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Judge: Shield law doesn't protect online commenters

Judge: Shield law doesn't protect online commentersAnother way to look at itIf a journalist or a "real blogger" wrote first hand accounts of a crime that they personally witnessed, they should not be able to hide behind the shield. Because at that point they are no longer reporters, they are...

Tags: commenter, Shield Law

Discussion threads 2009-05-19

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UK police make Zeus Trojan arrests

The UK Metropolitan Police Central e-Crime Unit made two arrests earlier this month for suspected use of the Zeus Trojan. The UK Metropolitan Police Central e-Crime Unit made two arrests earlier this month for suspected use of the Zeus Trojan. A man and a woman, both...

Tags: Spyware, Viruses And Worms, Trojan, arrest, security, virus, Adware & Malware, Tom Espiner ZDNet UK

News items 2009-11-19

Don't tase me in the chest, bro

Seems like a legal memo to me...It seems to me that when a person receives an electric shock, it doesn't matter where it enters the body, chest, legs, shoulder, neck etc. All the same.Taser is starting to cover it's behind, now that a Canadian judicial enquiry has determined that in...

Tags: What-if IT, NOW IT, TASER, aspirin, chest, cop, risk

Discussion threads 2009-10-21

FBI's 'Operation Phish Phry' snares nearly 100 people

The Federal Bureau of Investigation on Wednesday charged almost 100 people in Operation Phish Phry, the largest cyber fraud phishing case to date. The FBI said it uncovered a sophisticated phishing operation that was designed to swipe personal information and then use the data to defraud banks....

Tags: Bank, FBI, Phishing, Cyberthreats, Financial Services, Spam, Viruses And Worms, Security, Spam And Phishing, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-10-07

British Journal of Psychiatry goes tabloid

Another study has found...Another study found that 100% of the people who became violent had been given milk on a daily basis during infancy!!!Lies, damned lies, and statistics.Everybody knows psychiatrists are nuts......so why should this be a big deal?Interesting for further investigationIt is interesting. we are only starting to understand...

Tags: British Journal, Psychiatry

Discussion threads 2009-10-01

EC reveals details of Intel antitrust breaches

investigation should be expandedThis does not surprises anyone since Inhell had M$ as a mentor.I'm wondering if M$ had sabotaged AMD too, through delays and poor code quality on AMD systems.here we go aggainOnce aggain MS haters launch another crusade aggainst their percived devil.... regardless of the fact that the...

Tags: Corporate law, Intel Corp., Intel antitrust, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., antitrust, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-09-21

Could Internet filtering cause more harm than good?

A rational blog from ZackA welcome surprise, but perhaps for once, in your area of expertise ;-)You've made some good points. Pedophilia is nothing new and before the Internet pictures, magazines, videos and films were used instead. Just as criminal, just as prosecuted, as are a number of...

Tags: Internet, Internet Filtering, government

Discussion threads 2009-09-16

First-ever arrest of domain-name thief involves Clippers' Madsen

In the first-ever U.S. arrest of a domain-name thief, New Jersey state police have arrested a man suspected of stealing the domain name P2P.com. In an unusual celebrity twist, Donald Gonclave then sold the domain name to L.A. Clippers forward Mark Madsen on eBay for $110,000,...

Tags: GoDaddy, Domain Name, Albert Angel, Domain Names, Internet, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-08-04

RSA SecurID Ensures Strong Authentication for Secure Access to Criminal Justice Records

The Kansas Bureau of Investigation KBI is the criminal investigative arm of the State of Kansas. It is responsible for providing investigative and laboratory services to criminal justice agencies as well as preventing crime in the State of Kansas. The challenge was to provide employees with real-time online access to...

Tags: RSA Security Inc., Microsoft Access, RSA SecurID, Authentication, Digital Security, Network Security, Security, Networking

Case studies 2009-08-01

Craigslist sues South Carolina AG, who backs off sort of; Download the complaint

Craigslist said Wednesday that it is suing South Carolina Attorney General Henry McMaster for his "direct and public threats to criminally prosecute Craigslist and its management." As noted on the Craigslist blog, the classified ad site is seeking declaratory relief and a restraining order. For background, McMaster...

