Weaponizing FB
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125046431841935299.html#printMode
Who’s Driving Twitter’s Popularity? Not Teens
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/26/technology/internet/26twitter.html
A Lawsuit Tries to Get at Hackers Through the Banks They AttackA volunteer group called Unspam Technologies hopes that knowing more about data thefts and victims will help improve security.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/26/technology/internet/26twitter.html
Bits: MySpace Buys iLike Music Sharing Service
By By Jenna Wortham
Published: August 19, 2009
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/19/myspace-buys-ilike-music-sharing-service/ MySpace will keep the start-up operating as a separate company, at least for now, but the deal raises questions about iLike's future relationship with Facebook, MySpace's archrival.
Businesses Reluctant to Report Online Banking Fraud
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2009/08/businesses_reluctant_to_report.html
A confidential alert sent on Friday by a banking industry association to its members warns that Eastern European cyber gangs are stealing millions of dollars from small to mid-sizes businesses through online banking fraud. Unfortunately, many victimized companies are reluctant to come forward out of fear of retribution by their bank.
European Cyber-Gangs Target Small U.S. Firms, Group Says
By Brian KrebsWashington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, August 25, 2009Organized cyber-gangs in Eastern Europe are increasingly preying on small and mid-size companies in the United States, setting off a multimillion-dollar online crime wave that has begun to worry the nation's largest financial institutions.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/24/AR2009082402272.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/26/technology/internet/26twitter.html
Bits: MySpace Buys iLike Music Sharing Service
By By Jenna Wortham
Published: August 19, 2009
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/19/myspace-buys-ilike-music-sharing-service/ MySpace will keep the start-up operating as a separate company, at least for now, but the deal raises questions about iLike's future relationship with Facebook, MySpace's archrival.
Businesses Reluctant to Report Online Banking Fraud
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2009/08/businesses_reluctant_to_report.html
A confidential alert sent on Friday by a banking industry association to its members warns that Eastern European cyber gangs are stealing millions of dollars from small to mid-sizes businesses through online banking fraud. Unfortunately, many victimized companies are reluctant to come forward out of fear of retribution by their bank.
European Cyber-Gangs Target Small U.S. Firms, Group Says
By Brian Krebs
Washington Post Staff WriterTuesday, August 25, 2009
Organized cyber-gangs in Eastern Europe are increasingly preying on small and mid-size companies in the United States, setting off a multimillion-dollar online crime wave that has begun to worry the nation's largest financial institutions.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/24/AR2009082402272.html
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In India, everyone can hear you scream.
Stepping out of the under-renovation airport in the Indian capital New Delhi on the Fourth of July, it was impossible to miss a giant billboard announcing the launch of People magazine. A U.S. title launched in India on American Independence Day with a striking Indian flavor: Is a phase of reverse cultural colonialism under way?
The billboard, with the unmistakable People logo juxtaposed with photos of Bollywood's most famous stars, confirmed that the Indian media bazaar is indeed the market of opportunity. As Western countries struggle to keep newspapers and magazines alive, the story in India is quite the contrary. Despite the economic slowdown and rising inflation, the Indian media is in full bloom.
Fueled by an economic boom that has accelerated consumerism in an otherwise conservative and traditional society, India's new middle class - more numerous than the entire population of the United States - is devouring media like a hungry tiger awoken from slumber.
The diversity of consumers is mind-boggling. Most big cities have built swanky, supersize shopping malls for their sophisticated, mobile phone-armed under-25s. Some small villages still rely on one literate member to read out the day's news from a regional-language newspaper at a tea shop. And it's not uncommon to find a group of men huddled around a black-and-white television set whenever electricity is available.
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