When Software Crashes Can be Lethal – Bug in Toyota Prius Software Causes Highway Stalling
It’s bad enough to get the oft joked about blue screen of death on your computer, or even your ATM, but your car’s computer system is not the place you want to see a software bug – particularly when it has the potential to lead to a real crash, as…
You’ve Got eWine – Court Says You Can Buy Wine on the Internet
In case you thought it was bad that teenagers can buy tobacco over the Internet, a court – make that the Supreme Court – has just ruled that you can buy alcohol, specifically wine, over the Internet, and that individual states shall not pass laws which forbid buying wine over…
Public MLS Real Estate Access is Now Available
Is Your Realtor Showing You All Of The Real Estate Listings Available? Are there any benefits to viewing the MLS on your own before meeting with a real estate agent? (PRWEB) May 16, 2005 — HouseValueQuotes.com offers MLS realty access to anyone searching for real estate for sale. Residents of…
Vonage(R) Rolls Out Free Calling to Puerto Rico
Vonage(R) Rolls Out Free Calling to Puerto Rico EDISON, N.J., May 16 /PRNewswire/ — Vonage, the leading provider of broadband phone service, today announced it is expanding its calling packages to include all calls to Puerto Rico. All Vonage customers, regardless of calling plan, can now reach their friends and…
Court Denies TigerDirect’s Injunction in Tiger Lawsuit Against Apple
The Federal Court in Florida has denied a request for an injunction by computer retailer TigerDirect in their lawsuit against Apple over the name for their latest version of OS X, “Tiger”. It seems that, like Aunty, the court believes that TigerDirect’s claims about the tiger in their tank is…
VoIP SPIT: Even Plain Old Telephone Users Need to Worry About It
[Courtesy of Guest Author Craig Hughes] Security guru Bruce Schneier writes on SPIT today in his security blog. A mighty neat trick to write on a liquid you say? Well, different semantics for “on” and “SPIT” than you might expect, unless you’re a regular reader of AS. SPIT of course…
Microsoft to Deliver Automated, All-in-One PC Health Service for Consumers
Microsoft is rolling out a new program, called “Windows OneCare”. The idea is that one service will do it all – provide security, protection, take care of maintenance, and optimize performance. Of course, you need to be able to trust the service provider to do each of these things well…
Federal Trade Commission Seeks Input On CAN-SPAM
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has announced that they are seeking comments on several aspects of CAN-SPAM which they will be clarifying or modifying. According to the FTC, the proposed clarifications or modifications to CAN-SPAM include modifying the definition of “sender” to make it clearer just who is responsible for…
New Chicago Law Makes Illegal Holding a Cell Phone While Driving
A brand new law in Chicago makes it illegal to hold and use a cell phone while driving. The new law permits drivers to use headsets and other hands-free devices, but bans driving while holding a cell phone in your hand. Good for them! While the law generally requires the…
Circuit City Claims No Obligation to Protect Customer’s Most Personal Data
How many people a day do you suppose go into a mega-electronics store like Circuit City and purchase a new computer? And how many of those people do you suppose have the store like Circuit City transfer their personal data from their old computer to their new computer for them?…
U.S. Military and Government Computers Hacked by Teenager
It’s bad enough that military and government computer systems at Patuxent River Naval Air Station in Maryland, the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico, and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory were hacked and compromised. But to add insult to that injury, it appears that they were all hacked by the…
Get McAfee Internet Security 2005 for Windows for Free!
If you own any McAfee or Norton Security product for your Windows machine, you can now either upgrade or switch to McAfee Internet Security Suite 2005 (7.0) for free! “How’s that work, Aunty?” you may ask. Well, it works like this! Right now you can get McAfee Security 2005 on…
Danny Goodman Takes Aim at a Phisher
[Spam Wars author Danny Goodman doesn’t just write about spam wars – he’s actively engaged in the trenches. Here, guest author Danny Goodman, fresh from the ordeal, tells us about taking aim at a phisher just last night.] May 10, 2005 Imagine That: Phishers Are Cynical One newbie PayPal phisher…
AIM Mail: AOL Jumps on the 2Gig Webmail Bandwagon with AOL Instant Messenger Mail
With the introduction of its new AIM Mail service, Internet giant America Online (AOL) has jumped on the “free webmail with 2 gigabytes of storage” bandwagon, but with an added twist: the new service is tied in to your AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) account. AOL Instant Messenger Mail (AIM Mail…
