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Hackers harpoon US executives with phony email subpoenas

May 06, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 6 vote(s) | No comments yet

US federal court officials have warned that hackers are emailing phony subpoenas embedded with malicious software to high-ranking executives to steal valuable corporate information.


Once shunned by academics, Wikipedia now a teaching tool

May 11, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 37 vote(s) | User comments: 8

Wikipedia, the upstart Internet encyclopedia that most universities forbid students to use, has suddenly become a teaching tool for professors.


Hackers' posts on epilepsy forum cause migraines, seizures

May 08, 2008 | User rating: 3.4 / 5 after 9 vote(s) | User comments: 5

(AP) -- Computer attacks typically don't inflict physical pain on their victims. But in a rare example of an attack apparently motivated by malice rather than money, hackers recently bombarded the Epilepsy Foundation's Web ...


Review: Mint shows me the money, and that's half the battle

May 07, 2008 | User rating: 3.4 / 5 after 9 vote(s) | User comments: 3

(AP) -- Confession: I've never balanced a checkbook or devised a realistic budget. I'm too impatient to follow through with manual record-keeping when all the transactions are digital.


China to investigate Google for illegal maps: official media

May 06, 2008 | User rating: 3 / 5 after 6 vote(s) | User comments: 1

China has launched an investigation into online mapping services by Internet giants including Google and Sohu in an effort to protect state secrets and territorial integrity, state press said.


Google execs hope for long-term ad deal with Yahoo

May 09, 2008 | User rating: 2.3 / 5 after 7 vote(s) | No comments yet

(AP) -- Google Inc.'s top executives expressed hope Thursday that the Internet search leader will be able to form a potentially lucrative advertising partnership with Yahoo Inc. - a deal that would lower ...