Court upholds VOIP wiretapping

Court upholds VOIP wiretapping

A U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) ruling requiring VOIP providers to give law enforcement agencies wiretapping capabilities is legal, a court ruled Friday.

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Windows 98, ME sent to pasture with critical flaw

With support for its Windows 98 and Windows Millennium Edition (ME) operating systems about to expire, Microsoft has given up on the idea of patching a critical security vulnerability in the products, the company said.

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McAfee SiteAdvisor to add site blocking, extend ratings beyond Web

McAfee Inc. is planning enhancements to its recently acquired SiteAdvisor software that will allow the Web-rating application to block inappropriate Web sites, offer safety ratings for online transactions and rate Web links that appear in e-mail and instant message windows.

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TI sees strong demand for mobile phones in Q2

Texas Instruments, the world's largest maker of chips for mobile phones, raised its sales outlook for the second quarter on Thursday, a sign that demand for wireless handsets and other devices remains brisk.

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Microsoft takes on Google in book search

Microsoft is expanding its book search service, an offering that will compete with a similar service from Google, it announced Friday.

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Spam: Made in Taiwan?

The majority of spam servers are physically located in Taiwan, according to CipherTrust.

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Cyber Criminals See Profit Potential In Vulnerable IP Telephony Networks

IP phone crooks are learning how to rake in the dough. An owner of two small Miami Voice over IP telephone companies was arrested last week and charged with making more than $1 million by breaking into third-party VoIP services and routing calls through their lines. That let him collect from customers without paying any fees to route calls.

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-read full story from Internetweek.com, June 8 2006


Google Launches Browser Sync

Google Inc. has released a Firefox extension that synchronizes the browser's settings, including bookmarks, history, persistent cookies and saved passwords, across multiple computers..

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