Google has settled a lawsuit alleging privacy violations in connection with its Buzz social networking service, according to a court document filed on Friday.



Google - Search - Social network service - Search Engines - Privacy
[Fri, 3 Sep 2010 21:52:40 GMT]
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The chief of the U.N.'s telecommunications agency urged the Canadian manufacturer of the BlackBerry to allow law enforcement agencies access to customer data, saying that governments all over the world had legitimate security concerns which should not be ignored.



BlackBerry - Law enforcement agency - Telecommunication - Law - Canada
[Thu, 2 Sep 2010 14:46:51 GMT]
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Bank of America Corp. says its online banking service was down for about four hours but service has been restored.



Bank of America - Online banking - Banking Services - Financial services - Business
[Fri, 27 Aug 2010 22:19:07 GMT]
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The Pentagon is confirming a 2008 attack on military computers where a foreign spy used a USB flash drive to infect systems used to command combat activity in Iraq and Afghanistan. Deputy secretary of defense William J. Lynn 3d called the attack "the most significant breach of U.S. military computers ever."



Pentagon - United States armed forces - United States Secretary of Defense - William J. Lynn III - USB flash drive
[Wed, 25 Aug 2010 19:09:30 GMT]
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An man was accused of stalking an ex-girlfriend and of trying to persuade her to come back to him by using a Facebook account he created in the name of another ex-girlfriend he raped last year.



Facebook - Rape - Social network - Online Communities - Stalking
[Wed, 25 Aug 2010 18:07:31 GMT]
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New evidence shows that dedicated attacks can retrieve the information.



Privacy mode - Google Chrome - Mozilla Firefox - Microsoft - Apple
[Tue, 24 Aug 2010 18:10:55 GMT]
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State attorneys general nationwide are demanding that Craigslist remove its adult services section because they say the website cannot adequately block potentially illegal ads.



Craigslist - Attorney general - Website - United States - Law
[Tue, 24 Aug 2010 20:22:16 GMT]
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iTunes users are the app's big security flaw. Here's what you need to know in order to keep yourself and your iTunes account safe.



ITunes Store - Security - Apple - Consultants - General and Freelance
[Tue, 24 Aug 2010 19:40:29 GMT]
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Some customers of Apple?s iTunes Store, particularly those who use PayPal for transactions, are reporting their iTunes Store accounts have been hacked and that various charges, sometimes for thousands of dollars, are showing up on their credit card bills.



Apple - iTunes - PayPal - Credit card - iTunes Store
[Mon, 23 Aug 2010 20:10:35 GMT]
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Authorities investigating the 2008 crash of Spanair flight 5022 have discovered a central computer system used to monitor technical problems in the aircraft was infected with malware.



Spanair - Spanair Flight 5022 - Aviation accidents and incidents - Aviation - Business
[Fri, 20 Aug 2010 20:48:01 GMT]
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Germans have long harbored an obsession about protecting privacy, with memories of Nazi-era denouncements of neighbors and East German secret police snooping still alive. Now they have found a new target for their fears: Google "Street View."

Google - Google Street View - Nazi Germany - Search - Search Engines
[Fri, 20 Aug 2010 16:59:06 GMT]
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McAfee's fourth annual compilation of the "Most dangerous celebrities to search for" on the Internet gives top ranking to Cameron Diaz.

Cameron Diaz - McAfee - Celebrity - Celebrities - People
[Thu, 19 Aug 2010 18:30:02 GMT]
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As our daily lives become increasingly linked to and controllable by the Internet, experts say we may encounter computer viruses attacking us in a host of new ways.



Computer virus - Security - Malicious Software - Anti-Virus - Viruses
[Thu, 19 Aug 2010 21:10:54 GMT]
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Thanks to rapid increases in computing power, your confidential information is probably not safe unless you use a 12-digit randomized password, experts say.



Security - Computing - Windows - Shareware - Password Recovery
[Thu, 19 Aug 2010 17:06:45 GMT]
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Google said Thursday it would double the amount of time Germans have to opt out of having their homes shown in its "Street View" feature, which has sparked a fierce public debate over privacy concerns.



Google - Google Street View - Privacy - Search - Search Engines
[Thu, 19 Aug 2010 16:13:10 GMT]
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South Korea has blocked North Korea's new Twitter account from being accessed in the South, saying the tweets contain "illegal information" under the country's security laws, officials said Thursday.



North Korea - Twitter - South Korea - YouTube - Asia
[Thu, 19 Aug 2010 12:40:44 GMT]
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Worried that thieves may have stolen your child's social security number? Here are a few of the signs.



Theft - United States - Social Security - Politics - identitytheft
[Wed, 18 Aug 2010 20:13:17 GMT]
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