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Tycoons Buy In to New Virtual Banks Technology / Internet May 10, 2007 \| User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet Actual banking has hit the virtual world – one of them, at least. Entropia Universe this week made $400,000 in real cash on the sale of five banking licenses. The licenses will allow their owners to lend cash to the community's ...

Last.fm Wants to Become the Web's MTV Technology / Internet May 10, 2007 \| User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet Online social music site Last.fm is moving into the video realm, adding music videos with a goal of providing every video ever made.

WinkFlash Steps in to Rescue ClubPhoto Pics Technology / Internet May 09, 2007 \| User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) \| User comments: 1 WinkFlash, a photo site, has acquired the users' photo albums at ClubPhoto, a defunct competitor. Winkflash is making a good-faith effort to restore them to their proper owners.

Symantec Releases May Spam Report Technology / Internet May 08, 2007 \| User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet Symantec reports back from the war of spam with numbers and stories.

Windows Live Hotmail Hits the Streets Technology / Internet May 07, 2007 \| User rating: 2.8 / 5 after 5 vote(s) \| No comments yet After more than two years in development and testing by some 20 million beta testers globally, Microsoft will launch Windows Live Hotmail, the successor to MSN Hotmail, in 36 languages across the world May 7.

Has Digg Dug a Legal Hole for Itself? Technology / Internet May 04, 2007 \| User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 11 vote(s) \| No comments yet Call it the Internet's version of a bloodless coup. A revolt by users of Digg.com led the administrators of the Web site to reverse a decision to remove stories containing code used to circumvent digital rights management ...

The Kaspersky Top 20 for April Technology / Internet May 04, 2007 \| User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet Kaspersky Labs' list of top e-mail and online threats has a newbie in the top spot.

House Bills Would Rework e-Gambling, Internet Radio Royalties Technology / Internet May 01, 2007 \| User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet A pair of House bills would permit U.S. gambling on the Internet as well as rewrite the royalty structure for Internet radio, possibly allowing smaller Webcasters to continue operating.

Microsoft (?) Site Hacked Technology / Internet May 01, 2007 \| User rating: 3.2 / 5 after 25 vote(s) \| No comments yet Beware: Partner sites may not reach your own security standards, as Microsoft recently learned.

DOS Extortion Fading Technology / Internet May 01, 2007 \| User rating: 3.2 / 5 after 5 vote(s) \| No comments yet The economics of Denial Of Service blackmailing isn't working out, and botnet owners are shifting to other, less risky crimes.

Yahoo to Buy Rest of Right Media for $680M Technology / Internet April 30, 2007 \| User rating: not rated yet \| No comments yet The move is to boost the reach of Yahoo's advertising to social network sites, which marketers have struggled to reach.

Fast Search Sides with Newspapers in Web Sales War Technology / Internet April 30, 2007 \| User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet A Norwegian company that supplies search technology to business users is looking to help newspaper publishers make more money from online advertising without sharing it with big Internet services.

Phishers Use Call Forwarding to Mask Fraud Technology / Internet April 28, 2007 \| User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 13 vote(s) \| No comments yet A phishing attack uncovered by SecureWorks tries to entice victims into forwarding their telephone calls in order to thwart out-of-band authentication by banks.

Some Google Custom Home Pages Pull Vanishing Act Technology / Internet April 28, 2007 \| User rating: 3 / 5 after 7 vote(s) \| No comments yet Google is working to restore its personalized homepage function a day after users worldwide reported online that their settings had been deleted, and the problem has prompted some users to recommend that Google ...

Jobs Says Apple Customers Not into Renting Music Technology / Internet April 27, 2007 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 6 vote(s) \| No comments yet Apple Chief Executive Steve Jobs indicates he is unlikely to give in to calls from the music industry to add a subscription-based model to Apple's wildly popular iTunes online music store.

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Tycoons Buy In to New Virtual Banks Technology / Internet May 10, 2007 \| User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet Actual banking has hit the virtual world – one of them, at least. Entropia Universe this week made $400,000 in real cash on the sale of five banking licenses. The licenses will allow their owners to lend cash to the community's ...

