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FCC: telcos received over $970 million in bogus USF paymentsOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 1 day 1 hour 23 minutes ago (http://arstechnica.com)
Category: communications | Tags fcc, telcos, million, bogus, usf, payments, scandal, Search All Tags
Matthew Lasar writes, "A key program in the Federal Communications Commission's Universal Service Fund overpaid telecommunications carriers by almost a billion dollars from July 2006 through June 2 read more »
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Sprint loses another 1.3 million wireless customersOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 26 days ago (http://www.networkworld.com)
Category: communications | Tags sprint, million, wireless, customers, Search All Tags, , ,
"Sprint Nextel posted an operating loss of $326 million for the third quarter of 2008, punctuated by the loss of another 1.3 million wireless subscribers for the quarter." read more »
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Apple Officers Settle Shareholder Suits For $14 MillionOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 83 days ago (http://www.informationweek.com)
Category: other | Tags Apple, shareholders, lawsuit, settlement, Search All Tags, , ,
Information Week brings news of the settlement of a $14 million dollar lawsuit filed against Apple executives for "harming the company or breaching their fiduciary duty to shareholders". read more »
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Red Hat Acquires Virtualization Pioneer For $107 MillionOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by tg01 89 days ago (http://www.informationweek.com)
Category: other | Tags Redhat, acquires, virtualization, hypervisor, linux, Qumranet, purchase, takeover, Search All Tags
Redhat has bought Qumranet. the company responsible for the only hypervisor to be included in the Linux Kernel, The small Israeli based company was purchased for $107 million as announced on Thursday by the new owner. read more »
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Microsoft spends $486 million to compete with GoogleOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by MargaretM 94 days ago (http://blogs.zdnet.com)
Category: software | Tags garett rogers, microsoft, ciao, google, Search All Tags, , , ,
Garett Rogers comments on Microsoft's purchase of a company called Ciao. Cia is reported to be used by 26.5 million people a month to compare and review products. read more »
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Taiwan busts hacking ring, 50 million personal records compromisedOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 97 days ago (http://blogs.zdnet.com)
Category: security | Tags taiwan, hacking ring, personal records, compromised, criminal investigation bureau, cib, data breach, dancho danchev, Search All Tags
Dancho Danchev writes, "Taiwan's Criminal Investigation Bureau (CIB) has successfully tracked down and arrested six people in what the CIB believes to be the biggest personal data breach in Taiwan to date." read more »
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Million bank details sold on eBayOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 98 days ago (http://go.theregister.com)
Category: security | Tags john oates, bank details, hard drive, security, banks, identity theft, Search All Tags, ,
Joan Oates writes, "A computer hard disc containing one million sets of bank details was bought on eBay for just 35 pounds. The secondhand PC contained details of customers from American Express, NatWest and Royal Bank of Scotland. The files included names, addresses, sort codes, account numbers, credit card numbers, mobile phone numbers, mothers' maiden names and even scans of signatures - more than enough for an identity thief." read more »
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Facebook Hits 100 Million UsersOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 98 days ago (http://www.readwriteweb.com)
Category: internet | Tags facebook, growth, traffic, myspace, social network, Search All Tags, , ,
"Fast growing social network Facebook has hit the 100 million users mark, according to a statement today by Dave Morin, the company's Senior Platform Manager." read more »
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