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USC: Applicants' Files May Have Been Read (AP)
Sat, 09 Jul 2005 13:24:50 GMT
AP - Officials of the University of Southern California said they will contact everyone who used the school's online application system in the past eight years to warn them that a hacker may have been able to read their files.

Google Wins 'Typosquatting' Dispute (AP)
Sat, 09 Jul 2005 14:38:58 GMT
AP - An Internet arbitrator has awarded Google Inc. the rights to several Web site addresses that relied on typographical errors to exploit the online search engine's popularity so computer viruses and other malicious software could be unleashed on unsuspecting visitors.

Sasser Worm Creator's Sentence Suspended (AP)
Sat, 09 Jul 2005 10:44:34 GMT
AP - The teen creator of the "Sasser" Internet worm, which caused millions of dollars in damage worldwide, won't be going to jail despite his conviction Friday on charges including computer sabotage.

Bloggers Learn Price of Telling Too Much (AP)
Fri, 08 Jul 2005 19:33:01 GMT
AP - Blogs are everywhere — increasingly, the place where young people go to bare their souls, to vent, to gossip. And often they do so with unabashed fervor and little self-editing, posting their innermost thoughts for any number of Web surfers to see.

Media Honchos Consider Online Strategies (AP)
Fri, 08 Jul 2005 19:12:35 GMT
AP - As they work to come to grips with the Internet, entertainment moguls have a very clear goal: don't let what happened to the music industry happen to the rest of the entertainment industry.

German Teen Avoids Jail Time For Sasser Worm (washingtonpost.com)
Sat, 09 Jul 2005 05:00:00 GMT
washingtonpost.com - A German teenager was convicted yesterday of authoring the so-called Sasser computer worm that attacked Internet users around the world last year, but he avoided jail time because of his age.

Games ratings board probing Grand Theft Auto:SA (Reuters)
Sat, 09 Jul 2005 11:40:57 GMT
Reuters - The industry group that sets ratings for video games is probing whether hidden features within the blockbuster title "Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas" allows players to make their characters engage in simulated explicit sex acts.

Net, Wi-Fi, And Now Phone Biz (Investor's Business Daily)
Fri, 08 Jul 2005 23:00:00 GMT
Investor's Business Daily - Sky Dayton's gut instincts have proved right twice -- first with Internet service provider EarthLink, and then with Wi-Fi wireless Internet technology.

Apache faces Web services security spec roadblock (InfoWorld)
Sat, 09 Jul 2005 00:39:29 GMT
InfoWorld - Apache officials hope to iron out licensing issues with Microsoft and IBM pertaining to the WS-Security specification, so that Apache can add the technology to its open source Axis SOAP stack.

Microsoft Defends Claria Adware Changes (TechWeb)
Sat, 09 Jul 2005 01:11:00 GMT
TechWeb - Microsoft issues an open letter to customers explaining why it changed how its anti-spyware software handles adware from Claria, a pervasive brand of adware.

IBM Extends PowerPC with Dual-Core, Low-Power Chips (PC World)
Fri, 08 Jul 2005 21:00:00 GMT
PC World - New chips possible for last hurrah in Apple products.

Azio Enclosure Aims At Macs (TechWeb)
Fri, 08 Jul 2005 19:00:00 GMT
TechWeb - Azio recently took the wraps off an external hard-drive enclosure designed especially for Macintosh computer users. Storage solution providers can simply select the size and brand of hard drive and install it in the Azio enclosure. The USB 2.0 interface yields speeds up to 480 Mbps.