Researchers have successfully created an optical transistor from a single molecule. This has brought them one step closer to an optical computer.
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Researchers have successfully created an optical transistor from a single molecule. This has brought them one step closer to an optical computer.
Reports from Iran say that the country has unblocked SMS messaging services for the first time since the contested election. Texts, as well as social networking and blogging services, were used by protestors demonstrating against the election result in the country.
There had
Reports from Iran say that the country has unblocked SMS messaging services for the first time since the contested election. Texts, as well as social networking and blogging services, were used by protestors demonstrating against the election result in the country.
There had been texting restrictions since June 11, a day before the elections.
However, Iranian new agency Tabnak.ir says that while the service is back up and running, it’s having problems. Messages that are up to three weeks old are being sent, and some people are receiving multiple repeated messages.
Defeated opposition candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi had published a statem
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Battlefield 1943 to Invade Xbox 360 and PS3…For Just $15
Electronic Arts has announced that Battlefield 1943, its latest WWI-themed first person shooter from subsidiary studio Dice, will launch as a download-only game on Xbox Live (on July and PlayStation Network (on July 9) for just
Battlefield 1943 to Invade Xbox 360 and PS3...For Just $15
Electronic Arts has announced that Battlefield 1943, its latest WWI-themed first person shooter from subsidiary studio Dice, will launch as a download-only game on Xbox Live (on July 8) and PlayStation Network (on July 9) for just $15. The first-person shooter builds on the award-winning Battlefield 1942 and takes players into four Pacific battles (Wake Island, Iwo Jima, Coral Sea, and Guadalcanal). And the game comes with a community challenge for social gamers: to work together on the Coral Sea battle to reach 43 million kills across both Xbox Live and PlayStation Network.
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Rumors and reports of overheating iPhone 3GS handsets began circulating last week, not long after Apple had begun selling the new phone.
Now Apple has issued a warning that people should not leave the device in cars in hot weather, and saying that the phone will give a tempe
Rumors and reports of overheating iPhone 3GS handsets began circulating last week, not long after Apple had begun selling the new phone.
Now Apple has issued a warning that people should not leave the device in cars in hot weather, and saying that the phone will give a temperature warning if it becomes too hot.
The company has said that the phone might become hot if left in a hot car, or used in direct sunlight “for extended periods of time,” or if certain applications, such as GPS or listening to music, are used in hot conditions or in direct sunlight for long periods.
One possible culpr
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It’s a sign of the time, or possibly of the Apocalypse. Your popularity on micro-blogging service Twitter is measured by the number of followers you have – those who sign up to receive your Tweets, or messages you send.
For those distinctly lacking in charisma, A
It’s a sign of the time, or possibly of the Apocalypse. Your popularity on micro-blogging service Twitter is measured by the number of followers you have – those who sign up to receive your Tweets, or messages you send.
For those distinctly lacking in charisma, Australian service uSocial will sell you followers, at $87 for 1,000, going up to a block of 100,000, according to the BBC. And they’re not short of business.
uSocial finds potential followers by searching Twitter for those with similar interests and locations. Then it messages those people to alert them about the person t
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It looks as if Lori Drew, the Missouri woman accused of cyber bullying a teenage girl on MySpace who later killed herself, will walk free.
She supposedly posed as a teenage boy on the social networking site and developed a relationship with 13-year-old Megan Meier, before du
It looks as if Lori Drew, the Missouri woman accused of cyber bullying a teenage girl on MySpace who later killed herself, will walk free.
She supposedly posed as a teenage boy on the social networking site and developed a relationship with 13-year-old Megan Meier, before dumping her with the words "the world would be better off without." Meier committed suicide.
Drew, 50, was found guilty of illegally accessing computers, but Judge George Wu has indicated he’s tentatively acquitting her, saying:
“If Drew were convicted for breaking the social networking site's terms of service, "you could prosecute pretty much a
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Clever e-mail scam: Someone bought this in your name
An e-mail message purporting to be from PayPal warns the recipient that their PayPal account has automatically sent money to any unfamiliar person. But if the person clicks on "Cancel Transaction," that's when the r
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Clever e-mail scam: Someone bought this in your name
An e-mail message purporting to be from PayPal warns the recipient that their PayPal account has automatically sent money to any unfamiliar person. But if the person clicks on "Cancel Transaction," that's when the real problems begin. (Click on the image above to see the complete "phishing" e-mail.)
