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POPSConficker Computer Worm a Bust so Far The attackers didn't attack today, even though the virus has April 1st in the code. The worm creators are likely to sell slices of a 'botnet' to spammers so that the infected computers can be used to send spam.
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POPSAnother Google First This camera can easily distinguish objects 16 inches long, with 11-bits per pixel color. It's orbit is one day so that the images are not blurred.
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POPSComcast to cap online use The cap will be set at 250gb. If you go over that, you get a courtesy call from Comcast as a first warning. The second time that you go over, your account will be immediately suspended for an entire calendar year. People that watch movies or video's online are going to be hit hard because you can go over your daily limit in minutes. And don't forget that companies like Apple, Google, Microsoft and others are offering online (cloud) storage. Some applications such as Google's http://docs.google.com/ are online and would be completely inaccessible to small business's or home offices. Plus there are X-box, Playstation, Nintendo and many other consumer boxes that require the internet to access online games, calenders, address books, and even clocks.
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POPSSpammers are hiring firms to defeat CAPTCHA's You send the firm the CAPTCHA's and a real person solves it and send it back to the customer. Apparently the employee solving the puzzle only gets paid if the puzzle is: Solved correctly Solved within 60 seconds (even though the rule is under 20 seconds) The firm charges $1 for every 1,000 CAPTCHA's that you send. They also sell Gmail and Yahoo mail accounts in bulk