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Pick Up If Voicemail Drives You CrazyThere's a movement afoot to protest the longwindedness of voicemail messages, both on cell phones and land lines. A contributor to one blog mentions a "campaign to eliminate asinine voice mail instructions." If there is such a campaign, Alice Furlaud would like to join it. I must warn the listener that Alice is not an objective reporter on this subject.
NPR Saturday, September 19, 2009Bits: Microsoft Chases Scammers in CourtFive lawsuits filed against John Does on Thursday will give the
software company subpoena power to help track down purveyors of
internet malware.
New York Times Saturday, September 19, 2009Reports: FCC To Propose 'Net Neutrality' RulesThe head of the FCC plans to propose new rules that would prohibit
internet service providers from interfering with the free flow of information and certain applications over their networks, according to
reports published Saturday.
NPR Saturday, September 19, 2009Microsoft Lawsuit Shows Malicious Advertising a Growing IssueMicrosoft is suing five online entities and the individuals behind them for spreading malvertising, or online advertising that delivers malware. As demonstrated by a September attack on The New York Times Website, malicious online advertising represents a persistent and increasingly high-profile problem for businesses and consumers. - Microsoft
announced on Sept. 18 that it has filed lawsuits against five entities that it
claims have been spreading quot;malvertising, quot; or online advertising used to port malware onto end users' machines. Microsoft is asking the court to shut down those entities, saying that they used Microsof...
eWEEK Saturday, September 19, 2009Google, Yahoo and Major League Baseball Are Best of the Mobile Web, Says ReportMobile Websites for Google, Yahoo and Major
league Baseball are the first ever to earn passing grades on Yankee Groups Mobile Web Report Card. The all-time high went to Google for, in part, its ability to detect location and the users device. - Google.com, Yahoo.com and MLB.com, the site of Major League Baseball, are the three top-performing mobile Web domains, according to a new study from the Yankee Group. Though there are 2 million mobile Web domains in use today, and 31 percent of phone owners browse the mobile Web at least once a m...
eWEEK Saturday, September 19, 2009First Mac Plus, Owned by Gene Roddenberry, Up for AuctionWant to own Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry's Mac Plus, who received it as a gift from Apple in 1986? Auction house Profiles in History is putting the computer,
the company's first Mac Plus, up for auction. - Historic artifact dealer Profiles in History
announced Thursday it is putting the first Macintosh Plus 1Mb personal computer to come off the assembly line at Apple Computer in Fresno, Calif., up for auction. The computer, which bears the serial
number F4200NUM0001, was a gift from Apple to quot;Sta...
eWEEK Saturday, September 19, 2009NCSoft Drops GameGuard From Western Launch of Aionchalkyj
writes "NCSoft has
announced that they will be dropping GameGuard from the western
launch of their upcoming MMORPG, Aion. The flawed Korean anti-cheat
software has been heavily criticized for employing root-kit like techniques and conflicting with many hardware configurations. The final straw is thought to have been the stability issues experienced by players during open beta and the community outcry it caused. The
decision makes Aion, which recently announced over 400,000 western pre-orders, a real contender in the western MMO market."Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Slashdot Saturday, September 19, 2009Pick Up If Voice Mail Drives You CrazyThere's a movement afoot to protest the longwindedness of voice mail messages, both on cell phones and land lines. A contributor to one blog mentions a "campaign to eliminate asinine voice mail instructions." If there is such a campaign, commentator Alice Furlaud would like to join it.
NPR Saturday, September 19, 2009Malware Defensive Techniques Will Evolve as Security Arms Race ContinuesFor security researchers, beating attackers means keeping an eye on what is happening while paying attention for signs of what lies ahead. - When it comes to fighting malware, researchers have to both keep their eyes on the present and foresee what the future may hold before the next threat is on their doorstep. While the majority of malware attacks stick to tried and true methods, malware authors are
getting better at b...
eWEEK Saturday, September 19, 2009FCC Chief Seen Edging Toward 'Net Neutrality' RulesWill the
government take steps to keep
internet service providers from charging different rates for different levels of
service? FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski may tip his hand when he speaks at the Brookings Insitution Monday.
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