Neowin News Feed for: Nets

U.S. piracy crackdown nets 50th conviction

Tue, 15 May 2007 01:59:20 +0000

A U.S. Department of Justice crackdown on online piracy (Operation FastLink) has recorded its 50th felony conviction, the agency announced. Christopher E. Eaves, 31, of Iowa Park, Texas, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court for... Read more...

Microsoft Nets New Phishing Filters for IE

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 06 Sep 2006 09:55:42 +0000

Microsoft is using data-mining techniques from a third party in its Internet browsers to guard against "phishing" attacks, where dubious Web sites try to harvest personal information from unknowing victims. Digital Resolve, of Norcross, Georgia,... Read more...

VoIP theft nets $1M, two arrests

Mon, 12 Jun 2006 11:30:49 +0000

A Miami businessman has been accused of breaking into the computers of VoIP service providers and reselling stolen minutes to unsuspecting customers. Edwin Andres Pena allegedly netted over $1m as a result of the scam.... Read more...

Cyber Crime Sweep Nets Over 100 Arrests

Sun, 23 Nov 2003 01:14:55 +0000

Federal authorities have rounded up and arrested more than 125 individuals on charges including identity theft and computer intrusion as part of a nationwide crackdown on Internet crime, U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft said Thursday.... Read more...

Music labels monitor P2P nets to list most popular songs

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 18 Nov 2003 12:02:38 +0000

Major record labels have been snooping onto the world's peer-to-peer song-sharing networks in a bid to measure which artists are proving popular among file-sharers. Media tracking company BigChampagne has been monitoring P2P services since 2000,... Read more...

NetScreen nets Neoteris for $265m

Tue, 07 Oct 2003 01:34:21 +0000

NetScreen Technologies today announced an agreement to acquire SSL VPN company Neoteris in a deal valued at $265 million. The acquisition, for approximately $245 million in stock and $20 million in cash,... Read more...

UK News: Powerline broadband pilot nets 200 trialists

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 06 May 2003 13:02:25 +0000

Southern Electric claims it has received a "good amount of interest" in its commercial trial of broadband through three-pin electrical sockets in Winchester. Details of the trial were formally announced at the end of April.... Read more...

BT ISP nets some losses

Thu, 07 Nov 2002 16:54:00 +0000

Pop Quiz: What cuts me off after two hours, flogged Â£67m of net access but lost Â£22m in the three months to the end of September? Yep, BTopenworld - the ISP division... Read more...