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May 2007 News

Posted by delta on 30th May 2007

05-14-07 Time – Al-Qaeda Loses An Iraqi Friend
05-17-07 BBC – Polar Ocean Soaking Up Less CO2
05-17-07 Time – Who Is Stealing Iraq’s Oil
05-18-07 BBC – Global Net Censorship Growing
05-18-07 CNN – 25 Countries Clock Web Sites
05-18-07 Information Week – Online Criminal Gangs Battle With Botnets
05-21-07 Business Week – How Safe Is The Food Supply
05-23-07 BBC – Which Freedoms Do We Want Online
05-24-07 eWEEK – Microsofts New Open-Source War
05-26-07 Washington Post – Largess To Clinton’s Lands CEO In Lawsuit
05-28-07 Business Week – Health Care You Control
05-28-07 Business Week – Put Investors In Their Place
05-29-07 eWeek – Spam Attack Steals High-Level Execs Data
05-29-07 Time – Is Chavez Stifling The Media
05-29-07 Washington Post – China Embraces Nuclear Future
05-30-07 Business Week – Gates Digs Surface Computing
05-30-07 Business Week – Much Ado About DoubleClick
05-30-07 New York Times – Touch Screen In A Table Is The Latest Wrinkle In Computers
05-30-07 New York Times – VeriSign’s Chief Executive Resigns Abruptly
05-31-07 BBC – US Arrests Internet ‘Spam King’

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April 2007 News

Posted by delta on 30th April 2007

04-02-07 CNET – The Feds Weigh In On Windows Security
04-02-07 eWeek – AJAX Apps Ripe Targets For Javascript Hijacking
04-02-07 Time – Oil Prices Edge Higher
04-02-07 Washington Post – The Decoy Effect Or How To Win An Election
04-03-07 BBC – UK Hacker Loses Extradition Fight
04-03-07 Business Week – Will The Apple-EMI Deal End DRM
04-04-07 BBC – Talking CCTV Scolds Offenders
04-04-07 CNET – Cursor Flaw Gives Vista Security A Black Eye
04-04-07 eWeek – ACID Engine Scans Web For Pirated Multimedia
04-04-07 Reuters – Movie-Like Effects Change Shape Of New York Stage
04-04-07 TechRep – Forcing Windows XP’s Disk Cleanup To Delete All Temporary Files
04-05-07 Business Week – Apple Stokes A Digital Music Standards War
04-05-07 CNET – Patch Tuesday Resumes With Critical Windows Fix
04-05-07 CNET – VeriSign To Raise Domain Fees
04-05-07 CNN – Why Asian Oil Firms Are Likely To Be First At Iraqis Oil
04-05-07 Computer World – 490 IRS Laptops Lost Or Stolen Over Nearly Three Years
04-05-07 Computer World – Harris Poll Users Balk At Vista Upgrade
04-05-07 Computer World – Lawsuit Spotlights Vistas Hefty Hardware Needs
04-05-07 eWeek – How Can We Take Domains Down Faster
04-05-07 eWeek – The Final Final Nail In WEP’s Coffin
04-05-07 Information Week – ICANN Weighs Recommendation To Go Private
04-05-07 Information Week – IRS Fails Security Audit 490 Computers Missing In 3 Years
04-05-07 Information Week – Only 12% Of Computer Users Plan Windows Vista Upgrade In 07
04-05-07 Information Week – UCSF Break-In Puts Info On 46,000 At Risk
04-05-07 Information Week – Utah Ban On Trademarked Keywords Rankles Groups
04-05-07 Internet News IRS Audits Self Into Data-Theft Hot Seat
04-05-07 NY Times – Discovery To Start Channel Focusing On Green Movement
04-05-07 NY Times – Immigration Raid Yields 62 Arrests In Illinois
04-05-07 NY Times Why That Hoodie Your Son Wears Isn’t Trademarked
04-05-07 Washington Post – Climate Panel Confident Warming Is Underway
04-05-07 Washington Post – IRS Found Lax In Protecting Taxpayer Data
04-05-07 Yahoo! – Retail Trade FBI Fight Organized Theft
04-06-07 Business Week – UN Report Confirms Climate Change
04-07-07 Wired – Birth Of That Thing We Call The Internet
04-25-07 News.com – Web Threats To Surpass E-mail Pests

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March 2007 News

Posted by delta on 31st March 2007

Here you go guys! As promised, the things that made me go “HMMM” For the month of March. You know what? I’m gonna try and update as I read for April. I’ve gotten too many emails saying you like it like that. It’s just a time thing people – I gotta work too, ya know?

