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(Vnunet) An international group of computer security experts and human rights workers has released an anonymous, fully portable web browser based on Mozilla Firefox. The Torpark browser comes pre-configured and requires no installation. It...
(Wired) A second person claims the recording industry has wrongly accused him of illegally sharing songs. Ross Plank, a software engineer from Playa del Rey, California, said that the Recording Industry Association of America...
(Wired) Call them spackers — they’re the new breed of computer crackers who earn a living in cahoots with spammers. The latest innovations developed by such mercenary hackers on behalf of the junk e-mail...
(Wired) BOSTON — In a possible case of mistaken identity, the recording industry has withdrawn a lawsuit against a 66-year-old sculptor who claims never to have even downloaded song-sharing software, let alone used it.
With the advent of yet another trojan program, some internet users may unwittingly find themselves spamming their fellow surfers with pornographic spam mail. Then again, they might not even know. Trojan program uses PCs...
