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MySpace victim’s mom disappointed by ruling

District Judge George Wu indicated he was vacating a jury’s verdict and acquitting Drew of misdemeanor counts of accessing computers without authorization. “People used to say that it was vengeance that I wanted. That’s ridiculous,” Meier told …

Macs may be exempt from China’s Web filter mandate

Apple appears to be exempt from China’s mandate that a controversial Internet filtering program be shipped with all computers sold in the country.

Apple patching serious SMS vulnerability on iPhone

Apple is working to fix an iPhone vulnerability that could allow an attacker to remotely install and run unsigned software code with root access to the phone.

MySpace Suicide Hoax Mom to Be Sentenced

Missouri mom Lori Drew is scheduled to be sentenced Thursday for her role in a MySpace hoax prosecutors say drove a 13-year-old neighbor girl to suicide, in a case that could have far-reaching implications for the prosecution of so-called “cyberbullying.” Lori Drew is to be sentenced on three counts of computer fraud.

Judge to reverse conviction in MySpace hoax

District Judge George Wu said he was tentatively acquitting Lori Drew of misdemeanor counts of accessing computers without authorization and that the ruling will become final when he issues it in writing. Drew was convicted in November, but the judge …

Toy universe’ may solve mystery of life’s origins

Much like SETI@home’s screen saver, which enables computers at home to search for signals of extraterrestrial life within volumes of astrophysical data, the Evogrid is conceived to have volunteer computers become part of an interconnected grid for …

Windows 7 to finally offer family pack pricing?

There is mounting speculation that Microsoft plans to introduce special family pack pricing for the Home Premium version of its forthcoming Windows 7 operating system.

Audit finds 2 Lottery workers made big overtime …

A state audit has found that two Kansas Lottery employees made a total of $36,000 in overtime pay in one year.

Green Dam’s day not done

Chinese students were out partying in celebration of the news that China has delayed its mandate that PCs sold in the country must have intalled some spyware named Green Dam Youth Escort, according to Reuters .

United clears up glitch, travelers on their way

The outage affected all of the United’s computers at the airport and also caused some flight cancellations, said airline spokeswoman Robin Urbanski. The problem started shortly after 5 a.m. local time and at one point, the airline instituted a “ground …