Lockergnome's Tech News
Watch ~ September 23, 2004
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Gmail Scam Used by Phishers to Gather
Personal Data (Hacker)
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Link to Friends | Posted by Matt Hartley
Could the lure of a free Gmail account be enough for the evil
people that spend their free time phishing for your information to
strike? Geek News Central seems to think so.... [Continued]
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Africa seeks gadget lovers' cash (Misc
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Link to Friends | Posted by Matt Hartley
In a move that will hopefully make some strides in the third
world, the BBC reports that a global fund to help developing countries
shrink the tech gap. The UN has made it known for quite some time now
that they want to see more Internet access for smaller. less developed
countries in the world today.... [Continued]
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Google headed the way of the dark side (Tech
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Link to Friends | Posted by Tiffany Craig
Fagoogle.com, a search engine tool oriented towards homosexual
concerns (What? Really? Whoa!) has been taken offline by the big bad
boys at Google. The site used Google's search engine and the results
thrown up were the same, but with a twist: they had ads. Revenue from
these ads was supposed to be diverted to the 'gay community' for
whatever charitable purpose.... [Continued]
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Microsoft Will Offer Only XP a Secure Internet
Explorer Future (Microsoft)
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Link to Friends | Posted by Jeff Partridge
"If you're one of about 200 million people using older versions of
Windows and you want the latest security enhancements to Internet
Explorer, get your credit card ready. Microsoft this week reiterated
that it would keep the new version of Microsoft's IE Web browser
available only as part of the recently released Windows XP operating
system, Service Pack 2. The upgrade to XP from any previous Windows
versions is $99 when ordered from Microsoft. Starting... [Continued]
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