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The law-enforcement bodies have cracked a major botnet, asking antivirus company Kaspersky to help victims clean up the malware on their PCs. In a joint operation, the FBI and the Dutch High Tech Crime Unit have cracked the Shadow botnet–thought to contain 100,000 PCs. Two…
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The email uses the phrase ‘FBI vs. Facebook’ in its subject line and contains a link to view an article about the FBI and Facebook. On Wednesday, the FBI and its partner, the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3), warned against a new email campaign being used by the creators…
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Names, addresses, and Social Security numbers of pre-2006 staffers were taken from offices of Colt Express Outsourcing Services. Google has confirmed that personal data of U.S. employees hired prior to 2006 have been stolen in a recent burglary. Records kept at Colt Express Outsourcing Services, an external…
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Bangalore remains on top as the global outsourcing leader but with prices on the rise in India, locations like Beijing and Auckland are catching up fast. Bangalore has retained its position as the ideal global delivery location for businesses, according to a new report from IDC. The…
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The FCC said it wants to auction a section of wireless airwaves to buyers willing to provide free broadband Internet service without pornography WASHINGTON–The Federal Communications Commission on Friday said it wants to auction a section of wireless airwaves to buyers willing to provide free broadband Internet service without…
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The FCC said it wants to auction a section of wireless airwaves to buyers willing to provide free broadband Internet service without pornography WASHINGTON–The Federal Communications Commission on Friday said it wants to auction a section of wireless airwaves to buyers willing to provide free broadband Internet service without…
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Software problems with a 28-mile pilot project send Homeland Security officials back to the drawing board–and cause a three-year delay in plans to seal off the southwestern border of the U.S. WASHINGTON–Technical problems have forced the Bush administration to retool a high-tech “virtual fence” along the U.S.-Mexico border and…
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Software problems with a 28-mile pilot project send Homeland Security officials back to the drawing board–and cause a three-year delay in plans to seal off the southwestern border of the U.S. WASHINGTON–Technical problems have forced the Bush administration to retool a high-tech “virtual fence” along the U.S.-Mexico border and…
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Government says only state-controlled companies can apply for licenses to stream videos, but lack of clarity leaves many confused. China’s new rules on online video and audio content banning violent, pornographic and fake material are aimed at promoting the Internet’s “healthy” development, according to a government statement. …
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Federal regulations creating a uniform national ID card are looming. Read the the full text of the Real ID bill. Real ID became law not through the usual legislative process, but instead as part of a mammoth Iraq spending and Asian tsunami bill, the “Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act…
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Internet Attorney Sophia Cope says the new law will do more harm than good and the better idea is for Congress to revisit a fundamentally flawed law. The government claims that driver’s license “reform” will help combat illegal immigration and generally protect national security, but it fails to…
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Internet attorney Sophia Cope says the act will do more harm than good and the better idea is for Congress to revisit the fundamentally flawed law. The government claims that driver’s license “reform” will help combat illegal immigration and generally protect national security, but it fails to acknowledge…
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Bidding stalled on key piece of spectrum, prompting concern regulators will have to modify rules requiring it be shared with public safety agencies. Bidding remained stalled Tuesday on a key piece of spectrum in the U.S. government’s wireless airwaves auction, prompting concern regulators will have to modify rules…
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Paul McGuinness says it’s time for artists to stand up for themselves and calls on ISPs and governments to stop illegal music downloads. Paul McGuinness, longtime manager of rock band U2, has called on Internet service providers to immediately introduce disconnection policies to end illegal music downloads and…
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But on second day of FCC auction, no new suitors emerged for a closely watched block of spectrum to be shared with public safety agencies. Bidding topped $3.7 billion on the second day of the Federal Communications Commission’s auction of government-owned airwaves, but there were no new suitors…
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The village of Jucu doesn’t have a full-time doctor, a school-house, or indoor toilets. But it does–still–have relatively cheap labor. The tiny village of Jucu in northwestern Romania, which will host a new factory making Nokia mobile phones, currently earns its livelihood from farming vegetables such as…
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High bids so far include $1.04 billion for spectrum block that is required to be open to all devices and software applications. Top bidders put up a total of more than $2.4 billion on Thursday in the opening round of the Federal Communications Commission’s auction of coveted U.S….
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Gregory Rosston of the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research says recent moves by FCC chairman threaten successful history of auctions. On Thursday, the Federal Communications Commission is scheduled to start the most important auction of the decade–the reallocation of television stations 50-69 to other wireless services. …
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Gregory Rosston of the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research says recent moves by FCC chairman threaten successful history of auctions. On Thursday, the Federal Communications Commission is scheduled to start the most important auction of the decade–the reallocation of television stations 50-69 to other wireless services. …
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A national rollout could take one to four years, depending on the response to a study now under way and how long it takes to secure funding for the project. CrimTrac, the Australian government’s criminal information and intelligence agency, is taking the first steps toward developing a nationwide…
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