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Facebook Wins $873 Million Judgement Under Anti-Spam Laws (2)
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Facebook has won an $873 million judgment -- the largest to be delivered under federal anti-spam laws -- against a Canadian resident accused of sending more than 4 million bogus messages from members' profiles, many advertising male enhancement drugs.Facebook sued Adam Guerbuez and his business, Atlantis Blue Capital, which Facebook alleges is fictitious, in August, and accused him of sending more than 4 million spam messages in March and April.Read the article: San Francisco ChronicleShared by DP (0) internetcases (0)Contribute comment -
MySpace Sucide Trial Explores Cyberlaw Issues (1)
onSo far, the testimony in the Lori Drew cyber-bullying trial, which began in Los Angeles, has generated headlines for its inherent drama and tragedy: the mother of a teenage daughter, accused of using the MySpace Latest News about MySpace social network to stage an elaborate hoax that ends with the suicide of a troubled 13-year-old classmate, Megan Meier. But the legal foundation for the prosecution's case seems like it belongs to a different court proceeding, ...Shared by internetcases (0)Contribute comment
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Judge Dismisses Psystar Antitrust Suit v. Apple (1)
onA federal judge has tossed out Psystar's antitrust lawsuit against Apple, one of its most important avenues to remaining in business. Judge William Alsup of the U.S. Federal Court for the Northern District of California rejected Psystar's argument that Apple uses anticompetitive practices to prevent companies from selling computers that run Mac OS X, according to court documents spotted by AppleInsider.Read the article: CNET News.comShared by internetcases (0)Contribute comment
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Tennessee to Filter University Networks for Music (1)
onTennessee has agreed to filter computer networks for unauthorized music downloads at the state's colleges and universities. Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen signed into law a bill designed to thwart music piracy at the state's campuses, the Recording Industry Association of America said on its Web site.Read the article: CNET News.comShared by internetcases (0)Contribute comment
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Spam Volume Drops as Hosting Firm Goes Offline (1)
onThe volume of junk e-mail sent worldwide plummeted after a Web hosting firm identified by the computer security community as a major host of organizations engaged in spam activity was taken offline. Experts say the precipitous drop-off in spam comes from Internet providers unplugging McColo Corp., a hosting provider in Northern California that was the home base for machines responsible for coordinating the sending of roughly 75 percent of all spam each day.Read the article: ...Shared by internetcases (0)Contribute comment
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Research Supports Link Between Video Games, Aggression (1)
onChildren and teenagers who play violent video games show increased physical aggression months afterward, according to new research that adds another layer of evidence to the continuing debate over the video-game habits of the youngest generation. The research, published in the journal Pediatrics, brings together three longitudinal studies, one from the United States and two from Japan, examining the content of games, how often they are played and aggressive behaviors later in a school year.Read ...Shared by Effi Fuks (0)
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Illegal Copies of Microsoft Windows 7 Put Online (1)
onThe pre-beta version of Microsoft's Windows 7 operating system released to developers at the Professional Developers Conference has already made it onto prominent BitTorrent sites, where thousands of enthusiasts around the world are currently downloading it. Well-known BitTorrent sites such as The Pirate Bay and Mininova were at the time of publication Friday hosting multiple downloads of the newly aired operating system -- both the 32-bit and 64-bit versions.Read the article: CNET News.comShared by internetcases (0)Contribute comment
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Google Changes Privacy Settings on JotSpot (1)
onGoogle said that it was modifying the privacy settings on its JotSpot online collaboration service after a researcher discovered that user e-mail addresses and names were being exposed to the Web without user consent. Ben Edelman, Harvard Business School professor and security researcher, posted a blog entry on Thursday showing how JotSpot user names and e-mail addresses were easily accessible on Google search.Read the article: CNET News.comShared by Effi Fuks (0)Contribute comment
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Appeals Court Considers Calif. Video Game Law (1)
onCalifornia is attempting to revive its anti-violent-video-game law in a federal appeals court. During a hearing in Sacramento, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals was scheduled to review a San Jose federal judge's 2007 ruling finding the law violates the First Amendment.Read the article: MercuryNews.comShared by internetcases (0)Contribute comment
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Spammers Getting Better at Overcoming Obstacles (1)
onWith new automated tools to help them, spammers are getting better at cracking CAPTCHA -- a program that protects Web sites by generating and grading tests that humans can pass but computers cannot, according to the MessageLabs Intelligence Report. One breach has resulted in fake blogs on Google's Blogger division, which may contain malicious code.Read the article: internetnews.comShared by Effi Fuks (0)Contribute comment
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Israeli Hacker Indicted by Brooklyn Grand Jury (1)
onIsraeli hacker Ehud "The Analyzer" Tenenbaum was indicted by a federal grand jury in Brooklyn on felony charges of conspiracy and fraud. Between Feb. 2008 and May 2008 Tenenbaum and others engaged in a scheme to initiate transactions on account numbers belonging to other people, "to receive payment and other things" with an aggregate value of more than $1,000, the indictment charges.Read the article: WiredShared by Effi Fuks (0)Contribute comment
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Officials Probe Computer Searches for "Joe the Plumber" (1)
onOhio and local officials are investigating if state and law-enforcement computer systems were illegally accessed when they were tapped for personal information about "Joe the Plumber." Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher became part of the national political lexicon Oct. 15 when Republican presidential candidate John McCain mentioned him frequently during his final debate with Democrat Barack Obama.Read the article: The Columbus DispatchShared by internetcases (0)Contribute comment
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Kentucky Judge Orders Gambling Domains Transferred (1)
onDozens of Internet gambling sites have 30 days to block Kentucky users or their domain names will be transferred to the state, a judge ruled in a case with potential international ramifications. Judge Thomas Wingate denied a motion by Internet gambling Web sites, Internet poker players and online trade associations to stop the state from taking over the domain names of 141 online gambling sites.Read the article: Kentucky Herald LeaderShared by internetcases (0)Contribute comment