[ Photo: J. Fox ]
I've been getting e-mail phishing scams for several years and thought I'd seen it all. But this week I received an e-mail that wasn't the usual "We're doing a security check and need your password" scam.
The e-mail appears to come from PayPal, a popular institution often imitated by scammers. What's unusual is that it seems to be a confirmation of a purchase, for more than $400, paid from my PayPal account. There's even a realistic-looking transaction, including the name and address of the person whom you're supposed to assume made the purchase.
I picked this up as a scam fairly quickly because I've trained myself to recognize such cons. But I suspect that a consumer fearful that their PayPal account had been incorrectly charged would hastily follow the scam's instructions to click on the “CANCEL TRANSACTION” link to sign into their account.
If that link were still active (it wasn't when I tried it), doing that would give the criminals the information they need to immediately access the account and drain its funds. (Based on our most recent State of the Net Survey, we estimate that, over the past two years, about 7 million American consumers gave such phishers personal information and that, nationally, phishers stole nearly half a billion dollars from online consumers.)
Here's how to avoid becoming a cybervictim:
- Never click on links in any e-mail, from any institution, that offers to take you directly to your savings, checking, or other financial account.
- Remember that most reputable financial institutions never send e-mails asking you to access your account. No matter how genuine such an e-mail may look, it's probably bogus.
- To report a phishing e-mail forward it to the Anti-Phishing Working Group
- For free tips on how to stay safe online, visit our Online Security Guide.
- To find the best software for protecting your computer, see our Ratings of Security Software Suites (available only to subscribers).
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An e-mail message purporting to be from PayPal warns the recipient that their PayPal account has automatically sent money to any unfamiliar person. But if the person clicks on "Cancel Transaction," that's when the r
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Clever e-mail scam: Someone bought this in your name
An e-mail message purporting to be from PayPal warns the recipient that their PayPal account has automatically sent money to any unfamiliar person. But if the person clicks on "Cancel Transaction," that's when the real problems begin. (Click on the image above to see the complete "phishing" e-mail.)
[ Photo: J. Fox ]
I've been getting e-mail phishing scams for several years and thought I'd seen it all. But this week I received an e-mail that wasn't the usual "We're doing a security check and need your password" scam.
The e-mail appears to come from PayPal, a popular institution often imitated by scammers. What's unusual is that it seems to be a confirmation of a purchase, for more than $400, paid from my PayPal account. There's even a realistic-looking transaction, including the name and address of the person whom you're supposed to assume made the purchase.
I picked this up as a scam fairly quickly because I've trained myself to recognize such cons. But I suspect that a consumer fearful that their PayPal account had been incorrectly charged would hastily follow the scam's instructions to click on the “CANCEL TRANSACTION” link to sign into their account.
If that link were still active (it wasn't when I tried it), doing that would give the criminals the information they need to immediately access the account and drain its funds. (Based on our most recent State of the Net Survey, we estimate that, over the past two years, about 7 million American consumers gave such phishers personal information and that, nationally, phishers stole nearly half a billion dollars from online consumers.)
Here's how to avoid becoming a cybervictim:
- Never click on links in any e-mail, from any institution, that offers to take you directly to your savings, checking, or other financial account.
- Remember that most reputable financial institutions never send e-mails asking you to access your account. No matter how genuine such an e-mail may look, it's probably bogus.
- To report a phishing e-mail forward it to the Anti-Phishing Working Group
- For free tips on how to stay safe online, visit our Online Security Guide.
- To find the best software for protecting your computer, see our Ratings of Security Software Suites (available only to subscribers).
—Jeff Fox/em>
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Clever e-mail scam: Someone bought this in your name
An e-mail message purporting to be from PayPal warns the recipient that their PayPal account has automatically sent money to any unfamiliar person. But if the person clicks on "Cancel Transaction," that's when the r
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Clever e-mail scam: Someone bought this in your name
An e-mail message purporting to be from PayPal warns the recipient that their PayPal account has automatically sent money to any unfamiliar person. But if the person clicks on "Cancel Transaction," that's when the real problems begin. (Click on the image above to see the complete "phishing" e-mail.)
[ Photo: J. Fox ]
I've been getting e-mail phishing scams for several years and thought I'd seen it all. But this week I received an e-mail that wasn't the usual "We're doing a security check and need your password" scam.
The e-mail appears to come from PayPal, a popular institution often imitated by scammers. What's unusual is that it seems to be a confirmation of a purchase, for more than $400, paid from my PayPal account. There's even a realistic-looking transaction, including the name and address of the person whom you're supposed to assume made the purchase.
