Headline News Archive

2009

May

05

• Justices limit use of identity theft law. The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a favorite tool of prosecutors in immigration cases, ruling unanimously that a federal identity-theft law may not be used…

• Fallo pro migrantes de Corte Suprema. Si alguien usa un número de seguro social que no sea el suyo para obtener, por ejemplo, crédito o trabajo, sólo está cometiendo el delito…

04

• Seniors at home in co-housing. Annie Russell lives alone but not in solitude. While she was laid up for almost nine months by an injured knee, neighbors checked in on…

April

28

• Influenza ataca la internet. Expertos en seguridad en Internet alertaron ayer del peligro de que la gripe porcina se convierta un virus informático, fuente de correos "spam" o fraude…

27

• Consejos para comprar en línea. Comprar por Internet es cada vez más cómodo y popular, pero no te viene mal tener en cuenta estos tips para que tu experiencia sea…

24

• Congress begins deep packet inspection of ISPs. Congress picked up its look at online privacy where it left off last year: whether Internet providers can look at where customers surf online. Angry…

23

• A repeal of Real ID?. A post-9/11 law that sets federal standards for state driver's licenses and identification cards is under fire from the head of the agency enforcing that…

• Internet a todos. Veinte años después de la creación de la web, el reto actual es expandir su acceso al mayor número de gente, simplificarla, una mayor participación…

22

• Is your boss watching?. If your boss hasn't started to track where you go and what you do on the Internet at the office, just wait. Software for monitoring…

19

• Debt settlers offer promises but little help. Tyna Carter, burdened with $25,000 in credit card debt, did not want to be a deadbeat. After looking for help on the Internet, Mrs. Carter,…

18

• Caveats about your electronic health records. The Obama administration’s plan to spend $19 billion on electronic medical records has generated so much buzz you might think it was the biggest thing…

17

• Congress investigating spy violation by NSA. Congress is investigating a "serious" failure by the National Security Agency to comply with legal limits on its domestic eavesdropping activities, key lawmakers said Thursday.…

• El Spam contamina al mundo. Si ya existían muchos motivos como para odiar al Spam, el así denominado correo basura o los mensajes no solicitados enviados a veces en cantidades…

14

• Flagging imposters on tax returns. When Aaron Marks tried to electronically file his tax return last spring, it was rejected by IRS computers. The reason, according to the agency, was…

• Phishing attacks surge amid recession. The latest evidence that economic woe is leaving more Americans vulnerable to Internet fraud came from an Apr. 14 report from Gartner. More than 5…

13

• Electronic health records raise doubt. When Dave deBronkart, a tech-savvy kidney cancer survivor, tried to transfer his medical records from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center to Google Health, a new…

10

• Alza de programas falsos de seguridad. El software de seguridad falso es una de las principales amenazas para la seguridad informática en todo el mundo y su incidencia ha aumentado en…

05

• Government plan to fight loan scams. The Obama administration will announce Monday a multi-agency effort to combat loan modification scams. As the country's foreclosure rate rises, companies have popped up offering…

01

• Experts see activity from malicious software program. Members of an informal global alliance of computer security specialists who have been trying to eradicate a malicious software program known as Conficker said Tuesday…

• Un intruso acecha su computadora. Para millones de usuarios de computadora, la broma del 1 de abril tendrá muy poco chiste. Siguiendo la tendencia iniciada hace unos años por los…

March

31

• Tech firms seek support for 'cloud computing'. Consumers save their e-mail and documents on Google's data centers, put their photos on Flickr and store their social lives on Facebook. Now a host…

19

• Naming names of bonus recipients. Andrew Cuomo is starting to unearth some of the most closely guarded secrets on Wall Street: the identities of Merrill Lynch employees who collected large…

16

• Many see web privacy as a big issue. As arguments swirl over online privacy, a new survey indicates the issue is a dominant concern for Americans. More than 90 percent of respondents called…

• Google Voice offer: free calls, centralized number. Google wants to be your phone provider. And to get your business, it has a very enticing offer. Not only will its new Google Voice…

• Cybercrooks harvest trove of personal data. Getting hacked is like having your computer turn traitor on you, spying on everything you do and shipping your secrets to identity thieves. Victims don't…