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Weeding through online flower sites

Tue, 9 Feb 2010 14:10:11 GMT

If you study hidden fees and price distortions for a living, Valentine's Day is your Super Bowl. Can you name another industry where the true price of an item is routinely more than double the advertised price? Gadgets were supposed to make our lives easier and save us time. Instead, we are more stressed and have less time than ever. What is the cause of this epic failure?

3-D movies are harder to pirate — for now

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:21:02 GMT

James Cameron's 3-D epic "Avatar" wowed audiences with its immersive special effects, but Hollywood is hoping the technology can do something more: Give film studios breathing room in the fight against movie piracy.

James Cameron - Avatar - Special effect - Hollywood Los Angeles California - Visual effects

Security expert cracks PC encryption chip

Mon, 8 Feb 2010 21:25:23 GMT

Deep inside millions of computers is a digital Fort Knox, a special chip with the locks to highly guarded secrets, including classified government reports and confidential business plans. Now a former U.S. Army computer-security specialist has devised a way to break those locks.

Fort Knox - United States Army - United States - Personal computer - Computer security

Chinese police shut down hacker training op

Mon, 8 Feb 2010 16:28:15 GMT

Police in central China have shut down a hacker training operation that openly recruited thousands of members online and provided them with cyberattack lessons and malicious software, state media said Monday.

China - Police - Malware - South Central China - Law

Chinese-born spy gets 15 years in prison

Mon, 8 Feb 2010 21:00:09 GMT

A Chinese-born engineer convicted of espionage and other federal charges in California is sentenced to more than 15 years in prison.

Prison - California - Espionage - United States - Crime and Justice

Microsoft: Pirated software still sold in Russia

Mon, 8 Feb 2010 20:36:33 GMT

One-quarter of Russian software outlets sell bootleg Microsoft programs, the company said Monday as it published the results of a survey intended to elbow authorities into taking more action.

Microsoft - Copyright infringement - Russia - Microsoft Corporation - Companies

The Internet will watch you FAIL!

Fri, 5 Feb 2010 21:40:56 GMT

Before you upload an embarrassing image or write off last night’s drunken text, take a tour of the virtual locations where your foibles may be immortalized.

Virtual Reality - Technology - Literature - World Literature - Social network

‘Technostress’ to downside of modern technology

Fri, 5 Feb 2010 01:09:06 GMT

Gadgets were supposed to make our lives easier and save us time. Instead, we are more stressed and have less time than ever. What is the cause of this epic failure?

Technology - Business - Time - Business Services - Supplies and Equipment

Police: Fugitive's Facebook info leads to arrest

Fri, 5 Feb 2010 15:52:35 GMT

Police in western New York say a fugitive all but turned himself in by posting his workplace on Facebook and MySpace.

Facebook - MySpace - New York City - New York - United States

Dueling rulings on school MySpace discipline

Thu, 4 Feb 2010 23:28:45 GMT

Federal appellate judges wrestling with whether schools can discipline students for Internet speech posted offsite reached different rulings Thursday in two Pennsylvania cases.

MySpace - Pennsylvania - Facebook - Social network - United States

Russian paper back online after hacker attack

Thu, 4 Feb 2010 23:43:25 GMT

The Web site of a prominent Russian newspaper that relentlessly criticizes the Kremlin is back online after what editors say was a weeklong massive hacker attack.

Russia - Kremlin - Newspaper - Hacking - FAQs Help and Tutorials

Google enlists NSA to fight off cyberattacks

Thu, 4 Feb 2010 10:35:45 GMT

The world's largest Internet search company and the world's most powerful electronic surveillance organization are teaming up in the name of cybersecurity.

Google - Web search engine - National Security Agency - Searching - Search Engines

EU: hackers broke into cap-and-trade system

Thu, 4 Feb 2010 17:17:49 GMT

The European Commission said Thursday that hackers used a spoof European Union Web site to try and steal information that would allow them to profit from the EU's cap-and-trade program.

European Union - European Commission - Government - Multilateral - Greece

Google charge highlights China-based hacking

Wed, 3 Feb 2010 21:47:31 GMT

Google's accusation that its e-mail accounts were hacked from China landed like a bombshell because it cast light on a problem that few companies will discuss: the pervasive threat from China-based cyberattacks.

Google - China - Search - Search Engines - Companies

Senate condemns hacking of Google in China

Wed, 3 Feb 2010 17:37:27 GMT

A resolution approved by senators Tuesday night urges China to investigate and explain the e-mail attacks. It also describes ways that lawmakers say China restricts freedom of the press and free expression on the Internet.

Google - Freedom of the press - Freedom of speech - China - Searching

Millions of Explorer users must update browser

Wed, 3 Feb 2010 17:57:58 GMT

If you are one of the estimated 45 million Americans still using version 6 of Microsoft's Internet Explorer Web browser, it may finally be time to update to Internet Explorer 8, thanks to a shove from Google.

Internet Explorer - Microsoft - Internet Explorer 8 - Google - Windows