03-01-07 CNN – New Computer Virus Attacks Business Networks
03-01-07 Information Week – Sir Tim Berners-Lee Gives Congress Vision Of The Future
03-01-07 Time – Microsoft Threatened With EU Fines
03-02-07 Computer World – Homeland Security Researcher Laments Playstation Generation
03-02-07 eWeek – Berners-Lee Talk Goes Back To The Webs Future
03-02-07 Information Week – Microsoft Hit By US Dot Ban
03-05-07 BBC – Windows Fails Second Virus Test
03-06-07 Information Week – FAA May Ditch Microsoft
03-06-07 Information Week – Internet Use Up 10% Worldwide
03-06-07 Information Week – Microsoft Threatened To Kill
03-06-07 Reuters – Dell May Offer Linux As Alternative To Windows
03-06-07 Reuters – New Alliance Plans To Tackle Mountains Of E-waste
03-07-07 CNET – ClearWire IPO On Its Way
03-07-07 CNN – U.S. Oil Companies Miss Out On Cuban Oil Rush
03-07-07 Computer World – ID Theft Forecast Gloomy Today, Worse Tomorrow
03-07-07 eWeek – Apple To Use More NAND Flash Memory
03-07-07 eWeek – Credit Cards Promise Clear Simple Language
03-07-07 eWeek – Some Companies Lose Data Six Times A Year
03-07-07 eWeek – W3C To Develop New HTML Spec
03-07-07 Information Week – Emotiv Focuses On Brainwaves To Control Computers
03-07-07 Information Week – ID Theft Is Exploding In The U.S.
03-14-07 Washington Post – Cyber-Criminals And Their Tools Getting Bolder More Sophisticated
03-16-07 WebMD – CPR Mouth-To-Mouth Not Much Help
03-19-07 Time – Life Among The Taliban Bombers
03-19-07 Time – Most Computer Attacks Begin In U.S.
03-22-07 Time – NBC, News Corp Form Online Network
03-22-07 Time – The Truth About Talibanistan
03-23-07 Business Week Asia Cyber Crime Raging
03-23-07 Computer World – Windows Home Server Testing Uncovers Nearly 2,400 Bugs
03-23-07 Time – Calif Blue Cross System Fined $1M
03-23-07 Time – Congress Faces Mortgage Meltdown
03-23-07 Yahoo! News – Girls Overdose Death Raises Questions
03-24-07 Yahoo! News – Iran Ups The Rhetoric On Seized Sailors
03-24-07 Yahoo! News – U.N. Approves Tougher Sanctions On Iran
03-25-07 Washington Post – U.N. Backs Broader Sanctions On Tehran
03-25-07 Washington Post – Weak Market Nationwide Reaches Area As Prices Stagnate
03-25-07 Washington Post – Wide Net Cast For Terrorism Watch Lists
03-26-07 CNET – Windows Weakness Can Lead To Network Traffic Hijacks
03-26-07 Time – Russia, China Urge Iran To Heed U.N.
03-28-07 eWeek – 43% Of Firms Hit With Malware
03-28-07 eWeek – Corporate Sloppiness Is The Real Culprit
03-28-07 Washington Post – ITT To Pay $100M Export Fine
03-29-07 BBC – U.S. No Longer Technology King
03-29-07 Time – Inside Hizballahs Hidden Bunkers
03-29-07 Washington Post – Circuit City Cuts 3,400 Overpaid Workers
03-30-07 Business Week – Uncle Sam Snubs Sprint
03-30-07 CNET – TJX Says 4.57M Customer Records Were Compromised
03-30-07 eWeek – Why Encryption Didn’t Save TJX
03-30-07 Information Week – Worm Attack Masquerades As IE7 Download Offer
03-30-07 Internet News – Congress Flunks P2P Test
03-30-07 Internet News – SMB’s Playing The Ostrich When It Comes To Security
03-30-07 Reuters – TJX Card Problem Flags Retail Identify Theft Risk
03-30-07 Yahoo! News – Attacks On Windows Flaw Rise

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February 2007 News

Posted by delta on 27th February 2007

7th BBC – Hackers Attack Heart Of The Internet
8th eWeek – Wayne’s Old Computer Gets Vista
8th Time – The Federal Job Machine
9th ComputerWorld – Cybersecurity Chief Lays Out Guidance
12th BusinessWeek – Intel Builds Fastest Chip Ever
14th WashingtonPost – Latest Breach Compromises Veterans Data
15th eWeek – Storm Worm Touches Down On IM
15th WashingtonPost – Better To Stop Data Thieves Cold
16th BBCNews – Home Network Security Scrutinised
18th Economist – Betting The Farm
19th ComputerWorld – Laughing Matters
19th USA Today – Cuba Embraces Open Source Software
23rd CNetNews – Mass Bill Wants Stores To Pay More In Data Breaches
23rd Time – Microsoft Ruling May Hurt Techs
25th CNetNews – Flaw Found In Office 2007
26th Yahoo! – Why Aren’t You Upgrading To Vista?
27th BusinessWeek – The Bottom Line On Bots
27th CNetNews – Verizon Wireless Wins Injunction Against Text Spam
27th eWeek – When Government Sides With The Crackers

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