Phishers can use social Web sites as bait to net victims May 24, 2007 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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Internet sites such as MySpace and Facebook are popular ways for friends to stay in touch, but they also can be used by cyber sharks posing as "friends," enabling them to steal personal and financial information. | |
IronPort Revamps Security Monitoring Site May 22, 2007 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
IronPort Systems has revised its Internet traffic monitoring Web site, a resource for IT staffers searching for a real-time view into security threats. | |
Hundreds Click on 'Click Here to Get Infected' Ad May 19, 2007 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 39 vote(s)
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The fact that 409 people clicked on an ad that offers infection for those with virus-free PCs proves that people will click on just about anything.
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E-activism: Analysis of black bloggers in the blogosphere April 09, 2007 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
In the first scholarly research examining the role of black bloggers in the blogosphere, Brown University researcher Antoinette Pole assessed how bloggers of color use their medium for purposes related to politics. She found ... | |
As opinions flow through blogs and Internet, political power relocates, diffusely March 19, 2007 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
There are many ways to define power, but Manuel Castells, Distinguished Visiting Professor of Technology and Society, defines power as the ability to make people think the way you want them to think--or to convince those ... | |
Abandoning net neutrality discourages improvements in service March 07, 2007 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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Charging online content providers such as Yahoo! and Google for preferential access to the customers of Internet service providers might not be in the best interest of the millions of Americans, despite claims to the contrary, ... | |
 Expert: Wikipedia won't go away, so learn how to use it February 22, 2007 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 26 vote(s)
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The popularity of Wikipedia makes it important that users learn to use the online collaborative encyclopedia as a starting point for their research rather than as the final word, says a Purdue University communications ... | |
Security gurus see even harsher browser attacks for '07 January 31, 2007 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Another year, another round of sneaky online attacks. IBM security experts anticipate 2007 will see more sophisticated profit-motivated cyber attacks, including more focus on Web browsers as well as advances in image-based ... | |
Some eBay Users Abuse Auction Site's Feedback System, Professor Finds January 12, 2007 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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Some eBay users are artificially boosting their reputations by buying and selling feedback on the Internet auction site, according to John Morgan, a professor at the University of California, Berkeley's Haas School of Business. | |
 'Tis the season to be careful URI expert offers tips for shopping safely online December 08, 2006 | User rating: 1.4 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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Santa Claus is computer literate and Rudolph is unemployed since more and more people are clicking off their holiday lists online and getting them delivered overnight, often by people with brown uniforms instead ... | |
Online world as important to Internet users as real world? November 29, 2006 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 23 vote(s)
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Is the online world as important to Internet users as the real world? Large numbers of Internet users hold such strong views about their online communities that they compare the value of their online world to their real-world ... | |
Google could be 'gagged' by new laws: expert November 07, 2006 | User rating: 2.3 / 5 after 13 vote(s)
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Internet search engines such as Google could be crippled by changes to copyright law in Australia that look set to be implemented by the Federal Government, a Copyright expert from The Australian National University argues. | |
British Co. Launches Modern Poetry Site October 04, 2006 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(AP) -- British entertainment company 57 Productions launched a new Web site Tuesday which allows users to download and listen to poetry on their MP3 players and iPods. | |
Study shows internet to be resilient against terror attack September 28, 2006 | User rating: 3.3 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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Researchers have simulated what would happen to Internet reliability in the United States if terrorists were able to knock out various physical components of the network. | |
 UC Berkeley offers courses and symposia through Google Video September 27, 2006 | User rating: 3.2 / 5 after 46 vote(s)
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In another innovative move to share its intellectual treasures with the public, the University of California, Berkeley, announced today that it is delivering educational content, including course lectures and ... | |
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