Technology Report: Inside a global cybercrime ring

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Good afternoon Bit, WED 24 Mar 2010    Inside a global cybercrime ring GoDaddy plans to stop China domain registrations Twitterers go offline in the name of charity Google to phase out China search partnerships Google users report erratic service in Beijing Verizon Wireless to open app store March 29 Clearwire calls for one global mobile technology Dell's new servers designed for the cloud Books get the 3-D treatment in South Korea Nigeria rights group to appeal Facebook ruling Nano dress: Fashion meets function Broadband turns on the taps Crime fighting computer debuts Inside a global cybercrime ring March 24, 2010 11:12 AM ET BOSTON (Reuters) - Hundreds of computer geeks, most of them students putting themselves through college, crammed into three floors of an office building in an industrial section of Ukraine's capital Kiev, churning out code at a frenzied pace. They were creating some of the world's most pernicious, and profitable, computer viruses. Full Article GoDaddy plans to stop China domain registrations March 24, 2010 03:55 PM ET WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Internet domain company GoDaddy.com said it planned to stop registering domain names in China, joining Google Inc in protesting cyber attacks and censorship in that country. Full Article Twitterers go offline in the name of charity March 24, 2010 03:52 PM ET TORONTO (Reuters) - Thousands of Twitterers worldwide will put their fingers to rest and gather offline on Thursday in the name of charity. Full Article Google to phase out China search partnerships March 24, 2010 12:30 PM ET BEIJING/HONG KONG (Reuters) - Two days after shutting its Chinese portal over censorship, Google Inc said it plans to phase out deals to provide filtered search services to other online or mobile firms in China. Full Article Google users report erratic service in Beijing March 24, 2010 07:27 AM ET BEIJING (Reuters) - Users of Google Inc.'s search engines across Beijing reported erratic service on Wednesday, with the site sometimes failing to open, and some searches for even non-sensitive terms like "hello" returning error messages. Full Article Verizon Wireless to open app store March 29 March 24, 2010 03:49 PM ET LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Verizon Wireless, the biggest U.S. mobile operator, said it would open its own mobile phone applications store on March 29. Full Article Clearwire calls for one global mobile technology March 24, 2010 02:09 PM ET LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - The head of Clearwire Corp said he envisions incompatible network technologies WiMax and Long Term Evolution (LTE) eventually converging to form a common standard for high-speed wireless services. Full Article Dell's new servers designed for the cloud March 24, 2010 02:54 PM ET SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Dell Inc on Wednesday announced a new series of servers designed for large cloud computing environments. Full Article Books get the 3-D treatment in South Korea March 24, 2010 12:08 PM ET SEOUL (Reuters) - Pop-up is so passe: South Korean scientists have developed 3-D technology for books that makes characters literally leap off the page. Full Article Nigeria rights group to appeal Facebook ruling March 24, 2010 12:40 PM ET ABUJA (Reuters) - A Nigerian civil rights group said Wednesday it would appeal an Islamic court order to shut down its chat forums on Facebook and Twitter which criticize the practice of Islamic law in northern states. Full Article

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