimes are increasingly using their control over the Internet to deprive citizens of information but that those governments are being watched ... | |
3 indicted in US for hacking into restaurant computer system May 12, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
A Ukrainian and an Estonian were among three people charged in a scheme to hack into a computer system of a US restaurant chain to steal credit card data, the Justice Department said Monday. | |
 MySpace wins $230 million anti-spam judgment May 14, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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(AP) -- A notorious "Spam King" and his partner now owe MySpace about $230 million in damages after a federal judge awarded the popular online hangout what is believed to be the largest anti-spam judgment ... | |
Weather, waves and wireless: Super strength signalling 24 hours ago | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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A new study from the University of Leicester has discovered a particular window of time when mobile signals and radio waves are ‘super strength’ – allowing them to be clearer and travel greater distances, potentially interfering ... | |
Reversing trend, cable modems win over DSL May 15, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(AP) -- Cable companies attracted more Internet subscribers than phone companies did in the first quarter, reversing a 3 1/2-year trend, according to a research report Thursday. | |
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