I picked this up as a scam fairly quickly because I've trained myself to recognize such cons. But I suspect that a consumer fearful that their PayPal account had been incorrectly charged would hastily follow the scam's instructions to click on the “CANCEL TRANSACTION” link to sign into their account.
If that link were still active (it wasn't when I tried it), doing that would give the criminals the information they need to immediately access the account and drain its funds. (Based on our most recent State of the Net Survey, we estimate that, over the past two years, about 7 million American consumers gave such phishers personal information and that, nationally, phishers stole nearly half a billion dollars from online consumers.)
Here's how to avoid becoming a cybervictim:
- Never click on links in any e-mail, from any institution, that offers to take you directly to your savings, checking, or other financial account.
- Remember that most reputable financial institutions never send e-mails asking you to access your account. No matter how genuine such an e-mail may look, it's probably bogus.
- To report a phishing e-mail forward it to the Anti-Phishing Working Group
- For free tips on how to stay safe online, visit our Online Security Guide.
- To find the best software for protecting your computer, see our Ratings of Security Software Suites (available only to subscribers).
—Jeff Fox/em>
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Clever e-mail scam: Someone bought this in your name
An e-mail message purporting to be from PayPal warns the recipient that their PayPal account has automatically sent money to any unfamiliar person. But if the person clicks on "Cancel Transaction," that's when the r
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Clever e-mail scam: Someone bought this in your name
An e-mail message purporting to be from PayPal warns the recipient that their PayPal account has automatically sent money to any unfamiliar person. But if the person clicks on "Cancel Transaction," that's when the real problems begin. (Click on the image above to see the complete "phishing" e-mail.)
[ Photo: J. Fox ]
I've been getting e-mail phishing scams for several years and thought I'd seen it all. But this week I received an e-mail that wasn't the usual "We're doing a security check and need your password" scam.
The e-mail appears to come from PayPal, a popular institution often imitated by scammers. What's unusual is that it seems to be a confirmation of a purchase, for more than $400, paid from my PayPal account. There's even a realistic-looking transaction, including the name and address of the person whom you're supposed to assume made the purchase.
I picked this up as a scam fairly quickly because I've trained myself to recognize such cons. But I suspect that a consumer fearful that their PayPal account had been incorrectly charged would hastily follow the scam's instructions to click on the “CANCEL TRANSACTION” link to sign into their account.
If that link were still active (it wasn't when I tried it), doing that would give the criminals the information they need to immediately access the account and drain its funds. (Based on our most recent State of the Net Survey, we estimate that, over the past two years, about 7 million American consumers gave such phishers personal information and that, nationally, phishers stole nearly half a billion dollars from online consumers.)
Here's how to avoid becoming a cybervictim:
- Never click on links in any e-mail, from any institution, that offers to take you directly to your savings, checking, or other financial account.
- Remember that most reputable financial institutions never send e-mails asking you to access your account. No matter how genuine such an e-mail may look, it's probably bogus.
- To report a phishing e-mail forward it to the Anti-Phishing Working Group
- For free tips on how to stay safe online, visit our Online Security Guide.
- To find the best software for protecting your computer, see our Ratings of Security Software Suites (available only to subscribers).
—Jeff Fox/em>
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Clever e-mail scam: Someone bought this in your name
An e-mail message purporting to be from PayPal warns the recipient that their PayPal account has automatically sent money to any unfamiliar person. But if the person clicks on "Cancel Transaction," that's when the r
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Clever e-mail scam: Someone bought this in your name
An e-mail message purporting to be from PayPal warns the recipient that their PayPal account has automatically sent money to any unfamiliar person. But if the person clicks on "Cancel Transaction," that's when the real problems begin. (Click on the image above to see the complete "phishing" e-mail.)
[ Photo: J. Fox ]
I've been getting e-mail phishing scams for several years and thought I'd seen it all. But this week I received an e-mail that wasn't the usual "We're doing a security check and need your password" scam.
The e-mail appears to come from PayPal, a popular institution often imitated by scammers. What's unusual is that it seems to be a confirmation of a purchase, for more than $400, paid from my PayPal account. There's even a realistic-looking transaction, including the name and address of the person whom you're supposed to assume made the purchase.
I picked this up as a scam fairly quickly because I've trained myself to recognize such cons. But I suspect that a consumer fearful that their PayPal account had been incorrectly charged would hastily follow the scam's instructions to click on the “CANCEL TRANSACTION” link to sign into their account.
