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4 nabbed for selling signal jammers

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Police seized 14 signal jamming devices and arrested a store owner and his three employees selling them in Caloocan City, Philippine National Police chief Superintendent Generoso Cerbo Jr. said Friday.

Posted: April 26th, 2013 in Apps and Softwares,Latest Technology Stories | Read More »

Indian man held for selling baby grandson on Facebook

In this Dec. 13, 2011, file photo, a Facebook User Operations Safety Team worker looks at reviews at Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif. Curating your Facebook news feed, and other practices that can help personalize a user's facebook activity can be burdensome process, but the result: less tabloid magazine, more personal messages and cute pictures from people who are actually your friends.  AP PHOTO/PAUL SAKUMA

Police in northern India said Wednesday they had arrested a 47-year-old man for selling his newborn grandson to a local businessman in a deal that was struck on Facebook.

Posted: April 24th, 2013 in Internet,Latest Technology Stories,Social Media | Read More »

China, Romania key sources of hacking—report

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China and Romania were by far the largest sources of confirmed hacking attempts last year, with China’s mostly from state-controlled sources aimed at data theft, a new report said Tuesday.

Posted: April 24th, 2013 in Latest Technology Stories | Read More »

Indonesia teens accused of blasphemy over Maroon 5 dance

Five Indonesian teenage girls have been accused of blasphemy and may face jail after making a video in which they mixed Islamic prayer with dancing to a Maroon 5 song, police said Tuesday.

Posted: April 23rd, 2013 in Latest Technology Stories | Read More »

In Boston manhunt, online detectives flourish

Photos of one of two suspects sought in the Boston Marathon bombing is displayed during a news conference talking about the investigation of the Boston Marathon explosions, Thursday, April 18, 2013, in Boston. AP  FILE PHOTO

The hunt for the bombers behind the deadly Boston Marathon attacks didn’t take place only on the streets with professional police officers and SWAT teams. In an era of digital interactivity, it also unfolded around the country from the desks of ordinary people.

Posted: April 20th, 2013 in Headlines,Internet,Latest Technology Stories | Read More »

3 arrested for running online prostitution ring

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The National Bureau of Investigation recently arrested three people who allegedly were involved in an on-line prostitution and human trafficking activities, the agency’s top official said.

Posted: April 11th, 2013 in Internet,Latest Technology Stories,Photos & Videos | Read More »

Vendor of illegal telecom devices busted in Manila

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A man was recently arrested in Sta. Ana, Manila, for allegedly selling illegal telecommunication devices in a buy-bust operation initiated by Globe Telecom and antifraud operatives.

Posted: March 22nd, 2013 in Gadgets,Latest Technology Stories | Read More »

Microsoft added to hacker hit list

A new Microsoft logo is seen on a wall of a newly opened Microsoft store in Boston, Thursday, Aug. 23, 2012. The new logo marks the first time that Microsoft Corp. has revamped its logo in 25 years.  AP Photo/Steven Senne

Microsoft joined Facebook and Apple on Friday on the list of US technology titans targeted in recent cyberattacks.

Posted: February 23rd, 2013 in Internet,Latest Technology Stories | Read More »

CA affirms libel case vs teen blogger for ‘maligning’ another girl

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The Court of Appeals (CA) has upheld a decision by a Marikina Regional Trial Court (RTC) to proceed with a libel case and the issuance of arrest warrants against a minor and five other persons for alleged defamatory posts on a social networking site.

Posted: February 3rd, 2013 in Headlines,Latest Technology Stories | Read More »

US man to plead guilty to ‘sextortion’

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A man has agreed to plead guilty to charges alleging that he tricked more than a dozen teenagers into stripping or performing sexual acts for him via webcam and then used recordings of those sessions to coerce them into making even more explicit videos.

Posted: February 1st, 2013 in Internet,Latest Technology Stories | Read More »

Man charged for uploading sex photos of ex-girlfriend on Facebook

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A Manila City Hall worker was charged with violating the anti-voyeurism law at the Manila Regional Trial Court for uploading photos of him and his ex-girlfriend in sexual acts at a social networking site.

Posted: January 14th, 2013 in Latest Technology Stories,Social Media | Read More »

Guatemala denies McAfee political asylum—president

Software company founder John McAfee talks on his mobile phone after a press conference outside the Supreme Court in Guatemala City, Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012. McAfee, 67, who has been identified as a "person of interest" in the killing of his neighbor in Belize, 52-year-old Gregory Faull, has surfaced in public for the first time in weeks, saying Tuesday that he plans to ask for asylum in Guatemala because he fears persecution in Belize. AP/Moises Castillo

Guatemala on Thursday rejected an asylum petition from US Internet security guru John McAfee and said it would deport him back to Belize, where he is wanted for questioning in a murder probe.

Posted: December 7th, 2012 in Apps and Softwares,Internet,Latest Technology Stories | Read More »

Belize seeks McAfee software founder in slay case

The McAfee logo is displayed outside of the company's headquarters August 19, 2010 in Santa Clara, California. AFP FILE PHOTO

Police in the Central American nation of Belize said Monday that they are looking for the founder of the software company McAfee Inc. to question him about the slaying of another US citizen, his neighbor in an island town on the Caribbean.

Posted: November 13th, 2012 in Headlines,Internet,Latest Technology Stories | Read More »

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