List of UK dead to be released to target fraudsters

The UK is planning to release the personal information of the deceased to key agencies to prevent fraudsters from assuming their identity. It is thought that if credit agencies have an up to date list of who is deceased they can stop people from opening up accounts in the...

Lawsuit over ACORN filed in New Orleans Court

"by Rebecca Mowbray, The Times-PicayuneWednesday October 01, 2008, 8:34 PM Since Hurricane Katrina, the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now has fought to make sure that displaced New Orleanians can...

Officer faces charge over secret files left on train

The intelligence officer who left secret terrorism files on a train is going to be criminally charged. "Civil service An intelligence officer from the Cabinet Office who left top secret documents about Iraq and Afghanistan on a train is to face charges under the Official...

Radiohead Launch 'Reckoner' Remix Project

If you missed the opportunity to remix Radiohead the first time around, here's your second chance.Starting Tuesday, the band is making digital musical file stems for the song "Reckoner" available through iTunes and...

Torrent site sues recording industry, sets precedent

In the wake of threats and Cease and Desist letters from the Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA) against numerous torrent sites, isoHunt is launching a retaliative strike against the CRIA with a lawsuit of...

Bob Barr files suit to get McCain & Obama off Texas Ballot

"“Libertarian presidential candidate Bob Barr has filed suit that would keep voters from seeing the names Barack Obama and John McCain on their voting machines, saying they failed to follow the Texas law to get their names placed on the ballot,” reports the Dallas Morning...

New data fiasco

"Secret personal details of Britain's most dangerous criminals have been lost by the Government.The public could now face an enormous bill to protect paedophiles, rapists, drug runners and killers from vigilantes or rival gangsters. The names, addresses, details of...

Thousands of criminal files lost in Uk data fiasco

" Confidential records and sensitive intelligence on tens of thousands of the most prolific criminals in England and Wales have been lost in a major breach of data security at the heart of Whitehall. Scotland Yard...

US Celebrities Spied During WWII

BBC News is reporting that many celebrities were spies for the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) during World War II. During the time period of World War II, the OSS is said to have had 23,000 covert agents working...

Attacks on Shah Rukh Khan intensify: Amitabh, Aamir, Salman, Akshay and now- ...

"They say his kingdom is under threat. It seems the whole world has turned against India's, arguably, most successful film star Shah Rukh Khan (SRK). Others point out, it was a black Wednesday (6th August) for him....

'My name's Maddie. They took me from my holiday': McCanns' fury over the sigh...

This CCTV image was one of the earliest clues in the search for Madeleine McCann. Taken at a petrol station on the A22 motorway, which runs east to west across the Algarve, it shows a young blonde girl hand in hand...

Stinky poker player kicked out of casino

If you stink – get out!  An Atlantic City casino kicked out a 440 lb man from their poker room after receiving complaints he smelled really really bad. The 54-year old said the odor was from playing poker for...

Director General of MI5 refuses to release any data on whistleblower John Fra...

"Just over three-years since whistleblower John Francis Smith died in a filthy NHS hospital, the Director General of MI5 has told his family that no data can be released relating to his Government Service because of...

Windows Users At Risk From MP3s, Multimedia Files

Another trojan virus is around. This time is uses MP3 and Multimedia files to spread it malware.   " Windows Users At Risk From MP3s, Multimedia Files Jul 18th, 2008 | By James Lewin | Category: General Security firm TrustedSource reports that a new trojan has been...

Disgruntled Hacker Takes Control of San Fran Computer Network

Well this is quite interesting. A computer engineer, disgruntled with his job working as a system administrator for San Francisco's brand new computer network, is holding the system hostage, even as he sits in jail.Terry Childs took exclusive control of the system and was...

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