Robert Pickton. If his name means nothing to you, and you are not from Canada, that’s no surprise. But if a Canadian court’s press ban is successful, the name Robert Pickton won’t mean much more to Canadian citizens either, despite the fact that he is the focus of a sensational murder trial in Vancouver right now.

A new report out this week indicates that a phenomenon known as digital bullying, or “cyber bullying” is on the rise.

They are calling it the “Sex Degrees of Separation” website. Shagster.net is the Friendster or Linked-In of the intimate relationship. Slept with someone? Register them on Shagster.net. Slept with several, or several dozen someones? Register them all on Shagster.net! According to Shagster founder Chris Leate, “The idea came from the…

McDonald’s is introducing, I kid you not, downloadable music and ringtones under the golden arches. The offerings, available via Blaze Net kiosks, are McDonald’s latest bid to stay current with the times. Other offerings include store-wide wifi, and McLattes. Said McDonald’s spokesperson Bill Whitman of their newly funkified locations, “It…

Talk about spyware versus spyware. Authorities in Isreal have arrested dozens of people, including high level executives of multinational corporations, in what increasingly is developing into the Internet Trojan spyware custerfluck of the year. Only on the Internet can a Trojan horse disgorge its contents in several places at once,…

An Open Letter from the Federal Trade Commission to ISPs and Network Professionals: Dear Network professionals: We are writing on behalf of an international group of government agencies to request that your organization join a worldwide effort to prevent spammers from compromising consumers’ computers and using them as “spam zombies.â€?…

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…

Are you “Internet-illiterate”? If so, according to a new report, you could actually hinder your children or any future children you may have by your Internet illiteracy. The “children of Internet illiterate parents” report (our name, not theirs), was researched by academics at the London School of Economics, and found…

Employees can’t be fired for surfing porn on the job. That’s the judgement of a court which has ruled that an employer who fired two employees caught surfing the web for porn on company time must not only reinstate them, but must pay each of them an award of $40,000…

Dealing with email, instant messages, and other messaging interruptions throughout the day is more damaging to one’s IQ than either lack of sleep, or using marijuana, according to a recent study of more than 1,000 Brits conducted on behalf of HP.

Several major airlines are now offering high speed Internet access to their passengers. Scandinavian airlines has just announced their offering on all long-haul routes, and Lufthansa’s in-air high speed Internet access has been in place for the better part of a year. In fact, all told, there are at least…

A recent survey of more than 30,000 blog readers, completed and sponsored by BlogAds, has found that nearly 25% of all blog readers are between the ages of 31 and 40, earning somewhere between $45,000 and $120,000 per year, with 21% earning $60,000 to $90,000 per year, and that the…

Is Tony Blair the world’s newest political spammer? It’s looking that way, as spam claiming to be from Tony Blair has hit thousands in England. Tony Blair’s labour party actually admits sending the email, although they claim that it is not spam , and that they did no wrong. Did…

Remember the man who used his webcam and free webcam software to catch a burgler? In a twist, a peeping Tom has been caught spying on girls using their own webcams, connected to their own computers. He was able to do this thanks to the Subseven trojan. Spanish authorities have…

Windows users rejoice! It’s going to be a windowful day in the knighthood, as Bill Gates is knighted in a ceremony at Buckingham Palace tomorrow. During Bill’s excellent adventure, the Queen herself will be bestowing upon him the title of Knight Commander of the Most Excellent (Dude!) Order of the…