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'Flame' cyber-attack in Middle East raises whodunit questions
World NowThe malware dubbed "Flame," the latest case of cyber warfare and intelligence gathering in the Middle East, has both surprised and impressed experts worldwide.... -
Frequent fliers find seats easier on budget airlines, study says
When it comes time to trade in your frequent-flier reward points for seats on an airplane, low-cost airlines do the best job of getting you in the air. That was the conclusion of a study released last week by IdeaWorks, a Wisconsin consultant to the...Tags: Viral Diseases and Infections, American Airlines, Inc., Southwest Airlines Co., U.S. Airways, Delta Air Lines
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Microsoft making house calls? No, it's a scam
Has your Internet Explorer browser ever crashed while you were cruising the Web? Of course it has. And you've probably then seen a box informing you that an error message was being sent to Microsoft.
Pretty impressive that Microsoft would want to fix the...Tags: Viral Diseases and Infections, Los Angeles Times Columnists, Social Security, Credit and Debt, David Lazarus
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FBI warns about hackers who target hotel guests
The Federal Bureau of Investigation warned travelers to be careful of computer hackers when logging onto the Internet through a hotel connection. The FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center recently issued a warning to travelers using these systems...
Tags: Travel, Travel Alerts, FBI, Hotel and Accommodation Industry
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German privacy official warns potential Facebook investors
A German government official warned his country's would-be Facebook investors that the social network's business is based on practices that are prohibited by European privacy laws. Thilo Weichert, data protection commissioner for the northern German...
Tags: Data Protection, Politics, Media Industry, Social Media, Interior Policy
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Twitter supports 'do not track'
Twitter now supports allowing users a little more control over who monitors their activity through its services, offering a "do not track" option. "As the Federal Trade Commission's CTO, Ed Felten, mentioned this morning, Twitter now supports Do Not...
Tags: Media Industry, Social Media, Twitter, Inc., Computing and Information Technology Industry
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European regulators may renew inquiries into Google data collection
SAN FRANCISCO — There may be more trouble forGoogle Inc.in Europe as privacy regulators consider reopening or broadening their investigations into the company's collection of personal data through its Street View service. The move comes after the...
Tags: Politics, Companies and Corporations, Germany, Science and Technology, Interior Policy
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European regulators may reopen Street View probes after FCC report
More trouble for Google in Europe as privacy regulators there consider reopening or broadening their investigations into Google’s collection of personal data through its Street View service. The move comes after the engineer who wrote the...
Tags: Data Protection, Politics, ICO Incorporated, Interior Policy, Europe
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Consumer Reports: Facebook users more wary of sharing information
Facebook is about to share a whole lot of information about itself as it pitches potential investors on its initial public stock offering coming in May. But users of the popular website are becoming more wary about how much information they share with...
Tags: Media Industry, Social Media, Consumers
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Stock-picking robot was scam run by British youths, SEC says
Would you invest with a stock-picking robot that promises to double your money? If so, you’d be among the 75,000 people, most of them in the U.S., who got scammed by a pair of precocious 16-year-olds who masterminded a far-fetched but elaborate...
Tags: Viral Diseases and Infections, Email
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Computer virus targets Iran's oil industry
World NowThe Iranian Oil Ministry said its computer system was targeted by a computer virus, but it downplayed the impact of the attack.... -
Bo Xilai's son fends off talk of lavish lifestyle, Ferrari
World NowThe Harvard-going son of a Chinese power couple mired in a political scandal strewn with allegations of murder and corruption defended himself Tuesday, fending off talk of his lavish, careless lifestyle. College photos of the young man carousing at Oxford...
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