Authorities who have traced part of an international check scam to a Concord couple said Friday they hope victims won’t be too embarrassed to come forward.
State Police say the man and woman were part of a scam, mostly likely based in Nigeria, that has stolen $5 to $10 million over two years from people selling […]
A top Australian neurosurgeon says the world’s heavy reliance on mobile phones could be a greater threat to human health than smoking and even asbestos.
Vini Khurana, who conducted a 15-month “critical review” of the link between mobile phones and malignant brain tumours, said using mobiles for more than 10 years could more than double the […]
Australian internet entrepreneurs are earning millions of dollars each year by spotting the true value of what’s in a name.
The so-called “Domainers” search out generic or popular names that have not been turned into websites and then register them for as little as $7.60 - names such as bedroomfurniture.com.
“Domain parking” is estimated to be worth […]
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To the long list of objects vulnerable to attack by computer hackers, add the human heart.
The threat seems largely theoretical. But a team of computer security researchers plans to report Wednesday that it had been able to gain wireless access to a combination heart defibrillator and pacemaker.
They were able to reprogram it to shut down […]
A laptop running a fully patched version of Microsoft’s Vista operating system was the second and final machine to fall in a hacking contest that pitted the security of Windows, OS X and Ubuntu Linux. With both a Windows and Mac machine felled, only the Linux box remained standing following the three-day competition.
Shane Macaulay, who […]
When Martin Cooper invented the mobile phone 35 years ago, he envisioned a world with people so wedded to wireless connections that they would walk around with devices embedded in their bodies.
But while phones have come a long way since the former Motorola researcher made the first-ever wireless call from a busy New York street […]
Microsoft’s hostile-takeover attempt against Yahoo may encounter an unexpected hurdle in August after a Chinese anti-monopoly law that will extend the nation’s economic influence far beyond its borders takes effect.
The law, effective Aug. 1, is intended to strengthen antitrust regulations the Chinese established in 1993. It will make China a third sphere of regulatory influence, […]
Hackers in Indonesia protested a law banning online pornography by posting a picture of a bare chested male model on the Indonesian information ministry’s website.
“Congratulations on the law,” said a message above the picture, which was posted yesterday and taken down 11 hours later, said Sukemi, a spokesman for the Communication and Information Ministry.
Sukemi, who […]
Social networking site Facebook has closed a second $US60 million investment round with Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing through his foundation, a source familiar with the deal confirmed on Thursday.
The source said the deal, which boosts Li’s holdings in Facebook to $US120 million, including an earlier $US60 million round late last year, is valued on […]
A computer hacker was sentenced to three years in prison for placing a phony emergency call that led police to storm a family home at gunpoint.
It marked the first prosecution in Orange County, in South California, for a prank known as “swatting” that involves sending SWAT teams - special weapons and tactics units - on […]
Facebook has about 67,000 million members. With the new “People You May Know” feature, the number of connections per member will skyrocket, extending the reach and stickiness of Facebook’s social graph.
People You May Know finds people within six degrees or so of separation and suggests them as potential friends. It appears that the threshold is […]
Google announced this evening the immediate availability of a new video statistics package free for anyone with a YouTube account. The software, called Insight, gives users access to a range of statistics about the videos they upload to the site, such as where viewers are from, how often viewers in specific geographic regions viewed a […]
The maker of the popular photo-editing software Photoshop on Thursday launched a basic version available for free online. San Jose, Calif.-based Adobe Systems Inc. says it hopes to boost its name recognition among a new generation of consumers who edit, store and share photos online.          Â
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Huge spikes in automated password guessing attacks against Australian computer servers show geographical isolation offers no protection against internet-borne threats.
Data compiled for Next by security vendor Arbor Networks also shows the US remains the largest single source of malicious internet background noise targeting Australian computers.
China ranks as the second-largest source of the noise, generated by […]