Tuesday | 7 October, 2008
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    Groups pressure DOJ on Google-Yahoo ad deal 29/09/2008 08:20:00

    Critics of Google's proposed advertising deal with Yahoo stepped up the pressure on the US Department of Justice last week, as the agency decides if it will oppose the deal.
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    Credit card thieves ran a polite, professional help desk 08/08/2008 09:45:55

    The criminal network identified in the US Justice Department indictments this week as having stole tens of millions of credit card numbers used people with skills in technology, finance and black markets -- some whom were notably polite, attentive and productive.
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    Eleven charged in massive ID theft scheme 06/08/2008 09:26:12

    Eleven people have been charged or indicted in a massive identity theft and computer fraud scheme involving some of the largest data breaches in recent U.S. history, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Tuesday.
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    E-commerce leaders move to fight deceptive online ads 06/08/2008 08:38:23

    E-commerce leaders have joined together to try to protect Internet users from deceptive online ads.
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    The tale of two busted spammers 30/07/2008 09:51:15

    Being a technology reporter, my e-mail inbox is a crowded place.
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    Soloway case reveals big business behind spam 16/07/2008 09:07:49

    Selling the tools used by spammers is easy money, at least until you get caught. Just ask Adam Sweaney, a man charged with computer fraud who took the stand at the sentencing hearing in Seattle for Robert Soloway, the so-called spam king.
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    Antitrust review of Google-Yahoo deal no surprise 04/07/2008 07:12:48

    News reports this week that the US Department of Justice is formally reviewing a proposed advertising deal between Google and Yahoo came as no surprise to some tech trade groups and advocacy groups based in Washington.
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    Laptops lost like hot cakes at US airports 01/07/2008 09:19:25

    Keep laptops close at airports, because they have a startling tendency to disappear in the blink of an eye, according to a new survey.
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    Google, Yahoo and the elephant in the room 16/06/2008 08:12:04

    Despite assurances from Google and Yahoo that their online advertising deal doesn't need regulatory approval, the two companies should not be too quick to dismiss Microsoft's influence on Capitol Hill.
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    No fast resolution seen for FTC's antitrust probe of Intel 13/06/2008 07:48:38

    The antitrust investigation of Intel begun by the Federal Trade Commission last week is unlikely to be resolved before the next administration takes office in Washington, an antitrust legal group predicted Thursday.
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    Researchers say notification laws in US not lowering ID theft 06/06/2008 10:41:42

    Over the past five years, 43 U.S. states have adopted data breach notification laws, but has all of this legislation actually cut down on identity theft? Not according to researchers at Carnegie Mellon University who have published a state-by-state analysis of data supplied by the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC).
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