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China Touts More Internet Surfers Than USA
July 28, 2008
on Networking
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Humphrey Cheung
Beijing (China) - China now has more Internet surfers than the United States, according to the China Internet Network Information Center. Read more
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Facebook Recieves Second Take-Down Notice in Relation to Scrabulous Application
July 25, 2008
on Networking
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Jane McEntegart
Some of you may remember the Scrabulous “scandal” that rocked fans’ worlds back in January. Basically you’ve got Scrabulous, an online version of a board game that, in all honesty, doesn’t see much table time nowadays. Read more
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Google Rolls Out the Next Wikipedia
July 25, 2008
on Networking
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Jane McEntegart
A lot of people like Wikipedia for the simple reason that it’s written by normal, average, everyday people like you and me. Anyone can contribute an article and similarly, anyone can edit or change an existing article... Read more
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Spammer Jailed For Four Years
July 24, 2008
on Using the Internet
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Jane McEntegart
Robert Soloway, the man dubbed the Spam King and described by Microsoft as one of the top ten spammers in the world has been jailed for 47 months for his crimes. Read more
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Gmail Going Both Ways In Six Weeks
July 24, 2008
on Networking
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Christian Ziberg
Gears is one of the lesser known technologies from Google but people who live in the cloud have found it invaluable to bridge the divide between offline and online applications. Read more
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Three Out Of Four Banking Websites Have Serious Security Flaws - Study
July 24, 2008
on Networking
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Humphrey Cheung
Ann Arbor (MI) - A soon to be released University of Michigan study will show that more than 75% of banking websites have serious security flaws. Read more
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MobileMe Rolls Into Day Five of Unexplained Outages
July 22, 2008
on Networking
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Jane McEntegart
At the end of last week, MobileMe subscribers began to experience problems sending mail. Complaints varied from being able to receive mail, but not send anything to not being able to do either. Read more
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Craigslist Scammer Pretends To Be Father Of Fallen Soldier
July 22, 2008
on Networking
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Humphrey Cheung
Detroit (MI) - There's a sickening Craigslist scammer who is pretending to be the father of a fallen US soldier. Read more
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Facebook Sues German Social Networking Website
July 21, 2008
on Networking
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Jane McEntegart
Social notworking site, Facebook has filed suit against a German website called StudiVZ, claiming the site is nothing more than a Facebook knock off. Read more
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AT&T Announces Free Wi-Fi For iPhoners
July 18, 2008
on Networking
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Jane McEntegart
Over the last few months we’ve seen the on-again-off-again free iPhone Wi-Fi at AT&T hotspots. The company announced this morning that there would be free Wi-Fi at AT&T hotspots around the country and it looks like this time around.... Read more
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Woman Fired For Allegedly Sending Death Threats From Work Account
July 17, 2008
on Security
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Jane McEntegart
A woman working for an online floral delivery company has been fired following allegations that she sent a death threat to a professor in a Minnesota university from her work machine. Read more
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Apple Apologises for MobileMe Mess
July 17, 2008
on Business & Law
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Jane McEntegart
It seems as though Apple has finally come out and apologized for the “rocky” transition to MobileMe, although they’re not covering the messy issue of the not so free trials of the service. Read more
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Partnership Between Buy.com and eBay Raises Concerns Among Sellers
July 16, 2008
on Business & Law
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Jane McEntegart
There’s trouble brewing for those of you that count on eBay for all or part of your income. The Internect auction site has just signed a deal with Buy.com, which will allow the latter to sell products on eBay at a fixed price. Read more
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Build Your Own Search Engine: Yahoo Spices Up Search API
July 10, 2008
on About Internet Users
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Wolfgang Gruener
Sunnyvale (CA) - Yahoo is offering a re-engineered version of its search API that allows individuals and organizations to create their own search engines based on Yahoo's technology. Read more
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Gmail Adding Protection and Monitoring Features
July 10, 2008
on Security
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Humphrey Cheung
Mountain View (CA) - Google is adding two important security features to Gmail that lets users monitor their accounts and log out all their sessions. Read more