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Twitter Gets Hacked, BadlyOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 17 hours ago (http://www.techcrunch.com)
Category: security | Tags twitter, hack, facebook, phish, attack,
"Phishing attacks, which hit Twitter over the weekend, are a sign a service has arrived (Facebook has the same problem). But someone hacking into Twitter's internal admin tools and compromising 33 read more »
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FTC to host town hall meeting on DRM abuseOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 19 hours ago (http://go.theregister.com)
Category: internet | Tags ftc, host, town, hall, meeting, drm, abuse,
Seeking public comments, researchHere's a glimmer of hope that 2009 will be the year of DRM reform.… read more »
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Feds note gaming DRM woes: FTC to hold town hall meetingOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 1 day 16 hours ago (http://arstechnica.com)
Category: internet | Tags feds, note, gaming, drm, woes, ftc, hold, town, hall, meeting,
DRM has become a contentious issue in the gaming world, and now the Federal Trade Commission may be stepping in. The agency will hold a town hall meeting on March 25. Ars explores why the government read more »
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Fake antivirus peddlers helped by Microsoft, IRSOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 12 days ago (http://www.networkworld.com)
Category: security | Tags fake, antivirus, microsoft, irs, ftc, , , , , ,
"Just weeks after the U.S. Federal Trade Commission shut down two companies accused of selling fake antivirus software, a new player has moved into the market, aided by glitches in the Microsoft and read more »
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Ban Those Blog Comment Spammers!Open in New Window
Avatar Posted by MargaretM 15 days ago (http://www.johnchow.com)
Category: marketing | Tags ban, blog, comment, spammers, john chow, askimet, , , , ,
John Chow comments on using Askimet to thwart comment spammers. read more »
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XBRL: Mashing up Financial StatementsOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 16 days ago (http://www.readwriteweb.com)
Category: development | Tags xbrl, mashing, financial, statements, sec, economy, finances, recession, public, mutual, fund,
"The US market regulator, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), ratified a proposal on Wednesday for public companies and mutual fund companies to file their financial statements in XBRL (eX read more »
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Sharp fined by Japan FTC over LCD sales to NintendoOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 19 days ago (http://www.networkworld.com)
Category: hardware | Tags sharp, japan, ftc, lcd, sales, nintendo, fixing, , , , ,
"Sharp has been fined by Japan's Fair Trade Commission as part of an investigation into price fixing of LCD (liquid crystal display) modules for Nintendo's popular DS handheld gaming device." read more »
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Social networking malware: Protect yourselfOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 21 days ago (http://www.networkworld.com)
Category: security | Tags social, networking, malware, spammers, facebook, myspace, , , , , ,
"As social networking tools change the way we communicate, spammers have begun turning their attention to services such as Facebook and MySpace, tricking users into installing viruses, launching fra read more »
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