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Hackerazzi man pleads guilty to targeting celebrities Scarlett Johansson, Mila Kunis, 50 others
In a highly publicized case last year, a Florida man this week pleaded guilty to hacking into the personal e-mail accounts of more than 50 actors including Scarlett Johansson, Mila Kunis, Renee Olstead. Specifically Christopher Chaney, 35, pleaded guilty to nine felony counts of a 28-count indictment, including unauthorized access to protected computers, wiretapping and wire fraud, unauthorized damage... Read More


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Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen's identity stolen by AWOL soldier
An AWOL soldier living in Pittsburgh has been charged with stealing the identity of Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen and using his credit card account to make a $658.81 payment on a loan from Armed Forces Bank. Read More

Are Open Source Libraries Any More Vulnerable Than Closed Source?
My friend and Network World editor, Ellen Messmer posted an article yesterday about the results of an analysis by Aspect Security of the Central Repository maintained by Sonatype. The study was announced by Aspect and Sonatype yesterday. Read More

Counterterrorism database stores all Americans as potential domestic terrorists
Terrorism is not a 4-letter cuss word, but it might be a curse word . . . a five year curse on every American citizen that is. By using terrorism as a justification, the government will collect and store personal information on Americans who have absolutely no ties to terrorism and are suspected of no crime. Your info will be dumped into a database and stored for five years. Why? So U.S. Read More


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Security Firm AVG Releases Do-Not-Track Feature for Windows
If the recent debates around the Federal Trade Commission's call for a Do-Not-Track tool have you concerned about online privacy, computer security firm AVG recently announced a new do-not-track feature for Windows. AVG's new tool is available to users of its free and paid security products as a free update. New users can get the tool by downloading AVG Anti-virus Free Edition, and then running a program update to get the new do-not-track feature. The new tool works as an add-on with Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome browsers. Read More

Facebook making the right noises on password privacy
Facebook has a message for creepy bosses who ask their workers for their Facebook passwords: You're icky, we don't like you, and we reserve the right to sue you. Check out this note posted late last week by Facebook chief privacy officer Erin Egan: Read More


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FTC chairman: Do-not-track law may not be needed
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A quick look: The Angry Birds phenomenon
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If it ain't broke, don't fix it: ancient computers in use today
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