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Researchers develop prototype to detect fake websites

(PhysOrg.com) -- Do you go online to pay bills, shop, transfer funds, sign up for classes, send email or instant messages or search for medical information? If so, then this pertains to you.

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Jul 26, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (10) | comments 3 | with audio podcast




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Feds in NY shut down 16 sports streaming websites

(AP) -- With the Super Bowl days away, federal authorities announced a crackdown Thursday on websites that stream unauthorized broadcasts of sports events just hours after New England quarterback Tom Brady ...

Technology / Internet

created Feb 02, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Big tech companies team up to combat email scams

Google, Microsoft, Yahoo!, AOL, Facebook and other big tech companies are jointly designing a system for combating email scams known as phishing.

Technology / Internet

created Jan 30, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 6

Nigerians held in India over 'phishing' scam: police

Six Nigerian nationals have been arrested in the Indian city of Mumbai on suspicion of defrauding hundreds of people through text message and spam email scams, police said.

Technology / Internet

created Jan 03, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

When your criminal past isn't yours

(AP) -- A clerical error landed Kathleen Casey on the streets.

Technology / Other

created Dec 16, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 4

Facebook aims to help prevent suicide

Help is just a few clicks away on Facebook for people expressing suicidal thoughts.

Technology / Internet

created Dec 13, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Test alert by Verizon leads to confusion in NJ

(AP) -- Not quite the "War Of The Worlds" broadcast of a Martian invasion in New Jersey, a Verizon "emergency" alert Monday that the company texted to its wireless customers still jangled some nerves and triggered hundreds ...

Technology / Telecom

created Dec 13, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

India bid to censor Internet draws flak

Indian government efforts to block offensive material from the Internet have prompted a storm of online ridicule along with warnings of the risk to India's image as a bastion of free speech.

Technology / Internet

created Dec 09, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

India to ban 'offensive' Internet material

India on Tuesday vowed to ban offensive material from the Internet after Facebook, Google and other major firms told the government they were unable to screen content before it was posted.

Technology / Internet

created Dec 06, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 4

Predators drive the evolution of poison dart frogs' skin patterns

Natural selection has played a role in the development of the many skins patterns of the tiny Ranitomeya imitator poison dart frog, according to a study that will be published in an upcoming edition of Ame ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 21, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Disgraced Korean scientist unveils cloned coyotes

Disgraced South Korean stem cell scientist Hwang Woo-Suk unveiled eight cloned coyotes Monday in a project sponsored by a provincial government.

Biology / Biotechnology

created Oct 17, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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