Microsoft is helping law enforcers hunt down criminals who try to steal bank account details on the internet and has initiated 129 lawsuits in Europe and the Middle East, the US software company said.
One court case in Turkey has already led to a two and a half year prison sentence for a so-called "phisher" in Turkey, and another four cases against teenagers have been settled out of court, Microsoft said on Wednesday, eight months after it announced the launch of a Global Phishing Enforcement Initiative in March. Read More
Saturday, November 25, 2006
Man charged after Internet chats with 'girl'
An Oshawa man faces luring and prostitution charges following online conversations with a police officer posing as a 12-year-old girl.
The investigation began Oct. 17 when an undercover York police officer became engaged in sexually explicit conversations with a man online.
During the conversations, which continued over a period of four days, police say the man expressed a desire to meet with the "girl" for sex.
The man also suggested that he would pay the girl money when they met, investigators said.
A suspect was arrested on Nov. 21 after a meeting was set up in Mississauga.
Jeffrey Totman, 28, has been charged with two counts of luring and one count of juvenile prostitution.
Anyone with information is asked to contact York police at 905-453-2121 ext. 3490 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS. Read More
The investigation began Oct. 17 when an undercover York police officer became engaged in sexually explicit conversations with a man online.
During the conversations, which continued over a period of four days, police say the man expressed a desire to meet with the "girl" for sex.
The man also suggested that he would pay the girl money when they met, investigators said.
A suspect was arrested on Nov. 21 after a meeting was set up in Mississauga.
Jeffrey Totman, 28, has been charged with two counts of luring and one count of juvenile prostitution.
Anyone with information is asked to contact York police at 905-453-2121 ext. 3490 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS. Read More
Pentagon stays the course with laser weapon
The threat of cancellation no longer looms over the Pentagon's Airborne Laser effort, but senior program officials say they are taking nothing for granted as they prepare for a missile-intercept demonstration in 2008.
Several clear test milestones have been laid out for the Airborne Laser in 2006 so that senior Missile Defense Agency officials will be able to measure its progress, according to Air Force Col. John Daniels, the effort's program director.
The Airborne Laser, or ABL, is a Boeing 747 aircraft being equipped with a high-powered chemical laser to destroy ballistic missiles in their boost phase. Chicago-based Boeing Co. is the prime contactor on the effort.
Several clear test milestones have been laid out for the Airborne Laser in 2006 so that senior Missile Defense Agency officials will be able to measure its progress, according to Air Force Col. John Daniels, the effort's program director.
The Airborne Laser, or ABL, is a Boeing 747 aircraft being equipped with a high-powered chemical laser to destroy ballistic missiles in their boost phase. Chicago-based Boeing Co. is the prime contactor on the effort.
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Firefox has a password flaw
The Internet browser Firefox 2 has a problem with its "password manager" that could allow a hacker to obtain usernames and passwords from Firefox users, Newsfactor.com reports.
The Mozilla Foundation, which maintains Firefox's code, has acknowledged the problem. It has an extensive discussion going on here about what it calls "bug #360 493."
According to Newsfactor, the same problem could affect Internet Explorer as well.
Newsfactor also reports that "neither Mozilla nor Microsoft has released a patch for the problem, but users can avoid (the) attacks simply by disabling their browsers' autosave features for usernames and passwords. In Firefox, the feature is found in the 'Options' window under the 'Tools' menu. read more
The Mozilla Foundation, which maintains Firefox's code, has acknowledged the problem. It has an extensive discussion going on here about what it calls "bug #360 493."
According to Newsfactor, the same problem could affect Internet Explorer as well.
Newsfactor also reports that "neither Mozilla nor Microsoft has released a patch for the problem, but users can avoid (the) attacks simply by disabling their browsers' autosave features for usernames and passwords. In Firefox, the feature is found in the 'Options' window under the 'Tools' menu. read more
Saturday, November 18, 2006
Saturday, September 30, 2006
More trouble for Hubble
BALTIMORE, Maryland (AP) -- The main camera on the Hubble Space Telescope has shut down unexpectedly for the second time this year, the operators of the orbiting observatory announced Friday.
The Space Telescope Science Institute, which coordinates use of the telescope, said the camera shut down Saturday.
Program managers at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt and at the institute were investigating the cause and what action to take.
In the meantime, observations on the Hubble were being rescheduled to use other instruments, the Baltimore-based institute said. more »
The Space Telescope Science Institute, which coordinates use of the telescope, said the camera shut down Saturday.
Program managers at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt and at the institute were investigating the cause and what action to take.
In the meantime, observations on the Hubble were being rescheduled to use other instruments, the Baltimore-based institute said. more »
Thursday, September 07, 2006
IBM to Build Supercomputer Powered by Video Game Chips
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 6 - The Department of Energy said Wednesday that it had awarded IBM a contract to build a supercomputer capable of 1,000 trillion calculations a second
Wednesday, August 16, 2006
WHAT THE BLEEP DO WE KNOW?!
is a new type of film. It is part documentary, part story, and part elaborate and inspiring visual effects and animations. The protagonist, Amanda, played by Marlee Matlin, finds herself in a fantastic Alice in Wonderland experience when her daily, uninspired life literally begins to unravel, revealing the uncertain world of the quantum field hidden behind what we consider to be our normal, waking reality.
Monday, July 17, 2006
Pennsylvania town gets tough on immigration
Hazleton cracks down on illegal immigrants as Hispanic population soars
NBC VIDEO
• City to vote on immigration
July 13: The mayor of a Pennsylvania town on Thursday weighs a proposal to curb illegal immigration by ordering its undocumented residents to leave. NBC's Rehema Ellis reports......read more
A Wireless Chip the Size of Grain!
