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4th February 2007 Archive

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  • Security pros work to undo teacher's conviction

    'This machine should not have been on the Internet'

    Researchers led by the head of a Florida anti-spyware firm aim to recreate what caused a Connecticut school's classroom computer to start displaying pornographic pop-ups in October 2004, an incident that recently led to four felony convictions for the substitute teacher involved. This was a Windows 98 SE machine with IE 5 and …

    Enterprise Security 4 Feb 2007, 07:02

  • Pecker pipped in porno pickle

    No fame, no domain gain

    Only famous people who trade on their name have any chance of winning control of internet addresses containing their name, according to a decision by the World Intellectual Property Center (WIPO). Publishing executive David Pecker lost the right to gain control of davidpecker.com in a case judged by the WIPO Arbitration and …

    Law 4 Feb 2007, 08:02

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