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Wednesday, January 9th, 2008Recent statistics released have caused some uproar when talking about music and movie downloading software. A new report issued by Digital Music News and BigChampagne showed us that iTunes is not the most popular such program around. LimeWire stands out as one of the most looked after software with a lot more user support than [...]
Google vs Hyperphrase – Still no Winner
Wednesday, January 9th, 2008The War between Google and Hyperphrase Technologies is still going on although Google did gain one victory. The bad news for them is that the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit only upheld Google’s request of summary judgment in a partial note while remanding a part of the case for reconsideration. For [...]
CyberLover – Scoring Girls for Nerds
Wednesday, January 9th, 2008CyberLover is soon to be launched by a Russian web site. This is a special program that will simulate chat room flirting. The idea is quite strange and it is said that the aim is to help nerds that have no skill when it comes to getting together with women. CyberLover is said to be [...]
Two Nuclear Labs Falling for Phishing Tricks
Wednesday, January 9th, 2008We are already used with the press making everything bigger than it actually is. For instance, we saw a report by ABC News that stated 2 nuclear labs were hacked. The truth is that there is no real danger but the facts are a lot funnier. It seems that some scientists and workers at these [...]
Marin County Transportation Authority – Malware and Pornography
Wednesday, January 9th, 2008Yet again we are hit with a confusing situation involving an official website, pornography and malware. During November 29 and November 30, the Marin Country Transportation Authority web site was hit with the two problems mentioned above. It seems that the problem was due to Marin County’s web host, StartLogic. The real problem stands in [...]
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