HP has announced the development of a miniature, wireless data chip that according to the company, is capable of providing broad access to digital content in the physical world.
"Memory Spot", a research team at HP Labs, has developed this memory device based on CMOS (a widely used, low-power integrated circuit design). The chip is just about the size of a grain of rice or smaller (2 mm to 4 mm square). These chips can be fixed on a sheet of paper or stuck to any surface, and the company says, will eventually be made available as a booklet with self-adhesive dots.
Some of the potential applications of this device include storage of medical records on a hospital patient's wristband; provision of audio-visual supplements for postcards and photos; help in the pharmaceutical industry's fight against counterfeit; beefing-up of identity card and passport security; and supply of additional information for printed documents.
Ed McDonnell, memory spot project manager, HP Labs, said, "The Memory Spot chip frees digital content from the electronic world of the PC and the Internet, and arranges it all around us in our physical world."
HP claims that the chip has a ten megabits-per-second data transfer rate, which is ten times faster than Bluetooth wireless technology, and comparable to Wi-Fi speeds, giving users instant retrieval of information in audio, video, photo, or document form.
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"Memory Spot", a research team at HP Labs, has developed this memory device based on CMOS (a widely used, low-power integrated circuit design). The chip is just about the size of a grain of rice or smaller (2 mm to 4 mm square). These chips can be fixed on a sheet of paper or stuck to any surface, and the company says, will eventually be made available as a booklet with self-adhesive dots.
Some of the potential applications of this device include storage of medical records on a hospital patient's wristband; provision of audio-visual supplements for postcards and photos; help in the pharmaceutical industry's fight against counterfeit; beefing-up of identity card and passport security; and supply of additional information for printed documents.
Ed McDonnell, memory spot project manager, HP Labs, said, "The Memory Spot chip frees digital content from the electronic world of the PC and the Internet, and arranges it all around us in our physical world."
HP claims that the chip has a ten megabits-per-second data transfer rate, which is ten times faster than Bluetooth wireless technology, and comparable to Wi-Fi speeds, giving users instant retrieval of information in audio, video, photo, or document form.
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Microsoft shutters Windows private folders
Following an outcry from corporate customers, Microsoft is removing an add-on feature to Windows that allowed users to create password-protected folders.
The feature was introduced as a free download last week. Almost immediately, people raised questions over how businesses would grapple with the ability of individual workers to encrypt their data.
"Private Folder 1.0 was designed as a benefit for customers running genuine Windows," Microsoft said in a statement to CNET News.com on Friday. "However, we received feedback about concerns around manageability, data recovery and encryption, and based on that feedback, we are removing the application today. This change will take effect shortly." ...........read more
The feature was introduced as a free download last week. Almost immediately, people raised questions over how businesses would grapple with the ability of individual workers to encrypt their data.
"Private Folder 1.0 was designed as a benefit for customers running genuine Windows," Microsoft said in a statement to CNET News.com on Friday. "However, we received feedback about concerns around manageability, data recovery and encryption, and based on that feedback, we are removing the application today. This change will take effect shortly." ...........read more
Thursday, June 22, 2006
Wounded Warriors
Wounded Warriors was founded in March, 2003 to support the Soldiers, Airmen, Sailors and Marines who were evacuated from Afghanistan and Iraq to the Landstuhl (Germany) Regional Medical Center for treatment for injuries and wounds stemming from Operations “Enduring Freedom” and “Iraqi Freedom”.
Because of the financial support Wounded Warriors received, we were able to support other military hospitals in the States and Iraq by purchasing laptop computers and other morale items to be used by the staff and patients. »more
Because of the financial support Wounded Warriors received, we were able to support other military hospitals in the States and Iraq by purchasing laptop computers and other morale items to be used by the staff and patients. »more
Tuesday, June 13, 2006
Military contractors make billions on the front line
Business is booming for those willing to tackle one of the most dangerous jobs on Earth. Lucrative U.S. government contracts go to firms called on to provide security for projects and personnel -- jobs that in previous conflicts have been done by the military. read more
Monday, June 12, 2006
The Complete, Unofficial TEMPEST Information Page
Across the darkened street, a windowless van is parked. Inside, an antenna is pointed out through a fiberglass panel. It's aimed at an office window on the third floor. As the CEO works on a word processing document, outlining his strategy for a hostile take-over of a competitor, he never knows what appears on his monitor is being captured, displayed, and recorded in the van below.
Sunday, June 11, 2006
Firefox snaps at Microsoft's heels
Mitchell Baker does not look like a typical technology geek. The first thing that makes her stand out is the dyed red hair, draped in a style that is perhaps best described as more new romantic than new economy....Read More
Google has released a Linux
version of the popular Picasa image management application. Built with Wine, it doesn't perform as well as native applications.Read More
Firefox Victory
It's just one minor battle in a war it likely won't win, but Mozilla's Firefox has tasted victory--and it is little and orange....Read More
Ubuntu open source OS available on Sun Sparc servers
Ubuntu, one of the most popular desktop Linux distributions, will be available on Sun Microsystems Inc.'s UltraSparc T1 processor-based servers starting in June....Read More
Microsoft chatting about buying Ebay
THE New York Post has confirmed that Microsoft has been involved in top secret discussions to buy eBay. Apparently the Vole wants to merge eBay into its MSN portal as part of its war on Google. Talks have ... Read More
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