Spam King is arrested

SEATTLE - Alleged harms many people, a 27 years old man described as the spam king is arrested by government officer. US Federal authoritative is sure with the catched of virtual world criminal, distribution of garbage email in Internet will decrease.

Man called Robert Alan Soloway is catched after federal grand jury specifies 35 collisions done by the spammer. Among others are letter theft, conection theft, email theft, identity theft, and money laundrying. He is alleged to apply "zombie computer network" to send millions of spam email.

Attorney express that Soloway use the computers which already infected by bad code to send spam email since year of 2003. The computers called as zombie because the user is unconscious has been infiltrated by bad program which programed to send spam email continuously.

Soloway has failed in similar demand for value of US $7 million submitted by Microsoft in year of 2005. An Internet access service provider in Olahoma also wins the suing for the price of US $10 million because the activity, but Soloway still doing the bad activity. One of spam sent loads link which is continued to page website managed by Soloway. In website, he offers its ability sending more than 20 million advertise email during more than 15 days, only with expense of US $495.

Soloway activity starts to investigated after the authoritative receives hundreds report of complain about spam. Department of Social Services, Santa Barbara, California, for example having to spend US $ 1000 per week to overcome spam. Soloway himself has inscribed as spam consignor by The Spamhaus Project, international organization of anti-spam.

"He is one of 10 biggest spam makers in world," said Tim Cranton, legal advisor of Microsoft which also senior director of Worldwide Internet safety Programs. He tells, Soloway has made many problems to the consumer so that the catched is happy news.

But, Soloway self defence with all accusations. Even the four bank accounts is freezed, he still can pay for the lawyer without resistance. Soloway himself till now lives in luxuriant apartment and ride his everyday Mercedes. Now, he must bend in prisoner and awaiting the next litigation.

AP

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Wikipedia Article available in CD

Around 2.000 choice articles in Wikipedia will be collected into CD to be distributed offlinely. This effort is a way to propagating the knowledge to various kind of public especially which is not able yet to conect to Internet every time.

Wikipedia CD version 0.5 will contain the topics about geografi, art, literature, science, and history. In CD articles selected using special software assess rating which is important and good quality. Martin Walker, a senior academician from US, also will assist selects of these articles manualy.

"We wish to provide main topics and of course also chooses best articles in Wikipedia," said Profesor Walker from State University of New York, US. Selected articles will be ascertained written to be natty with good structure, free of mistake, diffraction, canadalism, and promotion.

Multilingual

This CD only contains articles in English. In detail there are 1.964 articles selected from English-speaking literature with the numbers now reachs around 1,7 million articles. The CD will be sold at the price of US $13,99.

Next CD collection would be available in multilingual. A DVD contains 239.000 choice articles and selected by manual in Polandia language would be available in a few next week. While the CD with France language is been prepared.

Wikimedia Foundation in its statement express supply of CD depicts the mission propagating konwledges to all people. "Not only provides it for which is not conected to Internet but also as compilation of best articles in Wikipedia," said Florence Devouard from Wikimedia.

Besides direct effort of Wikimedia, supplies of article offlinely have ever been done eleemosynary institution for SOS Children in the year of 2006. At that time, the institute collects choice articles from Wikipedia which suited for 15 years age children. Webaroo collects Wikipedia article into memory card so can be accessed through hand gadget. While Encyclopodia makes it can be accessed during someone carying iPod.

BBC

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Porn.com = US$ 9,5 million

Adult Domain, Porn.com, true liked by lot of people. Its proof, this domain sold at price of more than US$ 9,5 million. This fanciful number is one of the expensive domain prices along the history of Internet.

Porn.com initially owned by Moniker.com (domain name broker) and now has been bought by MXN Ltd after through hard negotiation.

MXN LTD is a media site and investment company that joining forces with adult film download site (Downloadpass.com) and adult site promotion company (Pimproll.com).

According to Monte Cahn, representative founder and head executive of Moniker.com, Porn.com will be valuable asset for MXN Ltd because the significant of daily visitor amounts.

Sale of the most expensive domain till now is Sex.com which sold for US$ 12 million.

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Drink Tea with Nelson Mandela

Not all people have opportunity to drink tea with Nelson Mandela, South African anti-apartheid figure, except becoming highest bargainer in eBay auction site.

Nelson Mandela with Mastercard performs an auction to drink tea with Nelson Mandela. For highest bargainer, of course is entitled to drink tea with former South African president in year 1994 till 1999.

