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  • Buy Net access from the checkout line

    There's another option for their Internet access--prepaid Net cards. You can buy up to 600 minutes for $10: no files, no forms, no credit cards.

    News items | June 13, 2001 12:00am PDT

  • Have you seen this geek?

    Jay Nelson , dubbed the "the Internet's John Dillinger" by federal authorities, is accused of bilking auction Web site users out of hundreds of thousands of dollars. Now he's on the lam, and...

    News items | June 8, 2001 12:00am PDT

  • Hackers cash in on e-commerce bug

    A small online company misses an e-mail warning about flaws in its shopping cart software. Customers' credit card numbers are stolen. Who takes the blame?

    News items | May 17, 2001 12:00am PDT

  • Three Microsoft sites attacked

    Microsoft’s UK, Mexico and Saudi Arabia sites were replaced with messages from the hacker group Prime Suspectz.

    News items | May 4, 2001 12:00am PDT

  • Can software predict violence?

    New software scans every e-mail sent by each employee, looking for changes in vocabulary patterns. Is this a life-saving breakthrough or Big Brother?

    News items | May 1, 2001 12:00am PDT

  • Cyberstalking rears its head in the workplace

    Cyberstalking doesn't happen only in the far corners of the Internet, on bulletin boards or in chat rooms. Stalking is going mainstream and has made its way into the workplace, where jilted lovers...

    News items | April 25, 2001 12:00am PDT

  • IBM brings Linux, Unix closer

    San Francisco sidewalks are covered with penguins and peace signs to celebrate IBM's new AIX, a Unix-based operating system that natively runs Linux applications.

    News items | April 23, 2001 12:00am PDT

  • Warner Bros.: Someone stole our e-mail

    A hacker broke into Warner Bros. Online computer system and sent an e-mail touting a pyramid-type investment scheme to its newsletter subscribers.

    News items | April 10, 2001 12:00am PDT

  • Is digital divide growing by design?

    Try to open a laptop with one hand. Software designers were told it was problems like this that keep technology inaccessible to millions. But there's hope.

    News items | April 4, 2001 12:00am PDT

  • Hacker diaries: How crooks milk the system

    What do computer fraudsters do all day? Work the system--and reap the rewards. Take a peek at the daily life of two hackers, and get an inside look at the front line...

    News items | April 2, 2001 12:00am PDT

  • April Fool!: Timing's right for a bug

    With Daylight Saving Time kicking in April 1st, an old bug that messes up the time change could hit some unwary users.

    News items | March 30, 2001 12:00am PST

  • Porn replaces corn on ag research site

    A distinguished research database falls victim to a domain-name hijacking. Suddenly farmers' and gardeners' queries are answered by x-rated growing tips.

    News items | March 23, 2001 12:00am PST

  • 'Stick' causes an anti-hacking panic

    The Internet crime division of the FBI issued a vaguely-worded warning last week about an alarming new tool soon to be available to computer...

    News items | March 18, 2001 12:00am PST

  • Jamming could be the answer to mobile phone traffic

    As more and more mobile phone users become more and more annoying with their calling habits, governments are seeking new ways to control the traffic.

    News items | March 14, 2001 12:00am PST

  • Police crack down on Net fraud ring

    The suspects used a fake Web site to trick naive users into giving up their credit card information. Then they bought and sold items over eBay.

    News items | February 21, 2001 12:00am PST

  • 'Love Bug' variant 'Cartolina' sending European postcards

    The good news? Messages containing the notorious e-mail worm are written in Italian, which could prevent the infection from spreading to romantics in the United States.

    News items | February 8, 2001 12:00am PST

  • AOL sees red over ICQ spying programs

    Ukrainian software developers are pitching programs that impersonate other ICQ members, sniff out Internet Protocol addresses, and even steal ICQ numbers.

    News items | February 1, 2001 12:00am PST

  • Yahoo, Microsoft traffic 'hijacked'

    A computer glitch is being blamed for cutting off Web traffic headed for Yahoo.com and Microsoft.com on Saturday. For about 12 hours, thousands of Internet users trying to visit those two popular...

    News items | January 22, 2001 12:00am PST

  • Yahoo, MS traffic diverted accidentally

    Once again the vulnerability of the Internet is displayed as a glitch diverted traffic from two top sites to another page for 12 hours.

    News items | January 22, 2001 12:00am PST

  • Sex offender Web sites are insecure

    Web surfers can browse through files and directories they shouldn't be able to see because of a security vulnerabilty at several sex offender registry Web sites.

    News items | January 12, 2001 12:00am PST

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