If that link were still active (it wasn't when I tried it), doing that would give the criminals the information they need to immediately access the account and drain its funds. (Based on our most recent State of the Net Survey, we estimate that, over the past two years, about 7 million American consumers gave such phishers personal information and that, nationally, phishers stole nearly half a billion dollars from online consumers.)
Here's how to avoid becoming a cybervictim:
- Never click on links in any e-mail, from any institution, that offers to take you directly to your savings, checking, or other financial account.
- Remember that most reputable financial institutions never send e-mails asking you to access your account. No matter how genuine such an e-mail may look, it's probably bogus.
- To report a phishing e-mail forward it to the Anti-Phishing Working Group
- For free tips on how to stay safe online, visit our Online Security Guide.
- To find the best software for protecting your computer, see our Ratings of Security Software Suites (available only to subscribers).
—Jeff Fox/em>
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Clever e-mail scam: Someone bought this in your name
An e-mail message purporting to be from PayPal warns the recipient that their PayPal account has automatically sent money to any unfamiliar person. But if the person clicks on "Cancel Transaction," that's when the r
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Clever e-mail scam: Someone bought this in your name
An e-mail message purporting to be from PayPal warns the recipient that their PayPal account has automatically sent money to any unfamiliar person. But if the person clicks on "Cancel Transaction," that's when the real problems begin. (Click on the image above to see the complete "phishing" e-mail.)
[ Photo: J. Fox ]
I've been getting e-mail phishing scams for several years and thought I'd seen it all. But this week I received an e-mail that wasn't the usual "We're doing a security check and need your password" scam.
The e-mail appears to come from PayPal, a popular institution often imitated by scammers. What's unusual is that it seems to be a confirmation of a purchase, for more than $400, paid from my PayPal account. There's even a realistic-looking transaction, including the name and address of the person whom you're supposed to assume made the purchase.
I picked this up as a scam fairly quickly because I've trained myself to recognize such cons. But I suspect that a consumer fearful that their PayPal account had been incorrectly charged would hastily follow the scam's instructions to click on the “CANCEL TRANSACTION” link to sign into their account.
If that link were still active (it wasn't when I tried it), doing that would give the criminals the information they need to immediately access the account and drain its funds. (Based on our most recent State of the Net Survey, we estimate that, over the past two years, about 7 million American consumers gave such phishers personal information and that, nationally, phishers stole nearly half a billion dollars from online consumers.)
Here's how to avoid becoming a cybervictim:
- Never click on links in any e-mail, from any institution, that offers to take you directly to your savings, checking, or other financial account.
- Remember that most reputable financial institutions never send e-mails asking you to access your account. No matter how genuine such an e-mail may look, it's probably bogus.
- To report a phishing e-mail forward it to the Anti-Phishing Working Group
- For free tips on how to stay safe online, visit our Online Security Guide.
- To find the best software for protecting your computer, see our Ratings of Security Software Suites (available only to subscribers).
—Jeff Fox/em>
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Clever e-mail scam: Someone bought this in your name
An e-mail message purporting to be from PayPal warns the recipient that their PayPal account has automatically sent money to any unfamiliar person. But if the person clicks on "Cancel Transaction," that's when the r
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Clever e-mail scam: Someone bought this in your name
An e-mail message purporting to be from PayPal warns the recipient that their PayPal account has automatically sent money to any unfamiliar person. But if the person clicks on "Cancel Transaction," that's when the real problems begin. (Click on the image above to see the complete "phishing" e-mail.)
[ Photo: J. Fox ]
I've been getting e-mail phishing scams for several years and thought I'd seen it all. But this week I received an e-mail that wasn't the usual "We're doing a security check and need your password" scam.
The e-mail appears to come from PayPal, a popular institution often imitated by scammers. What's unusual is that it seems to be a confirmation of a purchase, for more than $400, paid from my PayPal account. There's even a realistic-looking transaction, including the name and address of the person whom you're supposed to assume made the purchase.
I picked this up as a scam fairly quickly because I've trained myself to recognize such cons. But I suspect that a consumer fearful that their PayPal account had been incorrectly charged would hastily follow the scam's instructions to click on the “CANCEL TRANSACTION” link to sign into their account.
If that link were still active (it wasn't when I tried it), doing that would give the criminals the information they need to immediately access the account and drain its funds. (Based on our most recent State of the Net Survey, we estimate that, over the past two years, about 7 million American consumers gave such phishers personal information and that, nationally, phishers stole nearly half a billion dollars from online consumers.)