The plan, the drinks tea plans will be performed in head office of Nelson Mandela Foundation in South African. Unhappily, the auction winner of this event must visit the place alone.

Up to now, highest bargain received is for US$ 17670, 57. And this great oppurtinity will be closed in 25 may 2007.

Fund received from this event claimed will be applied as charitable money for children in South African, like reported by The Inquirer.

25/5/2007

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Sony Blames Internet for Playstation 3 Failed

Director of Sony Amerika seems having new approach in answering the criticism which addressed to the sale performance of PlayStation 3 (PS3). According to Dave Karakker, the director, reason of PS3 loses from Nintendo is not because of PS3 price which assumed too high or limitation of stock, but because the Internet.

Like reported by The Inquirer, Karakker tells that many perceptions about PS3 told by people who doesn't have all the facts. And worst, that thing then propagates in Internet.

Karakker which become 'the brain' behind the marketing of Bob, software which released by Microsoft in 1995 reveals that his side always tries as open as possible to all information that available. With this effort, Sony hopes media can provide news in precise.

But man that joining with Sony in two months before launch of PS3, had opinion that there are still some perceptions that is contains truth. For example, the fact that Sony really doesn't have enough supplies of PS3 console to fulfill all consumer requests.

23/5/2007

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Microsoft Software ready for Controversion

Controversion software is being developed by Microsoft. Later, this software can guess gender, age, even name and location of someone. All is conduct only from seeing what sites which during the time are people accessed.

The claim came from Jian Hu, a software researcher in Microsoft research laboratory in Beijing, China. According to Hu, surfing habit in internet has strong correlation with people personal character.

Analytical instrument, said Hu, can be applied to connect the various characters to guess internet user identity. "A good riddle about your identity can be done only by seeing the browsing history," said Hu in the World Wide Web 2007 conference in Canada, like reported by New Scientist.

This time Microsoft team has developed new cookie system for browser which able to be applied analyse. Besides, the data also can be found from web page cache which saved on computer or a proxy server.

Now, Hu and team research result has just can guess harshly the age and gender of web user. But the team is sure that soon they can guess accurately personal data like job, qualification, and location.

The instrument, even still in research phase, already makes a controversy. Especially if looks from security side and data privacy

Ross Anderson, computer security researcher in University of Cambridge, sees if the idea is realized it will end at the court. "They may be can say will impinge some laws in some states if making a software which beat safety procedure to protect privacy, starts from export control law and anti-hacking," said Anderson.

23/5/2007

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Online Petition for Paris Hilton Freedom

As we know, Paris Hilton immediately will enter the prison. Nowadays she drapes its chance at internet. Through Myspace, famous social site, the Hilton dynasty heir appeals its visitor to sign the online petition for purpose to freeing from the prison threat. The petition is conduct by Paris Fans.

Paris decided have to discharge its affluence during lodging in prison of Los Angeles - California start from 5 June 2007, because caught to drive without drive license and impinge the unfinished probation. The probation also because previously Paris caught to drive in drunken condition, causing her drive license is confiscated.

Law in California led by The Terminator, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, till these times remain to be coherent to jailed Paris. The online petition has collected the signature more than 12 thousand people till this time.

According to the online petition maker, Hilton has contributed in giving the beauty and joys in their life those who are full of routines. Enhanced that they are isn’t in order to supporting drunken driver or without driver license. "It’s true that Paris Hilton is a haphazard girl. But she ought not to go in jail," writes in the petition.

In the petition, writes also that imprisonment is inequitable and intentionally to be forced for the purpose of dangerous drunk drive campaign.

Paris Hilton lawyer will immediately carry out the discussion with the law functionary which handling the case. Contain and result of the online petition will become one of the discussion items. Paris Hilton destiny, more-less will be influenced by the online petition.

14/5/2007

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US Military: Do War, Don't Surf

DENVER - United States Army beyond the sea will more difficult to say hello with friends or family which ordinary conduct with internet. In near time, the US Defend Department will Block the internet access to Youtube, Myspace, MTV and other 11 popular sites so cannot be accessed in military computer.

The policy will be applied started in Monday propose the memo sent by Commander of US Defend in Korea, General BB Bell. To increase the information secret that can be used by enemy to bother United States security.

"High Recreational Traffic affect to DoD network and bandwidth ability, and sometime is complicating, when network required for operational need,” said Bell in the memo, like reported by AP.

