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RSS chatroomsIM worm installs rogue browser
News These PCs are connected to instant messaging networks and typically logged in to chatrooms, which are often the starting point for new IM worms. A new instant messaging worm installs a rogue web browser called "Safety Browser" and hijacks the user... [23 May 2006]
Email rape gossip could land companies in the dock
News Speculation has been rife, though, and several UK websites closed down their internet chatrooms after users posted the names of those they claimed were involved. Companies whose employees are speculating via email about the identity of the... [03 Oct 2003]
Best of Reader Comments: Nationwide's offshoring snub and internet blame game
News As a family, we talk about the dangers of chatrooms, in the same way we would discuss why a film/television programme may or may not be suitable for them to view. A number of stories from the past week have caused an influx of emails and reader... [20 Jan 2004]
School bullies taunt victims over the net
News Last year the NHC released a similar study that found one in five youngsters had suffered 'digital bullying' either by text messages, email or in internet chatrooms. One in 10 teenagers has been bullied online over email or instant messenger, while... [15 Mar 2006]
Will 'bounty' scheme stop spammers?
News When Sven Jaschan was arrested for writing Sasser it was because he had been bragging to friends and boasting about it in chatrooms. The US Federal Trade Commission is considering offering bounties of as much as $250,000 on spammers in an attempt... [17 Sep 2004]
Botched hack brings down major US port
News With reference to the IRC logs he said hackers - often Turkish - regularly took over chatrooms with other users names and when quizzed about the Unicode hacking tool "coded by Aaron" found on his PC he said: "Aaron is a very, very common name". [07 Oct 2003]
Skype to get bloggers talking?
News Internet telephony provider Skype plans to offer bloggers and others the ability to hold audio chats in the next version of its net telephone product. Speaking at the at the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco, Skype co-founder Niklas Zennström, one of... [08 Nov 2006]
Virus writers prey upon newsgroups
News McAfee, the anti-virus division of Network Associates has warned many internet newsgroups are increasingly targeted by virus writers. The company said viruses, disguised as images or .exe files, are often posted more than 200 times a day on usenet... [05 Jul 2001]
Olympics braces itself for six billion virtual visits
News This year's includes news, chatrooms, information sorted by sport and country, and an online shop for Olympic merchandise. The Sydney 2000 games mark the third time IBM has hosted an official Olympics website. [15 Sep 2000]
Linus Torvalds: King of the duck pond
Comment When you first meet Linus Torvalds what shines out is his apparent shyness. Inside the headquarters of Transmeta - the Silicon Valley chip-designer that now employs him - I met a man who is admired by millions of people the world over for his... [18 May 2001]
Internet to blame for marriage breakdowns
News Stressed spouses are increasingly blaming online dating groups, chatrooms and porn sites for their relationship breakdowns, according to Relate. One in ten people approaching marriage guidance counsellor Relate claim surfing the internet has ruined... [15 Apr 2002]
Social network sites scuttled by shipping business
News But with the increased popularity of social networking sites, chatrooms and online shopping, the company has been forced to monitor and curtail staff browsing activities. Shipping and tanker agency Graypen has installed web filtering technology... [21 Sep 2007]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: School's out - so watch out
Comment The scope of sites is vast - from music and movies and games through eBay, shopping, chatrooms, alternative reality sites, instant messaging, videoconferencing, VoIP and much more. Written in my home office and despatched to silicon.com from a free... [21 Aug 2006]
Quocirca's Straight Talking: Mobile internet reality
Comment But even here, right from the outset, people subscribe to news groups, join chatrooms, belong to community networks, or have their shared favourite jumping-off point. The success of a 'mobile internet' doesn't mean trying to replicate the desktop... [11 Jan 2007]
Dan's China diary - day 8
Comment Mrs Rao didn't know what to do but surf the net day and night and talk in chatrooms. This is his warts-and-all diary, which appears daily this month. For in-depth coverage of this fact-finding trip inside China, including analysis and exclusive... [17 Jun 2006]
