24th January 2004 Archive

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• Online fraud, ID theft soars

  Americans swindled out of $200m in 2003

  American consumers filed more that half-a-million fraud reports last year adding up to over $437 million in losses, with Internet fraud for the first time accounting for more than half of the complaints, according to a report released by the Federal Trade Commission this week. Identity theft was the most prevalent form of fraud …

  Security 24 Jan 2004, 09:58

• Windows for Welsh speakers

  Iechyd Da

  Microsoft is to start selling Welsh language versions of Windows XP and Office. Previously, the firm offered only a Welsh language spell checker. Now it is to incorporate all the interface commands in the Welsh language. Here's an example of the what one might expect: "Nid yw pori'r rhwydwaith yn bosib". It means: "Browsing the …

  Software 24 Jan 2004, 21:54

• Italian court rules mod chips legal

  'The product's owner can use it as they see fit'

  A court in Italy has dealt a major blow to the efforts of the platform holders to crack down on mod chips, ruling that PS2 mod chip devices are designed to "avoid monopolistic positions." The case was brought over a seizure of modded PlayStation 2s by the Italian authorities some days previously, with the court deciding that …

  Personal 24 Jan 2004, 22:32