- Tue Nov 24 4:00 AM PST 2009 Crave giveaway of the week: official rules
These are the official rules for CNET's Crave blog giveaway of the week contest.
- Sat Nov 21 10:04 AM PST 2009 McAfee warns about '12 Scams of Christmas'
Shoppers and retailers aren't the only ones gearing up for the holidays. Criminals are out in full force with plenty of scams to separate you and your money.
- Fri Nov 20 9:00 AM PST 2009 Browser security features compared
The newest versions of Internet Explorer, Firefox, and other browsers all protect against phishing and malware attacks, and most also let you browse anonymously, though they implement these features in very different ways.
- Tue Nov 17 1:28 PM PST 2009 O'Reilly: The Web is at war, and it's making me sad
In his keynote at the Web 2.0 Expo, Tim O'Reilly sets off the punditocracy by insisting that the "war of the Web" is heating up again. Did it ever cool off?
- Tue Nov 17 12:12 PM PST 2009 Feds: Top e-tailers profit from billion-dollar Web scam
An investigation by a Senate subcommittee says millions of Americans were "tricked" into signing up for online membership clubs and were betrayed by many Web retailers.
- Tue Nov 17 4:00 AM PST 2009 FAQ: Recognizing phishing e-mails
Phishing attacks have spiked this year, recent reports show. Here's a primer on what phishing is and how to avoid it.
- Thu Nov 12 12:23 PM PST 2009 RSA reveals details behind re-shipping scam
Desperate during the downturn, people are taking "jobs" as re-shippers, not realizing they're helping criminals move goods purchased with stolen credit cards, RSA says.
- Tue Nov 10 3:38 PM PST 2009 Eastern Europeans charged in payment processor hack
Grand jury indicts defendants accused of hacking into RBS WorldPay network and running "one of the most sophisticated computer hacking rings in the world."
- Fri Nov 6 11:00 AM PST 2009 Week in review: Microsoft getting lucky with 7?
Sales and usage of new OS are up, while Intel attracts additional antitrust attention. Also: AT&T has a lawyer for that app ad.
- Thu Nov 5 11:53 AM PST 2009 Buzz Out Loud Podcast 1100: The Internet is a human right...in Europe
The European Commission has decided that every citizen has a right to the Internet, but still made it fairly easy for the media industry to cut it off. We also see that Intel is in hot water again.




