loading ...
Technology / Internet news 1234

Use the Web to find the best bargains in shopping, shipping

September 30, 2008 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 7 vote(s) | No comments yet

ShopSmart, a Consumer Reports publication, has compiled a list of seven Web sites that will help you skip the Web surfing and get to the real deals quickly. Here are their picks, which will appear in the November issue.


E-mail accounts easy to break into

October 01, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 14 vote(s) | User comments: 1

The hacker who infiltrated Sarah Palin's e-mail account last month may have intended to embarrass the Republican vice presidential candidate, but the prank also exposed one of the Internet industry's most uncomfortable secrets: ...


Peer-to-peer networking takes internet out of the equation

October 03, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 8 vote(s) | User comments: 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- When people working on a project get together with their laptops and PDAs, they share information via the internet and a client server. But new software developed by European researchers allows independent, ...


China spying on Skype users: Canadian researchers

October 02, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | User comments: 2

China is monitoring the chat messages of Skype users and censoring them if they contain sensitive keywords such as "Tibet" or "Communist Party," according to a group of Canadian researchers.


Internet pop-up "scareware purveyors" sued

September 30, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 11 vote(s) | User comments: 7

Microsoft and Washington state's top prosecutor have filed a lawsuit to stop "scareware purveyors" that trick people with pop-up messages claiming computers need critical repairs.


Obama has huge lead over McCain -- in cyberspace

October 05, 2008 | User rating: 2.8 / 5 after 12 vote(s) | User comments: 8

If the US presidential election was being held in cyberspace, Barack Obama would win in a landslide. The Democratic candidate has raised tens of millions of dollars more than Republican John McCain online ...