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8th September 2007 Archive

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  • Free-wireless startup to attack FCC

    Seeks rock climbing gear

    Though the Federal Communications Commission rejected its initial efforts to bring "fast, free, and family-friendly broadband to 95 per cent of the US population," Silicon Valley startup M2Z Networks has vowed to fight on. Company co-founder and CEO John Muleta is even threatening legal action against the commission - which …

    Telecoms 8 Sep 2007, 00:17

  • A US CERT reminder: The net is an insecure place

    World's biggest websites no match for decade-old web bug

    If you use Gmail, eBay, MySpace, or any one of dozens of other web-based services, the United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team wants you to know you're vulnerable to a simple attack that could give an attacker complete control over your account. Five weeks after we reported this sad reality, US CERT on Friday warned …

    Security 8 Sep 2007, 04:19

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