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Phishing With Swine Flu As Bait
Phishers and spammers have caught swine flu fever and are exploiting fears around the outbreak to try to sell pharmaceutical products or steal information, security experts said Tuesday.
Helpful Web Design Recommendations
Let’s recall that a website is the marketing tool for an online business. It goes without saying good websites must be attractive and be able to attract and grab the attention of a large number of visitors....The Most Dangerous Net Domain Is .hk
Security vendor McAfee has released the most dangerous neighborhoods on the Web with Hong Kongs, (.hk) domain jumping to the top of the list, followed by China's (.cn) domain....
Empowering People During Change Initiatives
Every organization is affected by change, especially during times of economic volatility. However, project managers tasked with leading change initiatives are all too aware of the alarming failure rates that can occur....
Hackers hijack DNS of High Profile New Zealand sites
A few days ago, a web site defacement group known as “The Peace Crew†has successfully hijacked the DNS records for high profile New Zealand web sites, through what Zone-H claims to be a SQL injection at New Zealand’s based registrar Domainz.net, in order to redirect the visitors to a defaced page featuring the infamous Bill Gates pieing photo, as well as anti-war messages....ICANN wants more people
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) wants to hire over 20 people....
VPS and Virtualization Come of Age
VPS and virtualization are still relatively young technologies in the grand scheme. Here’s what I mean:...auDA recklessness damages Australian domain industry
Larry Bloch, CEO & co-founder of Netregistry, says the Supreme Court's decision to grant a temporary injunction against the Australian Domain Name Administrator (auDA) on behalf of Bottle Domains has thrown the domain industry into a week of instability and chaos. ...Information Every Small Business Starting Online Needs to Know
When you’re a local company starting on the internet, trying to grow your customers, business and expose yourself to the rest of the world, the first requirement is to build a properly appealing site. If you do not have a website, it makes sense to choose an appropriate web host for your site while you create an accessible website....Three Firefox add-ons enhance Google searches
The first program I open every day is Firefox, and most days the first Web site I visit is Google. That's why I'm glad so many Firefox add-on developers have created tools that give me a new perspective on my Google search results. Here are three of my favorites....Domain battle hits the bottle
Controversial investor Nicholas Bolton's Bottle Domains company yesterday succesfully applied for a Supreme Court injuction to block Australia's domain name rugulator from terminating its accreditation....Most constituents opposed to new top level domain
It's strange how most commentors suggested ways to fix the procces and rules,but stil they oppose to any adoption of new top level domains....Circuit City rises from the grave (well, the domain name and IP, at least)
The prolonged death spiral of its retail stores have been well-documented (not least by our undercover spy shots of the so-called liquidation sales), but the Circuit City story seems to have added yet another chapter. ...
Bill Clinton Wants His Domain Names Back
In the late '90s, private investigator Joe Culliganregistered presidentbillclinton.com and other Clintonesque domain names as a joke. Now Bill Clinton's lawyer is pursuing legal action to get the website addresses....Conficker also installs fake antivirus software
Researchers have discovered another feature of the Conficker worm that provides an additional clue about the intent of the creators--the worm installs malware that masquerades as antivirus software, Trend Micro said on Friday....
Yahoo Messenger gets its own iPhone app
On Monday we noted in a First Look video that the Yahoo Messenger feature in the new Yahoo Mobile chat application for iPhone wasn't as strong as we'd like. On Tuesday, Yahoo released a distinct Yahoo Messenger for iPhone application that's free through the iTunes App Store, and tailor-made for the iPhone and iPod Touch....Microsoft slapped with $388 million patent verdict
Microsoft was hit Wednesday with a $388 million verdict in a long-running patent infringement case....Colombia Seeks New Registry Operator Sought for .CO
The Colombian Ministry of Communications is searching for a new operator of the .CO registry opening a tender for the contract. ...
Rid your computer of the Conficker virus
Let's assume you're on the receiving end of the worst April Fool's Day joke of 2009: your computer's been infected with the Conficker virus. It's a frustrating but not insurmountable problem. This guide will walk you through how to cleanse your computer and inoculate against other Conficker variants. ...Author info
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