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Internet
porn domain proposal revived
The Internet's key oversight
agency has revived a proposal it earlier rejected that
would create an online red-light district, after adding
stronger provisions to prohibit child pornography and
require labelling of websites with sexually explicit
materials.
Internet
under attack by zombie computers
Computer code writers
in Europe are the chief suspects in the creation of
programs that turn other computers into zombie-like
slaves for Internet crimes.
MySpace
or yours?
Teenage girls go online
to gossip with friends while boys hit the net to flirt.
Santa
swamps iTunes
Apple's online music store
iTunes recovered its rhythm today after being overwhelmed
by its own popularity over Christmas.
Untangle
the World Wide Web with RSS
"RSS" is one
of the coolest things you've never heard of when it
comes to the Internet.
Wikipedia
founder preps search engine
The founder of the world's
leading online encyclopedia, Wikipedia, is preparing
to take on the world's leading search engine, Google.
Vista
security flaw blow to Microsoft
Microsoft's security experts
had an uneasy holiday break after a security flaw was
discovered in Windows Vista, the software company's
new operating system.
Nike+iPod
= Big Brother?
Computer science student
T. Scott Saponas from the University of Washington has
discovered that it’s possible to track people using
the Nike+iPod running and fitness system that works
with the iPod nano and 12 different models of Nike shoes.
Should we be worried.
Top
ten security threats of 2007
McAfee Avert Labs has
released a list of what it believes will be the top
ten security threats of 2007. The list is depressing
to say the least, and includes more spam and more phishing,
and more mobile phone attacks - including SMiShing,
which involves fake SMS messages trying to solicit private
information.
Google
Answers: RIP
Google has killed off
its question-and-answer Web site, which connected people
with questions to people with answers for a price. In
doing so, Google cedes the market to free services like
Yahoo Answers.
Canada
experts find path round Internet firewalls
Canadian university researchers
have developed software that will let users hop over
governments' Internet firewalls, raising the prospect
of unfettered Internet access in countries that have
long tried to control how residents use the Web.
Broadband
comes to mobiles
The broadband internet
services you enjoy at home will be coming to your mobile
phone next year.
Universal
sues MySpace for copyright violations
Universal Music Group
sued MySpace.com late Friday, claiming that the social-networking
site is infringing on the copyrights of thousands of
songs and videos.
China
may log off from Wikipedia again
The easing of a ban on
the popular online encyclopaedia traffic in China was
short-lived.
Internet
Explorer's Market Share Drops Slightly
While use of the just-released
IE7 browser is climbing, Internet Explorer's overall
share slipped from 82.1% in September to 81.3% in October.
Wikipedia:
hacked and infected!
The German version of
Wikipedia has been hacked to spread malware to unsuspecting
users. Will the sneaky ‘social engineering’
attacks of the hackers ever end?
The
Apple iPod is five and shrinking
Last October, the Apple
iPod turned five. It is one of the most successful products
in the history of gadgets—more than 68 million
units sold in five years valued at $14 billion.
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