At least half a dozen high-profile Web sites in the United States had been defaced, an Internet security expert in the US said on Monday. It is difficult to trace the source of a hacker attack, because they typically go through a chain of computers before hitting targeted sites. Internet experts said that some Chinese sites defaced by hackers were not fixed immediately, because of a lack of special technicians, the China Daily said. The Chinese official said Internet security experts had been asked to conduct 24-hour surveillance and Internet security companies had been urged to provide aid and consultation to Internet users, the paper said. A new book examines copyright and other intellectual property issues and the trend towards zero-tolerance.
British scientists claims to have isolated a language gene.
Hopefully they can tweak the gene so that we can speak any language we want. Sue the mousetrap guy John Zuccarini registered misspellings of popular domain names, then bombarding visitors with an unending series of pop-up ads after they misspell a name and accidentally ended up on his Web site. Lycos Asia Ltd. All Rights Reserved.