US Military in fact have been long enough prohibited their army personnel give the information which can endanger the mission and security, by use electronic media with any purpose.

But the new policy is different, because correlating some popular sites which often used by the personnel to send and receive the message, photo, video, audio to their friends and family.

Is true the collision only affect if all lonely army use the office computer. But the new regulation like closed totally the accessibility of all US military personnel to internet, especially for the army which residing in Iraq, Afghanistan and the personnel which residing in the middle of sea, where again they can use the computer.

The sites which blocked are You Tube, Metacafe, IFILM, Stupidvideos, Filecabi, and friendship sites like Myspace, Blackplanet and Hi5. Meanwhile, music site like Pandora, MTV, and 1.fm and Live365, and photo sharing site, Photobucket nor can be accessed.

14/05/2007

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Beware; Malware through Internet Explorer

Giant search engine, Google is doing internal research in sites which infected by malware. The result is so surprising. 450.000 site known infected by malware. Its meaning, 1 of 10 sites is containing by malware which in majority try to exploit the computer through Internet Explorer browser.

Reported By Times Online, Google confess have analyzed about 4,5 million site and find 450 thousand among them keep the keylogger application which capable to catch the consumer typing. From the analysis, Google have informed the sites which identified contain by malware

Google reporting title “The Ghost in the Browser" conclude is, mostly computer user do not protect themselves from the threat like malware. "Their Browser can become the good "vehicle" for the malware," say the report.

Google say, the sites containing with advertisement is the site that mostly malware infected. The advertisement sometimes came from the third party network and does not in site administrator observation. Other site type which so easily to attack by malware is the site that allowed the visitor to contributing the content like forum and blog site.

15/5/2007

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YouTube and eBay Get Award

NEW YORK - Video share site, You Tube, and online auction community, eBay, represent some of among this year Webby Awards receiver. Because it’s so prestigious, this US internet world annual award mention by the "Oscar" of Internet.

You Tube assessed have played the especial role in media transformation and change the face of everything from politics till pop cultural. The founder of You Tube, Stave Chen and Chad Hurley, owning very bright idea so that each and everyone can placed their video clip in Internet and can be look by everybody, get this year Webby figure.

Meanwhile, lifetime achievement special appreciation gives to online auction community, eBay, which used by more than 200 million consumer and eBay chief executive, Meg Whitman and also rock music icon, David Bowie. Since its apparition, eBay become the new cultural phenomenon which change the way of people correlate, meeting, and have interaction to one another especially in trade transaction.

"All winner of Webby and receiver of lifetime achievement special appreciation represent the creativity and best online innovation. We proud and cladding to people and organization which idea and its vision is transform the way of us to enjoy the world," said David-Michael Davies, executive director of Webby Awards

YouTube And eBay represent two among of total company obtaining 70 appreciation category from area which in context with business, consumer, and also culture. Among other appreciation receiver it's Yahoo with Flickr, BBC, and also Linkedin. Inclusive of video appreciation to suddenly famous, Jessica Lee Rose as lonelygir115 in Internet since Show of its video routinely in YouTube and unique clip which depicting how Diet Coke spurt when entered by the mentos peppermint.

The Webby Award receiver represents the selection result from 550 members of International Academy of Digital arts and Sciences. The eleventh Annual Award will be conducted in 5 June at New York.

02/05/2007

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Tokyo Homeless Lives in Internet Cafe

Tokyo - Although has a job do not mean has house, internet cafe becomes a choice than living in hotel or rents a house. That it’s new urban life style?


The new life style this time is infects certain worker in Tokyo, Japan. With above average living cost, Tokyo is one of high cost city in the world. It is not surprised if many workers are difficult to fulfill the primary requirement.

Can be say there is two homeless types in Tokyo. In one groups is homeless which really having no house to stay and money, while on the other side is homeless which having a job but insufficient to have residence.

Like reported by Reuters, a lot of second type homeless choose to end the night in internet cafe than renting a hotel room. "Cheaper than hotel, there is internet access and hundreds of comic book. There even a microwave and bathroom," says Takeshi Yamashita, a Tokyo freelance worker.

The Group like Yamashita is nicknamed freeter, from words free (free of charge) and arbiter (worker). They it is said born as result of economics crisis which punching Japan in 1990 era.

Government of Japan, through People Prosperity Ministry, informed plans to analyze more deeply about "cyber homeless". Estimated that freeter was citizen member with 20 years old average age and only applies internet cafe as a temporary solution before moving to more permanent residence.

07/05/2007

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