http://www.mixx.com Mixx of items from the Tech News collection en-us Apple is next week expected to unveil new notebook computers, perhaps even a laptop with an $800 (?475) price tag. Fri Oct 10 14:56:39 UTC 2008 http://www.mixx.com/stories/2399229/tech_world_prepares_for_cut_price_apple_laptops thingy_2399229 Ionela http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article4918977.ece NEW YORK - E-mail scams that "phish" for personal information may increase amid the current financial crisis, the Federal Trade Commission warned consumers Thursday. Thu Oct 09 19:42:18 UTC 2008 http://www.mixx.com/stories/2389015/ftc_warns_of_increase_in_internet_scams thingy_2389015 adrian67 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27103548/ Clickjacking enables an attacker to force a user click on an invisible link, obviously without his knowledge or consent. Once a user clicks the link unknowingly, the hacker takes over the control. Thu Oct 09 14:53:20 UTC 2008 http://www.mixx.com/stories/2385151/clickjacking_the_new_threat_for_web_surfers thingy_2385151 MethodMan http://www.hitchrome.com/?p=148 My how time does fly! Because we’ve come so far in such a short period of time it’s hard to believe that Mixx launched to public beta one year ago today. Thu Oct 09 14:13:34 UTC 2008 http://www.mixx.com/stories/2384487/happy_birthday_mixxers thingy_2384487 Ionela http://blog.mixx.com/2008/10/09/happy-birthday-mixxers/ The son of a Tennessee state legislator is facing charges for hacking into Governor Sarah Palin's Yahoo! email account. Wed Oct 08 19:17:59 UTC 2008 http://www.mixx.com/stories/2376529/abc_news_indictment_in_palin_yahoo_e_mail_hacking_case thingy_2376529 SilentJay74 http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=5984710&page=1 David Kernell, the 20-year-old Tennessee student who has been under suspicion for allegedly obtaining unauthorized access into Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's private Yahoo e-mail account, has been indicted Wed Oct 08 17:34:00 UTC 2008 http://www.mixx.com/stories/2375005/tennessee_student_indicted_for_hacking_palin_e_mail thingy_2375005 JessicaLaurie http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/10/tennessee-stude.html With the markets tanking, banks imploding, and the massive bailout seemingly having no effect, it's safe to say that the economy is in dire, dire shape Wed Oct 08 17:25:32 UTC 2008 http://www.mixx.com/stories/2374920/the_sky_is_falling_but_electronics_sales_are_soaring thingy_2374920 JessicaLaurie http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/the-sky-is-falling-but-electronics-sales-are-soaring/ For Kiki Kho, a 19-year-old Texas college freshman, the moment of weakness came on the eve of a French exam. There were just so many words to memorize, and so little time to learn them. Wed Oct 08 17:22:29 UTC 2008 http://www.mixx.com/stories/2374887/technology_makes_cheating_far_more_tempting thingy_2374887 JessicaLaurie http://www.abcnews.go.com/OnCampus/story?id=5963955&page=1 With Linux hyped as a very secure and stable operating system as compared to Windows, you might be wondering why would anyone need security tools for Linux. You are right. Linux is a secure and stable OS but is still vulnerable to bugs, security leaks and Wed Oct 08 07:31:16 UTC 2008 http://www.mixx.com/stories/2368706/turn_linux_into_fort_knox_10_tools_for_a_safer_web_server thingy_2368706 DiffeeOnline http://www.dailyartisan.com/news/linux-security-tools/ "Not even Microsoft can secure its Windows-powered Web sites, some of which are/were already sheltered behind Akamai, which is GNU/Linux-based. Microsoft is too shy and afraid to say that it uses a lot of Free software internally" Tue Oct 07 19:58:56 UTC 2008 http://www.mixx.com/stories/2363034/eye_on_authoritarian_software_despots_msft_sinks_7_some_products_declared_dead thingy_2363034 CyberPhoenix http://boycottnovell.com/2008/10/06/msft-sinks-again/