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Wed, 30 Jul 08
Are airline kiosks safe?
http://redtape.msnbc.com/2008/07/airline-travele.html#posts


Travelers may want to think twice about swiping their credit cards at airport self-service check-in kiosks following the possible theft of credit card account numbers at Canada's largest airport in Toronto.Travelers may want to think twice about swiping their credit cards at airport self-service check-in kiosks following the possible theft of credit card account numbers at Canada's largest airport in Toronto.

Tue, 29 Jul 08
Study: Online threats emerging faster
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25891281/
The bad guys on the Internet are narrowing the time frame they need to unleash computer attacks that take advantage of publicly disclosed security holes, new research shows.

Sat, 26 Jul 08
T-Mobile sued over 'mandatory' text fees
http://redtape.msnbc.com/2008/07/when-marco-zald.html
When Marco Zaldivar asked T-Mobile to shut off his text service, the firm said that was impossible. Instead, he was given a Hobson's choice — either sign up for a bundled text message plan with a monthly fee, pay $800 in early termination fees to cancel the service or turn the phones off for the remainder of his two-year contract.

Thu, 24 Jul 08
Web site design flaws make banking riskier
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25819973/
Many U.S. banks are unwittingly training their online customers to take risks with their passwords and other sensitive account information, leaving them more vulnerable to fraud, new research shows.

Tue, 22 Jul 08
Facebook redesign to weed out toxic spam
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25782325/
Facebook Inc. is making sweeping changes to the world's largest social networking site, aiming to give users more control and to curb new forms of spam, company officials said late on Sunday.

Sat, 19 Jul 08
The end of human customer service?
http://redtape.msnbc.com/2008/07/the-end-of-huma.html#posts
Imagine standing in a retail store desperately looking for help from someone, anyone, and being directed to ... a computer screen. "No one here can help you," a clerk might say. "But someone 1,500 miles away probably can." This just might be the future of customer service.

Fri, 18 Jul 08
EU warns against buying ring tones online
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25723127/
Eight out of 10 Web sites selling mobile phone ring tones and graphics are tricking people with hidden fees or false advertising, the EU's consumer affairs commissioner said Thursday.

Thu, 17 Jul 08
Engineer accused of network tampering
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25709872/
A city computer engineer accused of tampering with San Francisco's new computer network to give himself exclusive access was ordered held on $5 million bail.

Wed, 16 Jul 08
Man gets prison time for spamming AOL
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25694937/
A New York man was sentenced to 30 months in prison on Tuesday for sending spam e-mails to more than 1.2 million subscribers of America Online.

Sat, 12 Jul 08
FCC chief says Comcast violated Internet rules
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25638064/
The head of the Federal Communications Commission said Thursday he will recommend that the nation's largest cable company be punished for violating agency principles that guarantee customers open access to the Internet.

Fri, 11 Jul 08
Microsoft, Google back privacy legislation
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25622863/
Microsoft Corp. and Google Inc. told lawmakers Wednesday that Congress should pass basic privacy legislation to protect information about consumers, such as the data being gathered about people's Web surfing habits in order to pinpoint Internet advertising.

Wed, 9 Jul 08
Justice Breyer among victims in data breach
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25595899/


TO GO WITH AFP STORY: US-vote-justice by Fanny Carrier (FILES) This nine image combination taken March 3, 2006 shows the Justices of the US Supreme Court during their class photo opportunity at the Supreme Court in Washington, DC. Top row from left are: Anthony Kennedy, John Paul Stevens, Antonin Scalia. Middle row from left are:Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Chief Justice John Roberts, and David Souter. Bottom row from left are: Stephen Breyer, Clarence Thomas, and Samuel Alito. The next president of the United States may be able to appoint several Supreme Court justices -- the powerful judges whose rulings affect the daily lives of Americans -- yet the issue is underplayed on the presidential campaign trail. The US Supreme Court has nine justices, of which five are considered conservative and four are considered moderate or liberal. Supreme Court experts believe that at least three of the justices -- John Paul Stevens, 88, Ruth Ginsburg, 75, and David Souter, who at 68 has always felt uncomfortable in the spotlight -- are likely to retire in the next four years. AFP PHOTO/FILES/Paul J. RICHARDS (Photo credit should read PAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP/Getty Images)Last year, a Virginia investment firm employee decided to trade music or a movie on the file-sharing network LimeWire on a company computer. He inadvertently shared his firm's files, including personal data of clients, one of them Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer.

Wed, 9 Jul 08
Lawmakers to probe 'adware' practices
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25592594/
Executives from major Internet players — Microsoft Corp., Google Inc. and Facebook Inc. — are due for a grilling about online privacy in a Senate committee Wednesday, but the company likely to get the most scrutiny is a small Silicon Valley startup called NebuAd Inc.

Tue, 8 Jul 08
'Public' online spaces don't carry speech, rights
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25568534/
Rant all you want in a public park. A police officer generally won't eject you for your remarks alone, however unpopular or provocative. Say it on the Internet, and you'll find that free speech and other constitutional rights are anything but guaranteed.

Sun, 6 Jul 08
Internet addressing agency loses its addresses
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25543624/
This doesn't sound good: The nonprofit agency in charge of the Internet's addresses recently lost track of its own.

Fri, 4 Jul 08
Google in deal with Brazil to fight child porn
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25514386/
Internet search company Google  signed an agreement with Brazilian public prosecutors on Wednesday to help combat child pornography on its social networking site Orkut, an accord that the company believes is the first of its kind internationally.

Fri, 4 Jul 08
Privacy advocates decry YouTube court order
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25522070/
A U.S. judge's order to Google to turn over YouTube user data to Viacom sparked an outcry on Thursday from privacy advocates in the midst of a legal showdown over video piracy.

Thu, 3 Jul 08
ATM breach highlights security problems
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25495280/
Hackers broke into Citibank's network of ATMs inside 7-Eleven stores and stole customers' PIN codes, according to recent court filings that revealed a disturbing security hole in the most sensitive part of a banking record.

Thu, 3 Jul 08
U.S., EU near deal on protecting privacy
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25499475/
Privacy rights vs. terror fights: The EU and the United States are close to agreeing on how to protect personal and private data while still letting law enforcement officials share information to combat organized crime and terrorism.


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