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Did You Get Hit by the Black Worm? BlackWorm Day is Today!

Today, February 3rd, is Black Worm Day, so called because today is the day that the nasty BlackWorm is posed to strike computers around the world, wiping data files willy nilly. Also known as the Kama Sutra worm, Mywife worm, and a host of other names, it is estimated that as many as 600,000 PCs are infected with the Black Worm.

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Half-Million PCs Infected with Blackworm Code to Delete Files on February 3rd!

According to best estimates, as many as a half-million PCs world-wide are infected with a malicious “blackworm” code which is set to delete data from their hard drives on February 3rd. The worm, previously identified as the Kama Sutra worm, also known as Blackmal.E, Nyxem.E, Email-Worm.Win32.VB.bi, W32.Blackmal.E@mm worm, or W32/Nyxem-D, is set to wipe all Word, Excel, PowerPoint and PDF data from your hard drive! It’s being delivered in email with subjects like “School girl fantasies gone bad,” and “Re: sex video.”

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Supreme Court Declines RIM Job in Blackberry’s Research in Motion v NTP Case

Blackberry maker Research in Motion, also known as RIM, has suffered another blow in the patent infringement lawsuit brought by patent-holder NTP. As the walls close in on RIM, an injunction may be imminent.

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SMS Text Messages On Rise for Scofflaws, Pimping, and Holiday Greetings

If you thought that SMS text messages were primarily the domain of teenagers who seem to speak in electronic tongues, using l33t speak, think again.

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Move Over Gen Xers and Yers, Make Room for the Netcentric Millennials

Millennials is the new term for the generation after Gen Y – the netcentric, uberconnected generation.

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U.S. to Retain Control of the Internet, Says UN Agreement

After months of hand-wringing, the international community, in the form of the United Nations, has backed off and left control of the master DNS files with ICANN and the United States.

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iGod? Christian Podcast Shows and Roman Catholic Podcasts from the Vatican Radio a Hit

Referred to by some as iGod, Christian podcast shows and Roman Catholic podcasts from the Vatican have proven a huge hit.

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Military Blocking Access to Hotmail, Yahoo, AOL and Gmail for Overseas Troops

Hotmail, Yahoo, AOL and Gmail access is being denied to military personnel in the Navy and the Marines who are stationed overseas. The military has blocked access from all government-owned computers, citing concerns about computer security and viruses.

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U.S. Struggles to Retain Control of the Internet

The line in the sand has been drawn, and that line is the Internet. The world wide web has become embroiled in a world wide custody battle over who will control the Internet. Earlier this year, as other countries’ grumblings became outright cries of indignation, the U.S. asserted its intent to retain control of the Internet. Actually, specifically, to retain control over the master DNS files which serve as the master routing plan for that big switchboard we call the Internet.

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Chinese Troops Have Not Invaded Okinawa

Chinese Troops Have Invaded Okinawa, said the headlines on the Yahoo site. Only, it wasn’t really a Yahoo site, and it wasn’t true.

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People Doing Stupid Things: Spammer Makes Death Threat to Investigator

Talk about people doing stupid things! How stupid do you have to be to make a death threat against an officer who is investigating you? Spammer stupid!

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Tea Kettles You Can Text Message – The SMS Tea Kettle

Lazy tea lovers, these tea kettles are just for you! The SMS tea kettle can be turned on remotely by sending it a text message!

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Ringtones: Passing Craze, or Major Media Market?

Free ringtones or pay-for-play ringtones, either way, ringtone downloads have surpassed music downloads for many bands, and now account for more than 10% of the global music market!

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Bagles and Locks: New Bagle Virus Rolls Across Internet (a/k/a Bagle.da and Bagle.cd)

The BagleDI-U trojan is showing up in a lot of places this week. Being called Bagle.cd or Bagle.da, and hidden in an attached file called either “price_new.zip”, “price2.zip” or “09_price.zip”, it’s turning up all over the place.

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Yusufali-A Trojan Worm Censors Adult Surfing with Koran Verses

Yusufali-A is a new trojan worm which censors web sites by minimizing your browser window and displaying a verse from the Koran which includes the phrase “Yusufali: Know, therefore, that there is no god but Allah, and ask forgiveness for they fault, and for the men and women who believe”