Tags: South Carolina, Craigslist, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Internet, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-05-20

Craigslist CEO: South Carolina AG's antics 'simply beyond the pale'

The war of words between Craigslist and South Carolina Attorney General Harry McMaster is escalating. In this round, Craigslist CEO Jim Buckmaster wants an apology for McMaster's political showboating and failure to fully consider "the implications of your accusations." In a fine post Techmeme, Buckmaster calls McMaster's bluff....

Tags: Craigslist, Adult Entertainment, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-05-18

EU's Intel ruling: Are there intangible benefits for AMD?

EU's Intel ruling: Are there intangible benefits for AMD?Why?The average American be it in business or elsewhere usually knows little and/or cares less about what people/companies do. Besides, they are probably more worried about if they are employed next week rather than being overly concerned with Intel, AMD or the...

Tags: Free trade, benefit, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-05-18

SEC filing: Sun shareholders sue to block Oracle acquisition

Sun Microsystems' shareholders have filed three separate class action suits to block the $7.4 billion acquisition by Oracle, the company revealed in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The shareholders allege that "the consideration offered in the proposed transaction is unfair and inadequate." An excerpt...

Tags: Shareholder, Acquisition, Oracle Corp., SEC Filing, Sun Microsystems Inc., SEC, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Financial Accounting, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-05-08

Craigslist becomes political pinata

If you're a pol who wants to garner some headlines there's one easy route to news coverage: Kick Craigslist. Now it's South Carolina Attorney General Henry McMaster's turn (Techmeme, statement, letter to Craigslist). McMaster has informed Craigslist CEO Jim Buckmaster see his reply that he has to remove...

Tags: South Carolina, Craigslist, McMaster, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-05-06

Apparently, using Linux is a crime at Boston College

Apparently, using Linux is a crime at Boston CollegeAre "they" sure it was Linux?It could have been DOS. ;-)RE: Apparently, using Linux is a crime at Boston CollegeChris writes another blog where he whines about how linux doesn't get any respect. And there is good reason why it doesn't....

Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Linux, Boston College, illegal activity

Discussion threads 2009-04-15

Confusion and controversy continue at Satyam

Satyam, the Indian outsourcing company at the center of a massive fraud investigation continues to be mired in confusion and controversy. Earlier in the week, the company's former CFO appeared to give two PricewaterhouseCoopers audit partners a pass, saying: ...that auditors S Gopalakrishnan and Talluri Srinivas...

Tags: PricewaterhouseCoopers Consulting, Satyam, Litigation, Financial Accounting, Outsourcing, Business Operations, Finance, It Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-04-08

Scareware meets ransomware: "Buy our fake product and we'll decrypt the files"

Scareware meets ransomware: "Buy our fake product and we'll decrypt the files"I imagine this is targeted ONLY to Windows platforms :-)As soon as I read this I looked over at my wife and said "God I'm glad we left Windows!" The more I read of this crap the happier I...

Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, Microsoft Windows, Viruses and worms, Scareware, RICO, MasterCard International, Visa Inc., malware, security

Discussion threads 2009-03-26

Brittany's story: a tale of heroism amid RIAA abuse

Brittany Kruger may be a scared young lady but she has also proven to be a brave advocate for victims, like herself, of RIAA Mafia shake-downs, arm-twisting and assorted rough stuff. According to Ray Beckerman Brittany and her father's willingness to expose the fact that MediaSentry violated Michigan law by...

Tags: RIAA, College Student, Michigan, Person, Brittany, P2Pnet, Litigation, Piracy, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-03-01

Tice: NSA mixed spying with credit card data

Tice: NSA mixed spying with credit card dataJust remember.....This is one analyst saying this with the word of mouth and not hard evidence. I know of plenty of people in this world that would come out and say whatever they had to gain a spotlight or accuse someone of...

Tags: Sales channel, Dr StrangeLove, NSA, credit card

Discussion threads 2009-01-23

Will Obama have a laptop? (Answer: No. Here's why.)

Will Obama have a laptop? (Answer: No. Here's why.)Then I guess we will seejust how secure/insecure these Google-ified email programs will be.Would people be a bit nervous if they realized that staffers might use unsecured, off-site servers (hotmail, gmail, ect) to conduct secure level business?RE: Will Obama have a laptop?...

Tags: Now Let, Obama, No., U.S. Senate, e-mail, laptop computer

Discussion threads 2009-01-23