The owner of the Hotmail account was confirmed to be at home, safe.
Imagine getting an e-mail from a friend or family member with the following subject line: “ITS IMPORTANT YOU GET BACK ME TODAY.”
The body of one of the e-mails, sent to a CNET reporter, reads:
Microsoft had no direct comment.
That’s exactly what a second [...]
This week’s political response to the latter part of the boom-and-bust cycle is mostly predictable, at least in broad outline. When a central bank such as the Federal Reserve expands the money supply too quickly, it can create a temporary boom fueled by unsustainable borrowing and so-called “malinvestments” that would not have taken place otherwise. [...]
The clock is ticking down on Conflicker, an Internet worm that’s making the rounds in various incarnations and is getting more sophisticated. It could be huge, or it could be nada. It’s all part of a guessing game and we may know more tomorrow. CNET News’ Elinor Mills has the latest. Listen now:
Swedish [...]
Security experts warned on Monday of a new insidious e-mail scam that features false information about a bomb explosion in the recipient’s hometown and leads to a malicious Web site.
Attackers are using IP address geolocation techniques to tailor fake news to the home town of the e-mail recipient in the latest Waledac scam.
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The GOP anticipates around 45,000 people arriving for the convention. And to accommodate delegates’ cell phones, broadcasters’ videocameras, and numerous other gadgets, the party has spent the last 16 months rewiring the Xcel Energy Center from the ground up.
Though the eight-year-old Xcel Center is modern, as Everett said, Qwest overlaid 100 percent of the wiring [...]
In our an interview, Merrill said that a winning business model hasn’t been found, and that’s what he’s after.
Some of you out there can pat yourselves on the back. You’ve been shouting for years on Web sites, message boards, and blogs that the music industry would one day bow to technology.
And which retailer [...]
The article said that the storied venture capital firm, which was an early backer of Internet icons Amazon.com, Google, and others, has invested in about 40
green-tech start-ups but is still awaiting a successful financial “exit” of an initial public offering or acquisition.
The creaking electricity grid got a shot in the arm on Tuesday from [...]
The Journal reported that only 5,000 of the 40,000 screens in the U.S. and Canada are outfitted with digital technology. It will take several years after Universal and Disney sign on, which could happen as early as this week, for the transition to be complete, the sources said.
Universal and Disney have agreed in principle to [...]
AOL on Wednesday unveiled a new e-mail feature designed to allow users to access multiple e-mail services from one location on the site.
The new features follow efforts earlier this year to shore up the company’s user traffic by revamping the design of its Web sites, from Money & Finance to its News and [...]
Vringo Facebook is in pre-release beta for BlackBerry and Windows Mobile phones. You can get in line for the invite-only phone download at http://www.vringo.com/AppServer/fb/index.jsp.
It’d be better if the image stuck around until you answered (maybe it was shy during my tests?), and if the syncing process were streamlined. Vringo’s original service still nets higher points [...]
