The presence of serial entrepreneurs in a world fractured by stock market booms and crashes matters. They are valuable not just for what they bring to the business world but for what they teach others about it. DoCoMo is warning customers of its iMode wireless Internet service about malicious e-mail messages that can use special commands to freeze the screens of their mobile phones, dial an emergency number automatically or make calls to large numbers of people. DOJ official urges simpler laws, resources to fight cybercrime Computerworld An assistant attorney at the U.S. Department of Justice asked a congressional subcommittee to provide more funding and stronger laws for fighting cybercrime and tracing suspects over the Internet. Nintendo's next-generation Gamecube console will have an IBM CPU based on the PowerPC processor, a feature expected to make it easier for programmers to develop games for the product.
First look reveals a few new minor features, but biggest addition is stability.
Top tech salaries drop for first time since '85 IDG.net Salary levels for the highest level of IT managers in the U.S. and Canada have slipped for the first time since 1985, as they have been adversely affected by the recent economic downturn, according to a new study. A geek turns on the charm to advance girl power IDG.net Ellen Spertus is one of nine self-proclaimed 'geeks' competing for the title of Sexiest Geek Alive, a contest that has attracted code slingers and comic book fans who vie for the title. Hackers deface EC Web site in 2nd incident Computerworld Dutch hackers Tuesday defaced the Safer Internet Exchange, a site sponsored by the European Commission that promotes a safer Web. The site's security had been increased last week after other hackers discovered possible vulnerabilities. Gold can allow an attacker to take control of a targeted server, the company said in a security bulletin late Tuesday night.