Crime

VeriSign suing ICANN over Sitefinder

There are not many Geeks out there that where appreciative of VeriSign meddling with the infrastructure of the Internet by re-directing mis-typed domains to it’s own search engine. So VeriSign has decided to sue ICANN for telling them to pull…

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Todd Cochrane
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Fake card reader results in stolen cash

Seems that a number of high tech thieves have found a new way to steal money. They attach a fake card reader to an actual ATM. Then when unsuspecting victims puts their card into the fake reader it then passes…

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Todd Cochrane
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Apple iPod target of muggers

Leave those white earbuds at home while traveling abroad. Seems thieves are targeting people with iPods in England. [www.thisislondon.co.uk]

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Todd Cochrane
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Did your website get seized

Seems a ISP had a visit by the FBI and all of the companies computers where seized in a effort to find something that had happened on a IRC server. Well instead of finding the data they hauled off all…

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Todd Cochrane
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RIAA sued on Racketeering!

A New Jersey woman who has been charged with file swapping by the RIAA, brought out the big guns and has countersued the big record labels. She is charging them with extortion and violations of the federal racketeering act. Hopefully…

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Todd Cochrane
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Lindows trademark lawsuit gains some ground

Microsoft has been after Lindows ever since the company started re-selling Linux on there own branded computers and software. They won a small ruling in their favor today where the judge gave the jury some instructions on how to interpret…

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Todd Cochrane