HELENA – Senator Debby Barrett (R-Dillon) wants to make it illegal to cyber-bully a hunter, saying that the bill comes in response to last year’s wolf hunt. Barrett told the Senate Fish Game Committee that those who opposed the wolf hunt gathered a list of names and e-mail addresses from…
Day Ten: Montana Legislature at a Glance
Topics: Day Ten, Montana Legislature at a Glance HELENA – Republicans Representatives passed the Feed Bill. The vote fell on party lines with Democrats protesting the Republicans’ stance on the budget and health care. Representative Janna Taylor (R-Dayton) took the reins as Speaker Mike Milburn (R-Cascade) was out of town….
VIDEO: Facebook prank ends with two Estero teens arrested
ESTERO — Two Estero High School teens were arrested Wednesday, charged with cyber bullying a classmate after officials learned of a fake Facebook account with sexually explicit photos. It is believed to be the first time a law enacted in 2008 and named after a Cape Coral teen who committed…
Defense-Related Businesses Try To Survive Cutbacks
Copyright © 2010 National Public Radio®. For personal, noncommercial use only. See Terms of Use. For other uses, prior permission required. LINDA WERTHEIMER, host: The Pentagon is planning to trim its budget, and that worries many small businesses that depend on military spending. At a recent conference in Maryland, some…
Trend Micro chief claims open source software is insecure
INSECURITY VENDOR Trend Micro has caused a storm of controversy by claiming that open source software is inherently insecure. Steve Chang, chairman of Trend Micro made the comments as the outfit released its security software for Android smartphones. Chang claimed, “Android is open-source, which means the hacker can also understand…
All That Chat, Theatre Message Board Known for Anonymous Attacks, Gets Anonymous Attack
All That Chat, the popular internet message board on which anonymous theatre mavens and practitioners share rants, praise, speculation, news, questions and criticism on all things theatrical, was hacked in recent days, Ann Miner, an administrator of the parent site, TalkinBroadway.com, confirmed. Other parts of Talkin’ Broadway were not affected,…
Genetically Modified Chickens Stop Bird Flu Virus
Posted on: Thursday, 13 January 2011, 15:45 CST British scientists have successfully developed chickens that do not transmit bird flu infections, which could inevitably reduce the risk of deadly avian flu epidemics in humans. Scientists from Cambridge and Edinburgh universities report that although the chickens they genetically modified (GM) still…
Scientists make chickens that don’t spread bird flu
January 14, 2011 10:18 AM Scientists make chickens that don’t spread bird flu !– By: Ramjit – Workers wearing protection suits prepare to cull chickens at a poultry farm where the bird flu virus had been found in Yasugi, western Japan December 2, 2010. REUTERS/Shimane prefectural government office/Handout/FilesBy Kate Kelland,…
4 arrested in 1st cyber fraud in Valley
STAFF WRITER 16:10 HRS IST Srinagar, Jan 4 (PTI) A Nigerian national is under the scanner of Jammu and Kashmir Police while four other persons have been arrested in the first case of cyber bank fraud in the Kashmir Valley. Four persons, including two residents of Mumbai, were arrested last…
Cyber crooks capitalize on oversharing
Social media addicts, brace yourselves. Cyber criminals will be targeting you on Twitter and smartphones in greater numbers this year, security experts say. Expect the attacks to come hidden in those shortened URLs of random letters often used on Twitter, according to a report from McAfee Labs. It?s not a…