According to Facebook spokesman Simon Axten: “Today, [Facebook] won an important battle in our ongoing fight against spam. “A court in San Jose, California awarded Facebook $711 million in damages against Sanford Wallace, a spammer who accessed people’s accounts without their permission and sent phony Wall posts and messages….
Victims ‘more likely to be bullies’
Children who are victims of cyber-bullying are more likely to use technology to pick on people themselves, according to new research. Skip related content Victims ‘more likely to be bullies’Enlarge photo A survey of secondary school pupils found girls were more likely to bully others using texts or the internet,…
Cops undergo training vs cyber crimes
MANILA, Philippines—Aiming to become more relevant in the age of Internet, the Philippine National Police has started a year-long training on cyber security program for policemen. PNP Spokesman Chief Superintendent Agrimero Cruz said they hope the Cyber Security Awareness Seminars for policemen will help boost their capability in fighting cyber…
Bill Would Make Teen "Sexting" Against The Law In South Carolina
COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA – A crime that many parents may not have heard of, but their teenagers have, has gotten the attention of state lawmakers. One of the bills prefiled in the South Carolina Senate would make “sexting” a crime for children ages 12 to 17. Sexting is sending a…
Up to 85 Percent of Internet Users Will Do Holiday Shopping Online in 2010
SAN JOSE, CA–(Marketwire – 12/14/10) – This year’s Cyber Monday saw online shoppers set a new spending record, as they have every year since the term was coined in 2005. And the digital shopping spree isn’t over yet. More than eight out of ten Internet users are looking to ecommerce…
What To Do
How to do ‘what to do’ What To Do is a free listing of special events in the city and region. Priority will be given to community groups, non-profit organizations and family activities. It is not intended as a free listing for businesses which have other promotional options within the…
NYC Turing Fellows Program Launches to Match Top Tech Students with New York Startups
Fellowships offer students a summer in New York City working at leading technology startups, including AdKeeper, blip.tv, Foursquare, OpenSky, Pontiflex, RecycleBank, SecondMarket, Tumblr, and Yipit. New York, NY (PRWEB) January 11, 2011 The NYC Turing Fellows Program officially launched today. The program seeks to match outstanding computer science and engineering…
Best brains’ quantum of solace Physics meet on philosophy of the universe
Calcutta this week turned into a hub of physics minds probing the universe on the tiniest as well as the largest of scales, their experimental feats and their equations touching even philosophical issues. Physics Nobel laureate Anthony Leggett has asked the scientific community to put human common sense to the…
Microsoft readies PC Kinect support
Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer has said computers will support Microsoft’s motion capture device Kinect in the future. “We’ll support [PC support] in a formal way, in the right time, and when we’ve got an announcement to make, we’ll make it,” Ballmer told BBC Click presenter Spencer Kelly at the…
In The Papers 10 Janaury
10-01-2011 by Sylvia Leatham Fine Gael’s new website hacked | Bus Eireann to roll out real-time info The Irish Times reports that four institutes of technology in Dublin are to make a joint bid for redesignation as a new-style “technological university”. The four seeking redesignation are the Dublin Institute of…