Last.fm Wants to Become the Web's MTV Technology / Internet May 10, 2007 \| User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet Online social music site Last.fm is moving into the video realm, adding music videos with a goal of providing every video ever made.

WinkFlash Steps in to Rescue ClubPhoto Pics Technology / Internet May 09, 2007 \| User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) \| User comments: 1 WinkFlash, a photo site, has acquired the users' photo albums at ClubPhoto, a defunct competitor. Winkflash is making a good-faith effort to restore them to their proper owners.

Symantec Releases May Spam Report Technology / Internet May 08, 2007 \| User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet Symantec reports back from the war of spam with numbers and stories.

Windows Live Hotmail Hits the Streets Technology / Internet May 07, 2007 \| User rating: 2.8 / 5 after 5 vote(s) \| No comments yet After more than two years in development and testing by some 20 million beta testers globally, Microsoft will launch Windows Live Hotmail, the successor to MSN Hotmail, in 36 languages across the world May 7.

Has Digg Dug a Legal Hole for Itself? Technology / Internet May 04, 2007 \| User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 11 vote(s) \| No comments yet Call it the Internet's version of a bloodless coup. A revolt by users of Digg.com led the administrators of the Web site to reverse a decision to remove stories containing code used to circumvent digital rights management ...

The Kaspersky Top 20 for April Technology / Internet May 04, 2007 \| User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet Kaspersky Labs' list of top e-mail and online threats has a newbie in the top spot.

House Bills Would Rework e-Gambling, Internet Radio Royalties Technology / Internet May 01, 2007 \| User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet A pair of House bills would permit U.S. gambling on the Internet as well as rewrite the royalty structure for Internet radio, possibly allowing smaller Webcasters to continue operating.

Microsoft (?) Site Hacked Technology / Internet May 01, 2007 \| User rating: 3.2 / 5 after 25 vote(s) \| No comments yet Beware: Partner sites may not reach your own security standards, as Microsoft recently learned.

DOS Extortion Fading Technology / Internet May 01, 2007 \| User rating: 3.2 / 5 after 5 vote(s) \| No comments yet The economics of Denial Of Service blackmailing isn't working out, and botnet owners are shifting to other, less risky crimes.

Yahoo to Buy Rest of Right Media for $680M Technology / Internet April 30, 2007 \| User rating: not rated yet \| No comments yet The move is to boost the reach of Yahoo's advertising to social network sites, which marketers have struggled to reach.

Fast Search Sides with Newspapers in Web Sales War Technology / Internet April 30, 2007 \| User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet A Norwegian company that supplies search technology to business users is looking to help newspaper publishers make more money from online advertising without sharing it with big Internet services.

Phishers Use Call Forwarding to Mask Fraud Technology / Internet April 28, 2007 \| User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 13 vote(s) \| No comments yet A phishing attack uncovered by SecureWorks tries to entice victims into forwarding their telephone calls in order to thwart out-of-band authentication by banks.

Some Google Custom Home Pages Pull Vanishing Act Technology / Internet April 28, 2007 \| User rating: 3 / 5 after 7 vote(s) \| No comments yet Google is working to restore its personalized homepage function a day after users worldwide reported online that their settings had been deleted, and the problem has prompted some users to recommend that Google ...

Jobs Says Apple Customers Not into Renting Music Technology / Internet April 27, 2007 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 6 vote(s) \| No comments yet Apple Chief Executive Steve Jobs indicates he is unlikely to give in to calls from the music industry to add a subscription-based model to Apple's wildly popular iTunes online music store.

Tycoons Buy In to New Virtual Banks

Last.fm Wants to Become the Web's MTV

WinkFlash Steps in to Rescue ClubPhoto Pics

Symantec Releases May Spam Report

Windows Live Hotmail Hits the Streets

Has Digg Dug a Legal Hole for Itself?

The Kaspersky Top 20 for April

House Bills Would Rework e-Gambling, Internet Radio Royalties

Microsoft (?) Site Hacked

DOS Extortion Fading

Yahoo to Buy Rest of Right Media for $680M

Fast Search Sides with Newspapers in Web Sales War

Phishers Use Call Forwarding to Mask Fraud

Some Google Custom Home Pages Pull Vanishing Act

Jobs Says Apple Customers Not into Renting Music

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