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Framed for child porn -- by a PC virus

Framed for child porn -- by a PC virus

Technology / Internet

created Nov 08, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 3

(AP) -- Of all the sinister things that Internet viruses do, this might be the worst: They can make you an unsuspecting collector of child pornography.


Amazon hopes to simplify Web shopping -- with words

Technology / Internet

created Oct 29, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- You're probably used to typing your name, address and credit card number when you buy things online. Amazon.com is guessing you don't enjoy it, though, and wants to simplify the process by letting you purchase items ...


Comcast tries pop-up alerts to warn of infections

Technology / Internet

created Oct 10, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 1

(AP) -- Comcast Corp. wants to enlist its customers in a fight against a huge problem for Internet providers - the armies of infected personal computers, known as "botnets," that suck up bandwidth by sending spam and facilitating ...


Harnessing the sun

Technology / Energy

created Oct 05, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The American Solar Energy Society's 2009 National Solar Tour took place Oct. 3 in 3,000 communities.


Net helps businesses beat recession

Other Sciences / Economics

created Sep 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The internet is one innovation helping small business bosses deal with strategic decision-making and survive the current recession, according to results revealed by the latest UK Business Barometer and Business Adviser Barometer ...


Simmons plans to file for bankruptcy protection

Technology / Business

created Sep 25, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Simmons Co., the maker of Beautyrest mattresses, said Friday that it plans to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in a move that will put new owners in charge of the bedding unit and significantly lower the ...


Ticketmaster finds another way to cut out scalpers (AP)

Ticketmaster finds another way to cut out scalpers

Technology / Hi Tech

created Sep 17, 2009 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(AP) -- Ticketmaster Entertainment Inc. has developed a new way to resell tickets that shuts out the brokers and scalpers it has long scorned, and instead keeps the profits for itself, musicians and venue ...


Cyber criminals targeting small businesses

Technology / Internet

created Sep 14, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Cyber criminals are increasingly targeting small and medium-sized businesses that don't have the resources to keep updating their computer security, according to federal authorities.


Hacker pleads guilty to huge theft of card numbers

Technology / Internet

created Sep 11, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- A computer hacker could spend more than 15 years in prison now that he has pleaded guilty to some of the largest thefts of credit card numbers.


solar power

Cheaper Solar Power's Time Has Come

Technology / Energy

created Sep 07, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (22) | comments 18

(PhysOrg.com) -- Solar power manufacturers in the US are cutting prices to shift their stock, the government is chipping in with tax credits, and innovative leasing or financing arrangements spreading payments ...


Alleged hacker in massive credit card scam honed skills at early age

Technology / Internet

created Aug 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Years before his arrest in the nation's largest credit card heist, Albert Gonzalez launched a bold plan from a computer in his high school library: hack into the government network of India.


Accused credit card hacker lived large in Miami

Technology / Internet

created Aug 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Nestled near a row of sultry, silvery-green palm trees and a 205-foot-long infinity pool, room 1508 at the National Hotel on South Beach is a portrait of Art Deco luxury. It is also where, on May 7, 2008, federal ...


Radisson computers accessed without permission

Technology / Internet

created Aug 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Radisson Hotels & Resorts said Wednesday its computer systems have been accessed without authorization, affecting an unknown number of people.


Indictment of card hacker unlikely to end thefts

Technology / Internet

created Aug 18, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- This week's indictment of a hacker believed responsible for the biggest retail-store data breaches in U.S. history doesn't necessarily make shoppers safer from having their credit card numbers plundered.


Link between over-indebtedness and obesity identified

Medicine & Health / Health

created Aug 11, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 4

Scientists at the University of Mainz have discovered a close correlation between over-indebtedness and obesity. According to the report published in the journal BMC Public Health, over-indebted Germans are more likely to be ...