Three plead guilty in Nigerian spam scheme
Three people have pleaded guilty to charges related to spam email that promised US victims millions of dollars from an estate and a lottery, the US Department of Justice announced this week.
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Critic: Tech companies trying open spectrum too much
Tech companies pushing for access to spectrum "white spaces" and for net neutrality and open access on broadband and wireless networks have an antiproperty agenda, said one critic on Wednesday.
Nokia to close German plant, lay off workers
Mobile phone maker Nokia will lay off 2,300 employees at a German plant and move production to lower-cost European sites, the company announced Tuesday.
Colombian man pleads guilty to hotel computer scam
A Colombian man pleaded guilty yesterday to a 16-county indictment involving an identity theft scheme in which he installed keylogging software on hotel business centre computers and internet lounges in order to steal passwords, account data and other personal information, the US Department of Justice has announced.
New York launches antitrust investigation of Intel
New York state Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has launched an antitrust investigation of Intel, and on Thursday, his office served a wide-ranging subpoena on the company.
CEA pushes for free trade at CES
The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) is rallying for free trade agreements during its huge US Consumer Electronics Show (CES) this week, saying barrier-free trade with other countries is crucial to the growth of US jobs.
Company suing OLPC asked for US$20 million
A company suing the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) Association for patent infringement has asked for US$20 million to settle claims that the nonprofit had copied its keyboard.
Group warns of sites offering unlicensed music
People who received MP3 players as holiday gifts may want to steer clear of some Web sites that claim to offer legal music but don't have licensing agreements with major music labels, the Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT) said.
8.3 million in US victims of ID theft in 2005
About 8.3 million U.S. residents — nearly 4% of the nation's population — were victims of identity theft in 2005, but few victims identified computer-related crime as the culprit, according to a US Federal Trade Commission report released Tuesday.
OLPC sued for patent infringement
A Massachusetts company has sued the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) Association for patent infringement, charging the project with stealing its designs for a multilingual keyboard.
Study: Internet could run out of capacity in two years
Consumer and corporate use of the Internet could overload the current capacity and lead to brown-outs in two years unless backbone providers invest billions of dollars in new infrastructure, according to a study released Monday.
Dell to acquire SAN vendor EqualLogic
Dell has entered into an agreement to acquire SAN (storage area network) vendor EqualLogic for US$1.4 billion, the companies announced Monday.
Survey: Open source gaining traction in US government
More than half of all US government executives have rolled out open-source software at their agencies, and 71 percent believe their agency can benefit from open-source software, according to a survey.
Google, IBM promote cloud computing at universities
Google and IBM have teamed up to offer a curriculum and support for software development on large-scale distributed computing systems, with six universities signing up so far.
Four plead guilty to email, securities fraud
Three US men and one man living in France have pleaded guilty to charges related to a stock manipulation scheme that included sending out tens of millions of spam messages to pump up the stock value of 15 companies, the US Department of Justice said Thursday.