AFP - The simple act of using a computer for email or the Internet can mobilise armies of hidden agents and criminals out to subvert the system and business, the OECD says in a study on cyber crime.
Archive for May, 2008
Zombies and botnets: OECD warns of hidden armies in cyber wars (AFP)
Published May 31st, 2008 in Uncategorized. ClosedBangladesh to cut off unregistered mobile phones (Reuters)
Published May 31st, 2008 in Uncategorized. Closed
Reuters - Bangladesh’s mobile telephone operators
must deactivate more than one million unregistered SIM cards
from Sunday as deadline for registration ended last night,
telecoms watchdog officials said.
EUROPEANS PRACTICE COURTESY WHEN USING THEIR CELL PHONES (Dear Abby)
Published May 31st, 2008 in Uncategorized. ClosedDear Abby - DEAR ABBY: On a recent trip to Europe I learned firsthand the meaning of the term “ugly American,” which stems partly from the loud, obnoxious voices we sometimes use in public.
AP - Canada’s federal privacy commissioner has launched an investigation into Facebook after four students complained that the popular Web site violates Canadian law by disclosing personal information to advertisers without proper consent.
Students skip slime, stink with virtual dissection (AP)
Published May 31st, 2008 in Uncategorized. Closed
AP - It’s not just concern for the squeamish biology students who wince at the feel and smell of cutting into a formaldehyde-soaked animal.