Member of Online Piracy Group Faces Prison Term (PC World)
PC World - A New York man is convicted for his part in an online music piracy group.
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Idol’s David Cook tops iTunes download charts (Reuters)
Reuters - Newly crowned “American Idol” David
Cook, already topping the iTunes music download charts, said on
Friday he hopes to put out a rock album that will “make the
hair on your neck stand up.”
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Apple Expected To Target Digital Home (TechWeb)
TechWeb - InformationWeek - Forrester Research expects Apple to focus on the Mac, a home server, a universal music controller, a network-enabled “clock radio” and digital photo frame, and a more capable Apple TV.
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Touring music acts make stops online (AP)
AP - Though the calendar still says spring, the summer tour season has begun. Tracking your favorite acts, though, can be almost as interesting online as at your local amphitheater.
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Napster narrows loss in 4Q; revenue up 6 percent (AP)
AP - More music fans signed up for Napster Inc.’s digital music offerings in the first three months of this year, boosting revenue and helping the online music retailer cut its fiscal fourth quarter loss by nearly half.
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TJX employee fired for exposing shoddy security practices
Blank passwords for the company that lost 94m credit cards
TJX Companies, the mammoth US retailer whose substandard security led to the world’s biggest credit card heist, has fired an employee after he left posts in an online forum that made disturbing claims about security practices at the store where he worked.…
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Facebook poked by XSS flaw
Social spamming
Facebook is vulnerable to a cross site scripting flaw that leaves its users at risk from scripting attacks.…
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Trillian blighted by security bug trio
Parse the sick bag
The discovery of a trio of security bugs means that users of the popular Trillian instant messaging client need to update their software.…
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Electrical grid overlords take drubbing over cyber attack vulnerability
‘Disorganized, ineffective’
US lawmakers ripped into the organization that oversees North America’s electrical grid, saying it isn’t doing enough to prevent cyber attacks that could cripple the economy.…
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Lifelock’s fraud-prevention service takes more legal flak
‘Ineffectual’
LifeLock’s dubious fraud-prevention service is attracting more flak, this time from disgruntled customers in three US states who say it fails to provide the comprehensive protection its CEO and high-profile pitchman claims.…
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