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World Cyber Games Underway

The Samsung Euro Championship began yesterday at CeBIT in Germany to kick off the World Cyber Games 2008.

Euro Online Banking Not Secure Enough

A survey shows customers don’t believe European banks don’t do enough to keep online banking secure.

Nine Inch Nails Downloads A Hit

Following in the footsteps of Radiohead, the free downloads have sparked a buying frenzy of new material for sale.

U.S. Nixes British Cuba Tourist Site

The US Treasury shut down a British company’s sites because they advertised travel to Cuba.

Scientists Develop Laptop Data Trick

Scientists have discovered that laptops can be tricked into giving up encrypted data, including the encryption keys.

Trojan/Worm Hybrids On The Rise

Hybrid worms that can steal information are being used more and more by hackers.

Microsoft Not Worried By Vista SP1 Issues

The software giant appears unconcerned by incompatibility issues with some third-party programs.

Tourism Site Receives USAF Email

Secret USAF e-mails went to a site set up to promote tourism in an English town.

Apple Sued Over iPhone Caller ID

Inventor takes the company to court, claiming the caller ID function infringes his patent.

eBay Ponders Challenges

In its annual shareholder filing, the auction site admits it faces plenty of customer challengers.

U.S. Goes Virtual For Terrorists

The US is starting a project that would enable intelligence personnel to spot and track terrorists on virtual worlds.

Artists Threaten RIAA Lawsuits

Artists say that the RIAA hasn’t been disbursing money from settlements in peer-to-peer cases.

Irish Not Happy At iPhone Limits

Irish consumers will get the iPhone on the 14th, but they aren’t happy at the deal.

EU Makes Net Safer For Kids

A new four-year program will target both inappropriate content and cyber bullying.

Bye Bye To Netscape

Owner AOL stopped support for the browser on Saturday, leaving it to fade away gracefully.

One Third Of Mobile Games Don’t Work

Figures reveal that one-third of all games downloaded and paid for by mobile users don't work.

Girl Catches Mugger On MySpace

A teenage girl found the youth who stole her cell phone on MySpace.

Stolen UK Govt. Computer Sold On eBay

A stolen Home Office laptop, with a CD of data, is taken in for repair then handed over to police.

Wikileaks Gets Legal Help

The ACLU and the Electronic Frontier Foundation will weigh in on the side of the whistle-blowing site at a hearing today.

Windows Live Hit By Outage

Many Windows Live services were hit by an outage on Tuesday, the day before Microsoft launched its Windows Server 2008 OS for servers.

Google Shares Drops Over Ad Revenue Worries

A decline in ad click through in searches has led to a decline in the valuation of Google shares.

$3 Million eBay Bid Is A Fake

The winning bidder in an auction of three million records came from someone whose identity had been stolen.

Software To Fight Terrorism

It might sound unlikely, but researchers have developed software they say might help stop terrorism.

Pakistan Lifts YouTube Ban

Authorities tell ISPs not to restrict access to the video-sharing site any longer.

WoW Chinese Revenues Increase

Chinese revenues up 20% for the game in 2007, according to figures.

Politics and Taxes Lead January Searches

Politics and taxes are what most people searched for online in January, with real estate trailing in third place, according to the latest figures.

Wii Can Help Burn Victims

Using the Wii helps bring back flexibility – and it also makes physio an enjoyable experience.

ATMs Are Insecure

Just because they’re run by your bank, don’t assume that your ATM can’t be hacked.

Has Facebook Peaked In The UK?

After 17 consecutive monthly increases, Facebook’s unique visitors fell in December.

Google Number One Brand In The UK

A new survey has rated Google the top brand in the UK, followed by Microsoft.

Pakistan Causes YouTube Disruption

Pakistan ordered ISPs to block YouTube to citizens, but a mistake meant it was blocked globally for over an hour yesterday.

Lunar Eclipse Video Hides Malware

Hackers are hiding a Trojan in a video of Wednesday night’s lunar eclipse.

Applications Have Problems With Vista SP1

Microsoft has released a list of the programs that experience a loss of functionality after Vista Service Pack 1 has been installed.

U.K. Online Sales Surge In January

Figures show that online sales were higher than any previous January, with an average of $150 for every person in Britain.