Phishers can use social Web sites as bait to net victims

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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.


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3 indicted in US for hacking into restaurant computer system

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A Ukrainian and an Estonian were among three people charged in a scheme to hack into a computer system of a US restaurant chain to steal credit card data, the Justice Department said Monday.

Use of wind energy expected to grow dramatically

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(AP) -- Two decades from now Americans could get as much electricity from windmills as from nuclear power plants, according to a government report that lays out a possible plan for wind energy growth.

Clear Channel, banks, buyers in settlement talks

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(AP) -- Clear Channel Communications Inc. and its prospective buyers are talking with banks to try to settle a dispute over whether the banks must fund promised loans for the $19.5 billion takeover, the radio and outdoor ...

Report: HP nearing deal to buy EDS for $12B to $13B

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(AP) -- Hewlett-Packard is negotiating to buy information technology services provider Electronic Data Systems in a deal that would expand the world's largest personal computer maker's reach in the corporate consulting market.

Google joins effort to make more Web sites more sociable

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(AP) -- The effort to make it easier for Web surfers to connect with their friends is attracting a crowd.
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