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Facebook 'Connect' To Let Users Share Profiles

May 9, 2008
Following MySpace's lead, Facebook's upcoming service includes user-maintained controls for basic profile information, photos, personal videos, and friend lists.

Phishing Campaign Targets Tax Rebate Checks

May 9, 2008
The phishing messages claim that the fastest way to receive one's economic stimulus tax rebate is through direct deposit and include a Web link to an online submission form.

ID Theft Monitoring Services: What You Need To Know

May 9, 2008
Fee-based services say they'll protect your identity, privacy, credit, name, and more. Find out what they can and can not do -- and learn what you can do to defend yourself.

MySpace To Share User Profiles With Other Sites

May 8, 2008
Yahoo, eBay, Photobucket, and Twitter have joined the site's "data-availability initiative" using OAuth integration technology.

FBI Withdraws Probe Of Wayback Machine Users

May 8, 2008
The settlement stems from a lawsuit claiming the FBI's request for information about the Internet Archive's Web library violated the First Amendment.

TorrentSpy Ordered To Pay $110 Million In Piracy Case

May 8, 2008
The Motion Picture Association of America announced that it won a permanent injunction against the site for distribution of pirated video.

Hackers Join Social Network Craze With 'House Of Hackers'

May 7, 2008
GnuCitizen's site promotes exchanging ideas through elite circles and tiger/red teams, but frowns on all criminal activities.

Congressman Seeks Second Life Ban In Schools, Libraries

May 7, 2008
Illinois' Mark Kirk hopes to quash online sex predators lurking around the virtual world by reviving the 2006 Deleting Online Predators Act.

Fake MP3 Trojan Detected On 27% Of PCs

May 7, 2008
McAfee Avert Labs says more than half a million of the adware programs disguised as media files have been detected in less than a week.

Piracy Becomes Focus Of Net Neutrality Debate

May 6, 2008
The Recording Industry Association of America weighed in on the Internet traffic management issue at a House subcommittee hearing Tuesday.

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