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Hackers take over Comcast portal
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24878777/Hackers took over and defaced Comcast Corp.'s Web portal for several hours overnight, leaving a cryptic message on the site that the company's 14.1 million subscribers use to access e-mail, news and technical support.
Tue, 20 May 08
Google Health launches amid concerns
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24715555/
Google Inc on Monday unveiled Google Health, a long-anticipated U.S. health information service that combines the leading Web company's classic search services with a user's personal health records online.
Tue, 20 May 08
Senator: Remove al-Qaida YouTube videos
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24713927/
U.S. Sen. Joseph Lieberman on Monday said Google is not thorough enough in removing YouTube videos that he says are used by al-Qaida and other terrorist organizations to spread propaganda and recruit followers.
Tue, 20 May 08
Internet scam collected data from thousands
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24710699/
Thirty-eight people were charged Monday with stealing names, Social Security identification numbers, credit card data and other personal information from unsuspecting Internet users as part of a global crime ring.
Tue, 20 May 08
Banks using more e-surveillance
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24708767/
If you work for a bank, a computer may be reading your e-mails, listening to your phone calls or analyzing chat conversations as you type.
Fri, 16 May 08
First music download trial may get do-over
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24655977/
A Minnesota woman ordered to pay $222,000 in the nation's first music download trial may get another chance with a jury.
Thu, 15 May 08
Google starts to blur faces in Street View
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24628939/
After privacy complaints, Google is beginning to automatically blur faces of people captured in the street photos taken for its Internet map program. Rolling it out will take several months, however.
Wed, 14 May 08
MySpace wins $234 million in spam case
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24603319/
The popular online hangout MySpace has won a $234 million judgment over junk messages sent to its members in what is believed to be the largest anti-spam award ever, The Associated Press has learned.
Fri, 9 May 08
Panel chair offers network neutrality bill
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24529828/
The chairman of the House Judiciary Committee on Thursday introduced legislation that would bar network providers from discriminating against some Internet content.
Fri, 9 May 08
Facebook, states set predator safeguards
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24524643/
Facebook, the world's second-largest social networking Web site, will add more than 40 new safeguards to protect young users from sexual predators and cyberbullies, attorneys general from several states said Thursday.
Thu, 8 May 08
Hackers try to spur epileptic seizures
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24510864/
Hackers recently bombarded the Epilepsy Foundation's Web site with hundreds of pictures and links to pages with rapidly flashing images. The breach triggered severe migraines and near-seizure reactions in some site visitors who viewed the images.
Wed, 7 May 08
Yahoo search to alert users to bad Web sites
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24483015/
Yahoo Inc. and McAfee Inc. are joining to offer alerts about potentially dangerous Web sites alongside search results generated at Yahoo.com.
Fri, 2 May 08
Bad idea? Posting all Italians' incomes on Web
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24407764/
For a few short hours this week, Italians got a chance to be each other's Big Brother: The government allowed Internet viewing of absolutely everyone's tax returns, including those of politicians, soccer players and TV personalities.
Thu, 1 May 08
Government Web site posts Italian incomes
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24388734/
Italians were surprised, and in some cases outraged, on Wednesday to discover that their income levels were available for public viewing on an Internet site.
Thu, 1 May 08
Criminals try to 'copyright' malware
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24394270/
Even criminal hackers want to protect their intellectual property, and they've come up with a method akin to copyrighting — with an appropriate dash of Internet thuggery thrown in.
