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ID thieves find a niche in online social networks Los Angeles Times - May 5, 2008 Michael Maris became an unwitting spammer. The 22-year-old college student from Chicago received messages last year from annoyed friends on MySpace, wondering why he had used the social networking site to send them pitches for male enhancement products. He checked his outgoing mail folder and discovered that someone had hacked into his account, then blasted the unsolicited messages to each of his ...
Radio rebels to ignore watchdog's request to assist broadcast probe South China Morning Post - April 24, 2008 The telecommunications watchdog has moved a step closer to launching action against lawmakers who took part in an unlicensed radio broadcast on Sunday. Emily Lau Wai-hing of The Frontier, Albert Chan Wai-yip and Leung Kwok-hung of the League of Social Democrats and unionist Lee Cheuk-yan confirmed yesterday they had received letters from the Office of the Telecommunications Authority asking them t...
DISH Hacker Says He Was Hired by News Corp. PC Magazine.com - April 24, 2008 SANTA ANA, California (Reuters) - A computer hacker testified on Wednesday that a News Corp unit hired him to develop pirating software, but denied using it to penetrate the security system of a rival satellite television service....
EBay sues Craigslist over stake; It says board diluted its interest in popular site by more than 10% The San Francisco Chronicle (California) - April 23, 2008 Online auction giant eBay sued the popular Internet community site Craigslist on Tuesday, claiming that its economic interest in the smaller site has been unfairly diluted by more than 10 percent....
Gemstar settles Digeo patent suit Los Angeles Times - April 22, 2008 Gemstar-TV Guide International Inc., the provider of interactive program listings that is being acquired by Macrovision Corp., settled a patent-infringement lawsuit against Digeo Inc. Digeo will take a patent license from Los Angeles-based Gemstar to cover program guides under a multiyear agreement, the companies said. Terms weren't disclosed. Gemstar's lawsuit also named Charter Communications In...

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