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FBI says copper thefts threaten U.S. infrastructureOpen in New Window
The theft of copper wire has become so pervasive that it poses a threat to the national infrastructure, the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation warned Wednesday. read more »
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U.S. Open used Web filtering to prevent online gamblingOpen in New Window
"The U.S. Open tennis tournament provides network access for the players, guests and media, but this past summer the association running the event took an extra security step: It used Web filtering. read more »
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US court orders keylogger CyberSpy to halt software salesOpen in New Window
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) won an injunction today against software vendor and keylogger developer CyberSpy. The US district court ruling prohibits CyberSpy from selling or operating its Remo read more »
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AT&T Intros LG Incite Smartphone In U.S.Open in New Window
"The handset has a 3-inch touch screen, built-in Wi-Fi, document editing, 3G connectivity, and GPS with navigational abilities." read more »
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Google Trends shows U.S. searchers prefer free food to candidatesOpen in New Window
"Early Tuesday Google posted some insights on the hottest search terms, as marked on its trends site. Not surprisingly, the majority of search queries within the U.S. have been related to politics.. read more »
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MPs join fight to save McKinnon from US prisonOpen in New Window
John Leyden of The Register writes "MPs are being asked to support accused Pentagon hacker via a motion demanding he serves any jail time he might eventually receive in the UK, even if his long-runn read more »
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U.S. military: Twitter poses terrorist threatOpen in New Window
"Social networking service Twitter could be used by terrorists as a tool in planning attacks, the U.S. military claims.In a report by the Federation of American Scientists, Tweets (Twitter messages) read more »
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Can Data Mining Save America's Schools?Open in New Window
Marianne Kolbasuk McGee writes about the efforts by school districts in the US to utilize data from standardized test scores, attendance, grades, and other data sources to spot weaknesses and streng read more »
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