The Canadian Parliament finally passed bill C-28 after more than 18 months and a proroguing of Parliament. It was officially passed as the Fighting Internet and Wireless Spam Act, or FISA, and enforcement will begin in September of 2011. This makes Canada the last nation in the G8 to make…
Jackie O half bro in prison
The perv half-brother of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis has reportedly been sent back to an Oregon prison for a possible probation violation. James Auchinloss, 63, was arrested Wednesday and is being held without bail after he failed to comply with the terms of his supervision, the Medford Mail reported yesterday. It’s…
Homeless and wireless in Lodi
For James Montgomery, his laptop is his main way to connect with the rest of the world. The 51-year-old homeless man sat in front of the Lodi Public Library recently checking the Internet on his Dell computer. “I don’t have a roof over my head, except the heavens. This is…
Tuesday Most Active Day for Malware Distributors, Says SonicWALL
After analyzing the malware and online threats of 2010, SonicWALL security researchers said they found that Tuesday was the most threat-heavy day of the week. Monday was a close second for threat-related traffic, Ed Cohen, Sonic Wall’s vice-president of e-mail security, told eWEEK. It wasn’t clear from the analysis why…
Studies in 2011 could decide MS treatment’s validity
TORONTO — Almost exactly a year ago, a theory about a potential contributing cause of multiple sclerosis burst into the public consciousness. For many MS sufferers, it seemed an answer to their prayers; for the medical community it was variously viewed as a promising notion worthy of investigation to scientific…
2010 Round Up: The Limewire Roller Coaster Crash
Posted by Kit Dotson | 0 Comments The P2P music trading company that caught the attention of the music industry, LimeWire, led everyone on a merry chase after they attempted to hold onto the last vestiges of their service in the face of an onslaught. First, the RIAA and MPAA…
Former Montgomery County officer found guilty of felony theft
Jacqueline Davey, 39, of Bowie joined the department in July 1993 and most recently worked as a patrol supervisor, officials said. Authorities identified 22 days when Davey logged hours on her timecard, but there was no sign that she was on the job, prosecutors said. Under an agreement with Montgomery…
Learn how to avoid fraud, identity theft
!–Saxotech Paragraph Count: 12–(2 of 3) A: The most common way your information is going to be compromised is through an electronic skimmer, a card skimmer, that captures the magnetic coding that’s on the back of your card. A waiter or waitress might have one of these devices in their…
Man Charged With Hacking for Reading Wife’s E-mails
Category: General News Posted: December 27, 2010 10:37AM Author: Nemo |More A Michigan man discovered his wife was having an affair by reading her e-mails and is now facing criminal charges under a state law intended to fight identity theft and protect trade secrets. Leon Walker, a Michigan computer technician,…
China’s No. 1 impediment to an IT military revolution
WASHINGTON — China’s belief in asymmetric warfare may be one of the major forces driving its efforts at the national level to develop missiles, submarines and, more recently, cyber-warfare capability. Chinese cyber-warfare concepts subscribe to the notion of “the inferior defeating the superior,” which draws inspiration from both Sun Tzu…
