A recently discovered identity-theft scam continues to cause problems for Internet users, despite efforts by security firms and the FBI to stop it. Security firm Sunbelt Software uncovered the scam accidentally while investigating spyware. Sunbelt located an Internet server whose log files contained personal information harvested by keylogging from many thousands of users. The company […]

According to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), the FBI is using one of the powers granted by the USA PATRIOT Act to demand the records of a library in Connecticut. Because the USA PATRIOT Act also forbids disclosure of details surrounding such investigations, the name of the library in question is being kept confidential, […]

As I mentioned before the theme I use for this site is based on a template by Oliver Roick called Amsterdam Nights but with a few enhancements. One of those enhancements was to widen the template to better utilize a 800×600 browser window.
I recently recieved a request by Nate from Paperback Writer for a […]

The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) has filed 286 lawsuits for copyright infringement against individuals it identified from the server logs from file-trading services. MPAA efforts have resulted in the closure of a number of such services, many of which used BitTorrent technology. Information on file traders from those sites led to the “John […]

Sony Computer Entertainment America announced plans to add Internet access to its PlayStation Portable gaming device in an attempt to boost the PSP’s use as a handheld entertainment center. A software upgrade enables wireless Internet access through a Web browser. The software also boosts data security and enhances sharing of digital photos and playback of […]

Google has announced a free service called Google Talk that lets e-mail account holders talk to each other using a PC, microphone, and speakers and provides instant messaging capability. Google reportedly plans to make the service compatible with other companies’ services, basing it on an open standard, which would allow users to talk to people […]

Hitachi claims to have developed the first hard disk drive and DVD recorder that can store a terabyte of data or record about 128 hours of high-definition digital broadcasts. The company hopes the new line will make the money-losing DVD recorder part of its business into a profit center by next year. The new line […]

Market research firm Input reported a surge in U.S. federal spending on information technology in the fiscal third quarter, with the U.S. Navy as the main source of the spike. The Navy generated almost $57 billion of the $67 billion in government awards, a 190 percent increase over fiscal 2004 third quarter data.
Federal Computer Week, […]

A Federal Communications Commission proposal released to public notice by the FCC’s federal-state joint board on universal service recommends requiring more companies to pay taxes into the Universal Service Fund (USF). The shift would mostly affect Internet telephone providers, which don’t currently pay into the fund. Internet-based services such as chat and instant messaging that […]

>From 2000 to 2004, sales of educational software dropped from $498 million to $152 million, according to the NPD Group, a market research firm. Competing technologies are often free on the Web, and children are using portable gadgets rather than home PCs for games and learning.
Moreover, computers are available in most schools. In response, companies […]