Storm Worm Variant Targets Blogs

At the moment, I can find no patch for this, as the variant was only noted yesterday. Be careful out there, bloggers. Open attachments ONLY from known sources, and only when you know something (non-viral) is coming. We don't want to get infected, hey."A variant of the Trojan...

Subliminal Slot Machines: Feeling Lucky Human?

I particularly like how Konami spins the subliminal message as a "glitch". Gambling is already a long-term losing proposition (the house always wins), but this breed of machine sendmetenbucks makes it worse."A gambling operator in Ontario, Canada, has shut down 87 Konami...

A begining of a war? UK Casinos Fight against New Casinos

The top casinos in the United Kingdom have hired the services of law firm Herbert Smith to initiate a legal fight which will enable them to compete with the 17 upcoming casinos that the government announced last week...

Florida to Upgrade to Paper Ballots

"Gov. Charlie Crist announced plans on Thursday to abandon the touch-screen voting machines that many of Florida’s counties installed after the disputed 2000 presidential election. The state will instead adopt a system of casting paper ballots counted by scanning machines...

Business Software Alliance Investigation Leads to Court Action Against Two UK...

"Proceedings have begun in London courts against two companies for allegedly running unlicensed software on office computers, following an investigation by the UK arm of the Business Software Alliance (BSA). A claim has been issued in the High Court against ACT, a global...

Women 'birthing machines' says Japan's health minister

JAPAN'S health minister has provoked a storm of protest after he described women as "birth-giving machines" in a speech he gave on the country's falling birthrate. Hakuo Yanagisawa made the remarks in a speech he gave on Saturday as the government announced a council to draw...

California 1st to ban dry-cleaning chemical

"California regulators on Thursday enacted the nation's first statewide ban on the most common chemical used by dry cleaners, pleasing environmentalists but worrying some small businesses. By 2023, no more dry-cleaning machines that use the toxic solvent perchloroethylene, a...

NDP’s Jack Layton calls for ban on ATM fees

TORONTO -- Charging people to use automatic teller machines from a bank other than their own in order to access their own cash is a ripoff that should be outlawed, New Democrat Leader Jack Layton said Thursday. Photograph by : CP

Kenya: Machines for New Coffee Mill Received

"The Nation (Nairobi) January 10, 2007 Posted to the web January 9, 2007 Nation Correspondent Nairobi Machines worth more than Sh30 million for the ambitious Mathira Farmer's Coffee milling project in Nyeri district arrived at the weekend. Yesterday, engineers were busy...

PlayStation 3 Beaten By Wii In Home Market

PlayStation 3 likely missed global shipping target, beat by Nintendo surprise hit Wii "Sony's long-awaited PlayStation 3 may have missed its global shipment target and been beaten in its home market by rival Nintendo's surprise hit Wii video game system, new figures...

UK Report: Robots Will Have Rights

Rule #1 for Robots: Must not injure humans. So, I guess this means robots will only be able to sue other robots. Heh "The next time you beat your keyboard in frustration, think of a day where it may be able to sue you for assault. Within 50 years we might even find...

Google Shares Top $500 For First Time

"AP Business Writer Google Inc.'s stock price surpassed $500 for the first time Tuesday, marking another milestone in a rapid rise that has catapulted the Internet search leader into the corporate elite. Continuing a recent surge driven by Wall Street's high expectations for...