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BY JOHN WITT Times-Dispatch Multimedia Editor Cyber villains are setting traps for people who want live video coverage of the Olympics online. Because of the time difference with Beijing, many sports fans are surfing the Internet from the office seeking Olympic coverage -- and that means corporate networks are vulnerable.
The Federal Communications Commission recently ordered Comcast to stop blocking customers from sharing online videos and other large files on the Internet — because doing so violated federal policy.

Basics of Adware and Spyware Blog Launches
PR-CANADA.net (press release), Montenegro - 23 minutes ago
Mansco Systems today launched a new blog on adware and spyware basics. Most people do not realize that adware and spyware are actual one and the same. ...
Premier Election Solutions, formerly Diebold, is accused of supplying the state with malfunctioning e-voting machines, which the company blames on antivirus software.
Joel Brenner, the U.S. national counterintelligence executive, talks with Bob Orr of CBS News about the threats that travelers to China could be facing and offers advice on how travelers can protect themselves.
Americans traveling overseas have been warned that personal information sent electronically can be stolen. No devices, from fax machines to cell phones, should be considered safe. Bob Orr reports.

Peeping Toms Use Webcams to Take Nude Photos of Women
Associated Content, CO - 1 hour ago
By Jinx, published Aug 08, 2008 Sophos, an anti-virus and anti-spyware company has posted an alert on their website about the increase in cyber-voyeurism, ...
A network service that traps more malicious software than a single antivirus program can alone could be the next weapon in...
A network service that traps more malicious software than a single antivirus program catches by itself could be the next weapon used to fight Internet threats.