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Ooops! Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6062074.stm 18 October 2006: Apple is warning that some video iPods are harbouring a Windows virus. In a statement on its website Apple said that a small number of video iPods sold after 12 September are carrying the RavMonE virus. The company said that, so far, it had seen ''less ...

You can run, but now you can’t hide!  What ever happened to privacy?  In London we have enough CCTV cameras to watch your every move, now they can track you in your car! Oh let me guess, it’s all down to tracking terrorism … do we really have that many terrorist in the UK that need a system this big? Source: ...

What a load of !@#!?£''? Source: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/06/01/fbi_opposes_air_mobiles/ The FBI is objecting to plans to relax the current ban on the use of mobile phones on planes. In a joint submission with the Department of Homeland Security, the FBI says that unless carriers set up systems to allow law enforcement to wiretap ...

And the lessions is to watch what you open in email or download from a cd! Source: http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/581819.html Dozens of leading companies and top private investigators were named yesterday as suspects in a massive industrial espionage investigation that local police have been conducting for the past six months. The companies ...

Source: http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2005/may05/05-26MSNPostmasterPR.asp REDMOND, Wash. -- May 26, 2005 -- Microsoft Corp. today announced new MSN® Hotmail® tools and services designed to expand e-mail industry collaboration in fighting spam -- MSN Postmaster and Smart Network Data Services. These new services complement ongoing ...

This is a damm good read! Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/19/AR2005051900711_pf.html The caper had all the necessary ingredients to spark a media firestorm -- a beautiful socialite-turned-reality TV star, embarrassing photographs and messages, and the personal contact information of several young music and ...

Ohh Err Misses! Source: http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2005/may05/05-13WindowsOneCarePR.asp REDMOND, Wash. -- May 13, 2005 -- The dynamic nature of the Internet and technology can make the protection, maintenance and optimal performance of PCs a challenge for consumers. Keeping a PC ''healthy'' today can be daunting and ...

Hummmm Source: http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn7326&feedId=online-news_rss20 DO YOU prefer your police officers to be armed with a gun or a good old-fashioned truncheon or night stick? Or perhaps something in between: say a radio-frequency stun weapon, or a semiconductor laser that can bring down a man from across the ...

The world is going crazy! Source: http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2005/04/lighters_banned.html Lighters are now banned on U.S. commercial flights, but not matches. The Senators who proposed the bill point to Richard Reid, who unsuccessfully tried to light explosives on an airplane with matches. They were worried that a lighter might have ...

This is quite a good read Source: http://www.microsoft.com/issues/essays/2005/04-20phishing.asp Pretending to be someone else used to be a game for children and a job for actors. Today, it is the No. 1 subject of consumer complaints to the Federal Trade Commission. The complaints are about identity theft, including a rising wave ...