According to the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3), the number of “vishing” complaints received by the center is increasing at what it calls “an alarming rate.” Vishing and phishing are related, and both rely on e-mail as a means of delivering bait, but the two use different hooks in order to snag user data.
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Jeesh, I just get finished with that last post, then I find this!
According to reports, Microsoft has developed plans — and possibly a working prototype, though no details around that have emerged — for a system that would allow user’s laptop or desktop computers, as well as their cell phones and PDAs, to monitor [...]
A private firm funded by Google Inc launched its Web-based DNA test in Europe on Tuesday, hoping to build on a successful start in the United States, where the $999 service went on sale in November.
Subscribers to 23andMe mail a saliva sample and, four to six weeks later, get the results online, allowing them to [...]
I was up real early as is normal for me, however after I had my coffee I decided to shovel the 8″ of 40% off my driveway and darn it was chilly. Seems as of the temps have dropped over 30 degrees since I woke up and now the silly wind is blowing and you [...]
Few breakthroughs have swept high-end corporate computing faster than virtualization, a technology that helps companies make more efficient use of computers by shifting work among machines. But despite Microsoft’s leadership in the area of high-end computing, Microsoft (MSFT) itself has been largely left out of the virtualization party.
The Redmond (Wash.) software giant hopes to change [...]
The RIAA’s web presence became somewhat light on content over the weekend thanks to exploitation by parties unknown of an SQL injection vulnerability.
Now I wonder who in the world would want to besmirch the RIAA web site, after all they are so well loved here in the states,Baldy
RIAA website wiped by hackers [News]
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Actually not a FOSS story, but FOSS users may find it interesting in that it addresses resistance to forced upgrades; in this case to Windows Vista. From the article: “In many respects, Vista is like the Windows Millennium Edition that was meant to replace Windows 98 in 2000 but caused more trouble than it was [...]
I found this over on Lxer and thought what a switch,Baldy
Asus’s Eee PC, an ultra-light notebook that runs Linux, will be available with Windows XP before the end of the quarter. Pricing has not yet been announced. It will be interesting to see which OS consumers choose.
Asus Plans to Offer Windows on the Eee
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