Neowin News Feed for: Bust

US, China Bust Huge Software Piracy Ring

Steven Parker — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 10:54:02 +0000

Raids in the southern region of China have exposed a 2 billion dollar global software piracy syndicate, believed to be one of the largest in the world. The FBI and China's Public Security Bureau led... Read more...

Secret Service helps bust ID, credit card theft rings

Tue, 26 Jun 2007 06:50:19 +0000

Thanks to information provided by the Secret Service, on June 12 French National Police arrested four on online fraud charges in relation to an international ID theft ring. The arrests were part of an undercover... Read more...

Bloggers bust CBS over Bush memos

Michael Stanclift — Wed, 15 Sep 2004 05:44:45 +0000

On September 8th, the CBS show 60 Minutes II ran a story bringing to light which purported to show that when President Bush was in the National Guard he failed to obey orders. The memos... Read more...

Polish Police Bust Large Piracy Ring

Wed, 25 Aug 2004 00:21:41 +0000

Warsaw police today successfully busted a gang of more than 100 hackers who were responsible for selling pirated music, movies and games. The pirates used academic computers and networks around the world to store their... Read more...

CAN-SPAM Big Bust

Fri, 06 Aug 2004 10:38:02 +0000

MX Logic, a firm who has been tracking CAN-SPAM complience, says, "Get a good spam filter, because despite federal law, it's not going away anytime soon." The numbers don't lie: CAN-SPAM is... Read more...

Virus Sender Helped FBI Bust Others

Tom Warren — Thu, 18 Sep 2003 14:39:26 +0000

Federal prosecutors credited the man responsible for transmitting the Melissa virus—a computer bug that did more than $80 million in damage in 1999—with helping the FBI bring down several major international hackers. ... Read more...

AMD Future Vision: 64-Bits or Bust

Fri, 18 Jul 2003 19:14:04 +0000

At AMD, our approach to technology is to transform it into something useful – innovation. The difference between technology and innovation is customers, because they decide what works and what doesn't, and what has value... Read more...

Show proves tech boom never went bust

Michael Stanclift — Mon, 06 Jan 2003 15:41:17 +0000

Panasonic, Palm, Philips and other makers of cell phones, handheld computers and electronic doodads would have you believe the good times are rolling now like never before. They may have a point.... Read more...

Bluetooth in five minutes or bust

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 10 Dec 2002 14:43:22 +0000

It's a question of time if Bluetooth companies want to see blue skies--five minutes, an industry group leader plans to tell developers this week. Mike McCamon, executive director of the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG),... Read more...

Movie studios tout first DVD bust in US

Sat, 23 Mar 2002 04:47:38 +0000

A rogue DVD-burning lab was shut down by law enforcement in New York on Friday, the first time that's happened in the United States, according to the movie studios' trade association. The... Read more...