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Venezuelan VoIP hacker pleads guilty

SC Magazine 4 days ago

Edwin Pena of Venezuela faces a maximum sentence of 25 years in prison for orchestrating a scheme to defraud VoIP providers. A Venezuelan man pleaded guilty in New Jersey federal court on Wednesday to hacking into the networks of voice over internet ...

Cybersecurity Enhancement Act passed by U.S. House

SC Magazine 4 days ago

The act would authorize up to $396 million over the next four years to fund cybersecurity research and $94 million over that period to provide scholarships. One week after having nearly 50 of its websites defaced by hackers, the U.S. House of ...

Who gets .vegas name unclear despite cityÕs vote

Las Vegas Sun 4 days ago

The Las Vegas City Council endorsed Wednesday an Internet entrepreneurÕs plan to create a .vegas Internet domain over the objections of Clark County officials and a local company. But it doesnÕt appear the decision by a divided council will resolve who get ...

Summary Box: Startup Kwedit aims at `unbanked'

AP News 5 days ago

Summary Box: Startup wants to extend 'Kwedit' to people buying virtual goods online THE IDEA: A startup called Kwedit wants to help people without credit or debit cards buy virtual goods used in games and other Web sites. For instance, some games ...

U.S. teens lose interest in blogging: study

Reuters US Online Report Technology News 5 days ago

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Blogging by teenagers and young adults has dropped by half over the past three years as they turn instead to texting and social networking sites such as Facebook, a new study shows. The study released this week by ...

Startup Kwedit aims at 'unbanked,' credit-less

AP News 5 days ago

Startup wants to extend 'Kwedit' to people without credit or debit cards A new startup called Kwedit wants to help teenagers and other people without credit or debit cards buy virtual goods online. If it catches on, Kwedit could broaden the market ...

Internet attacks breach EU carbon trading system

Reuters US Online Report Internet News 5 days ago

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Cyber attacks on the European Union's Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) have prompted the executive European Commission to revise its Internet security guidelines, the Commission said on Thursday. The ETS is the 27-country European Union's main tool to force industry ...

Microsoft responds to Black Hat talk with IE bug advisory

SC Magazine 5 days ago

An Internet Explorer vulnerability revealed at this week's Black Hat conference in Washington, D.C. prompted Microsoft to issue an advisory on the issue. Microsoft disclosed Wednesday that Internet Explorer (IE) suffers from an unpatched vulnerability that could lead to information exposure.The bug, ...

Judge: Internet provider doesn't abuse copyrights

AP News 5 days ago

Australian judge rules Internet provider not responsible when users illegally download movies An Australian judge ruled Thursday that an Internet service provider cannot be held accountable for illegal movie downloads by its customers, in a test case of a key strategy by ...

Is blogging a slog? Some young people think so

AP News 5 days ago

The need for speed and brevity turns once-trendy blogging into just another way to communicate Could it be that blogs have become online fodder for the — gasp! — more mature reader? A new study has found that young people are losing ...

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