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British prosecution could save hacker from extradition to US
Gary McKinnon, the computer hacker facing extradition to the US for hacking into the Pentagon and Nasa systems, could now be prosecuted in Britain.
The...
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U.S. publishing giants join Nokia Media Network
Nokia today announced that several leading U.S. publishers have joined the Nokia Media Network, a premium advertising network that provides brands reach to millions...
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US websites should be designed for the blind
US RETAIL WEBSITES might have to be made accessible to the blind.
An outfit called Target is being sued in a class action suit...
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US vulnerable to cyberterror
A SIMULATED cyber terror attack on the United States showed that there are serious problems in the nation's contingency plans.
Teams from the Pentagon,...
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Microbes will kill off hard drives
A US boffin has announced that he has worked out a way to dispatch hard drives into the dustbin of history by smearing DVDs...
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Lenovo Enters U.S. Consumer Market
Lenovo took the first steps into the United States Thursday, introducing its first branded computers outside the Chinese market. The company held press conferences...
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Dutch police arrest Nigerians for US scam
INSPECTOR KNACKER of the Dutch police has arrested 12 Nigerians for running the 419 scam to fleece rich Americans.The 12 were detained on suspicion...
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Washington Post fails to protect Deep Throat
THE WASHINGTON POST, famous for hiding the name of its Deep Throat source during the Watergate scandal, might have accidentally revealed the name of...
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Google says no to US gov
Google on Friday rejected US government demands that it give up search information claiming that its customers' privacy, as well as its own business...
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Yahoo pleads for US to bale it out on human rights
ONLINE FIRM Yahoo will get an onion or two out of its corporate waistcoat today and ask the US government to give it clear...
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Texas promises better VoIP calls
Texas Instruments claims to have improved VoIP and IP-video connections with new self-adapting technology.The Piqua quality management scheme will be added to Texas' digital...
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Vodafone blasted for US strategy
ARUN SARIN at Vodafone seems to be coming in for heavy criticism at present. Unfortunately for him, it's not consistent. Especially over Vodafone's US...
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Google defies US over search data
The internet search engine Google is resisting efforts by the US Department of Justice to force it to hand over data about what people...
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Bush makes anonymous flaming a crime
PRESIDENTBush has made it a crime to post annoying Web messages or sending annoying e-mail messages without disclosing your true identity.
The law is buried...
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More H1-B visas on the way?
Technology companies are on their way to securing a larger pool of foreign workers from which to hire. A provision in a budget measure...
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U.S. mulls new digital signature standard
A team of Chinese scientists shocked the data security world this year by announcing a flaw in a widely used technique used to create...
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Hacker: U.S. defense sites had poor security
A British hacker facing possible extradition to the United States says poor security was a major factor in his ability to have wandered through...
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US Senate weighs H-1B visa changes
There's a push in Congress to change guest visa programs, including a proposal to create a new exemption to the annual cap of 65,000...
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SAP acquires US, Swiss units of SAP SI
SAP AG has agreed to acquire the Swiss and U.S. business units of SAP Systems Integration AG (SAP SI), bringing its absorption of the...
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US tops the spammers list again!
The US is still the biggest single source of spam emails, according to figures released today.
Anti-Virus firm, Sophos, said that almost 43 per cent...
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US House Panel Approves Bill to Combat Spyware
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A key U.S. congressional panel on Thursday endorsed a bill designed to crack down on deceptive "spyware" that hides in users'...
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