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Archive for May, 2008

Zombies and botnets: OECD warns of hidden armies in cyber wars (AFP)

Saturday, May 31st, 2008

AFP - The simple act of using a computer for email or the Internet can mobilise armies of hidden agents and criminals out to subvert the system and business, the OECD says in a study on cyber crime.

Bangladesh to cut off unregistered mobile phones (Reuters)

Saturday, May 31st, 2008

Reuters - Bangladesh's mobile telephone operators must deactivate more than one million unregistered SIM cards from Sunday as deadline for registration ended last night, telecoms watchdog officials said.

Tech That Makes Telecommuting Work

Saturday, May 31st, 2008

The information age has a split personality. Technology improves ever more quickly and we're online everywhere, easily connecting with people around the world. Yet time and money is consumed traveling from place to place by burning the diminishing remains of dinosaurs. Even worse, with gasoline at...

Fast Forward’s Help File

Saturday, May 31st, 2008

Q My anti-virus option, AVG Free 7.5, has been pestering me to upgrade to the 8.0 release -- which doesn't seem to be free anymore. Am I missing something?

Tech That Makes Telecommuting Work

Saturday, May 31st, 2008

The information age has a split personality. Technology improves ever more quickly and we're online everywhere, easily connecting with people around the world. Yet time and money is consumed traveling from place to place by burning the diminishing remains of dinosaurs. Even worse, with gasoline at...

Fast Forward’s Help File

Saturday, May 31st, 2008

Q My anti-virus option, AVG Free 7.5, has been pestering me to upgrade to the 8.0 release -- which doesn't seem to be free anymore. Am I missing something?

The Count: Finding Hope for ’08 Holidays, on the Web

Saturday, May 31st, 2008

A recent report found that even though overall holiday sales were sluggish in 2007, online sales remained strong.

Digital Domain: Can Anything Replace My Old Reliable Friend?

Saturday, May 31st, 2008

The sound quality of phone calls carried digitally by phone companies through their “triple play” bundles is now excellent but downtime still occurs.

Shuttle lifts off with toilet fix, $1 billion lab

Saturday, May 31st, 2008

With a sunny sky as the perfect backdrop, seven astronauts aboard the space shuttle Discovery lifted off on a mission to the international space station. Loaded aboard was Japan's $1 billion addition for the station and a new pump for its finicky toilet.

Shuttle Lifts Off With Lab, Plumbing Supplies

Saturday, May 31st, 2008

Mission is to bring science lab to space station and fix the toilet.

Alvin M. Marks, Inventor With 122 Patents, Dies at 97

Saturday, May 31st, 2008

Mr. Marks held patents on polarized film for sunglasses, a 3-D moviemaking process and a generator the size of a grapefruit that could produce enough electricity for a house.

EUROPEANS PRACTICE COURTESY WHEN USING THEIR CELL PHONES (Dear Abby)

Saturday, May 31st, 2008

Dear Abby - DEAR ABBY: On a recent trip to Europe I learned firsthand the meaning of the term "ugly American," which stems partly from the loud, obnoxious voices we sometimes use in public.

Canada launches privacy probe into Facebook

Saturday, May 31st, 2008

TORONTO (AP) -- Canada's federal privacy commissioner has launched an investigation into Facebook after four students complained that the popular Web site violates Canadian law by disclosing personal information to advertisers without proper consent....

Canada launches privacy probe into Facebook

Saturday, May 31st, 2008

TORONTO (AP) -- Canada's federal privacy commissioner has launched an investigation into Facebook after four students complained that the popular Web site violates Canadian law by disclosing personal information to advertisers without proper consent....

Canada launches privacy probe into Facebook

Saturday, May 31st, 2008

TORONTO (AP) -- Canada's federal privacy commissioner has launched an investigation into Facebook after four students complained that the popular Web site violates Canadian law by disclosing personal information to advertisers without proper consent....