Here's how to avoid becoming a cybervictim:
- Never click on links in any e-mail, from any institution, that offers to take you directly to your savings, checking, or other financial account.
- Remember that most reputable financial institutions never send e-mails asking you to access your account. No matter how genuine such an e-mail may look, it's probably bogus.
- To report a phishing e-mail forward it to the Anti-Phishing Working Group
- For free tips on how to stay safe online, visit our Online Security Guide.
- To find the best software for protecting your computer, see our Ratings of Security Software Suites (available only to subscribers).
—Jeff Fox/em>
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Clever e-mail scam: Someone bought this in your name
An e-mail message purporting to be from PayPal warns the recipient that their PayPal account has automatically sent money to any unfamiliar person. But if the person clicks on "Cancel Transaction," that's when the r
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Clever e-mail scam: Someone bought this in your name
An e-mail message purporting to be from PayPal warns the recipient that their PayPal account has automatically sent money to any unfamiliar person. But if the person clicks on "Cancel Transaction," that's when the real problems begin. (Click on the image above to see the complete "phishing" e-mail.)
[ Photo: J. Fox ]
I've been getting e-mail phishing scams for several years and thought I'd seen it all. But this week I received an e-mail that wasn't the usual "We're doing a security check and need your password" scam.
The e-mail appears to come from PayPal, a popular institution often imitated by scammers. What's unusual is that it seems to be a confirmation of a purchase, for more than $400, paid from my PayPal account. There's even a realistic-looking transaction, including the name and address of the person whom you're supposed to assume made the purchase.
I picked this up as a scam fairly quickly because I've trained myself to recognize such cons. But I suspect that a consumer fearful that their PayPal account had been incorrectly charged would hastily follow the scam's instructions to click on the “CANCEL TRANSACTION” link to sign into their account.
If that link were still active (it wasn't when I tried it), doing that would give the criminals the information they need to immediately access the account and drain its funds. (Based on our most recent State of the Net Survey, we estimate that, over the past two years, about 7 million American consumers gave such phishers personal information and that, nationally, phishers stole nearly half a billion dollars from online consumers.)
Here's how to avoid becoming a cybervictim:
- Never click on links in any e-mail, from any institution, that offers to take you directly to your savings, checking, or other financial account.
- Remember that most reputable financial institutions never send e-mails asking you to access your account. No matter how genuine such an e-mail may look, it's probably bogus.
- To report a phishing e-mail forward it to the Anti-Phishing Working Group
- For free tips on how to stay safe online, visit our Online Security Guide.
- To find the best software for protecting your computer, see our Ratings of Security Software Suites (available only to subscribers).
—Jeff Fox/em>
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Clever e-mail scam: Someone bought this in your name
An e-mail message purporting to be from PayPal warns the recipient that their PayPal account has automatically sent money to any unfamiliar person. But if the person clicks on "Cancel Transaction," that's when the real problems begin. (Click on the image above to see the complete "phishing" e-mail.)
[ Photo: J. Fox ]
I've been getting e-mail phishing scams for several years and thought I'd seen it all. But this week I received an e-mail that wasn't the usual "We're doing a security check and need your password" scam.
The e-mail appears to come from PayPal, a popular institution often imitated by scammers. What's unusual is that it seems to be a confirmation of a purchase, for more than $400, paid from my PayPal account. There's even a realistic-looking transaction, including the name and address of the person whom you're supposed to assume made the purchase.
I picked this up as a scam fairly quickly because I've trained myself to recognize such cons. But I suspect that a consumer fearful that their PayPal account had been incorrectly charged would hastily follow the scam's instructions to click on the “CANCEL TRANSACTION” link to sign into their account.
If that link were still active (it wasn't when I tried it), doing that would give the criminals the information they need to immediately access the account and drain its funds. (Based on our most recent State of the Net Survey, we estimate that, over the past two years, about 7 million American consumers gave such phishers personal information and that, nationally, phishers stole nearly half a billion dollars from online consumers.)
Here's how to avoid becoming a cybervictim:
- Never click on links in any e-mail, from any institution, that offers to take you directly to your savings, checking, or other financial account.
- Remember that most reputable financial institutions never send e-mails asking you to access your account. No matter how genuine such an e-mail may look, it's probably bogus.
- To report a phishing e-mail forward it to the Anti-Phishing Working Group
- For free tips on how to stay safe online, visit our Online Security Guide.
- To find the best software for protecting your computer, see our Ratings of Security Software Suites (available only to subscribers).
—Jeff Fox/em>
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