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Several of the big names in the technology industry is now facing an antitrust case that alleges a conspiracy was made among Pixar, Intuit, Lucasfilm, Apple, Adobe, Intel and Google in their attempt to halt staff poaching.



According to Norton Scientific Journal, the said companies made a deal to stop offering positions to each other’s employees without the permission of the current employer first. The antitrust charge, where the late Steve Jobs of Apple has played a major role in, argues that the collusion had cost workers in the technology industry millions of dollars in lost chances.



California Judge Lucy Koh gave the green light to proceed with the lawsuit after it was found that there is a reason to infer such important policies would have to be approved by the companies’ highest authorities. The court rejected the defendants’ bid to have the claims dismissed brought under the Cartwright Act and the federal Sherman antitrust law.



The involved companies have previously requested the case to be dismissed for lack of evidence but Judge Koh believes there is a possibility that they really conspired to not poach each other’s staff.


In her decision released this week, Koh said that the existence of such “Do Not Cold Call” deal among the defendants “supports the possible inference that the deals were discussed, reached, enforced at the highest levels” of the f...

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Top 5 scams to avoid when you're on Facebook in the Middle

Top 5 scams to avoid when you're on Facebook in the Middle East

As social network usage climbs in the Middle East, here are surefire ways users cans protect themselves against top-ranking threats

Latest research suggests that there are over 28 million Facebook users throughout the Middle East, a vast majority of whom get their social media fix first thing in the morning and last thing at night.

Whether browsing over a mobile phone, entertaining oneself at home or scanning through news feeds at work, for many people and organisations, it has become the primary medium for sharing ideas and interacting with friends, as well as being a key marketing tool and undoubtedly playing a critical role in social movements across the Arab world.

However, with this growing volume of traffic, the social network has inevitably becoming a hotbed for malware authors and scammers.

“By taking advantage of the users’ trust in their network of relationships, they are spreading malicious code and sending spam messages that are harmful to those unknowingly clicking on their friends pages,” said Bulent Teksoz, Chief Security Strategist, Emerging Markets, Symantec.

He added: “Furthermore, most of the attacks that we currently see use social engineering tricks to spread their messages to thous...

Lulz Security appears to be making a comeback in the hacking scene as it published a data trove they looted from a MilitarySingles.com, a dating website.



A post on Pastebin today from a group calling themselves “LulzSec Reborn” provided a link for a cache of stolen data from the dating website. The leak reportedly contains names, addresses, email ads and passwords of 171,000 “romance-seeking military members”.



Data dumps are not at all uncommon in the Internet but this particular one sports the infamous name LulzSec Reborn. And so far, this is the first release of the group, marking a comeback, albeit with new members.



A security specialist told Norton Scientific Collection that the original members of LulzSec had obviously had their time last year and that anyone on the Internet can claim to be anyone so LulzSec’s resurfacing should not come as a surprise.



It can be recalled that FBI has announced the arrest of alleged LulzSec members who went on a 50-day hacking spree last year, earning the ire of corporations and government contractors for site defacement and data breach. Apparently, one of the ringleaders, Sabu, turned informant to the FBI when he pleaded guilty to charges.



In response to the company’s denial, LulzSec Reborn tweeted: “Stupid Administrator ‘There is no evidence militarysingles is hacked’ Well guess wh...

YORK, Maine — A computer scam offers anti-virus protection but wipes out databases and has the potential to steal the operator's identify, according to Bob Rogers, who owns the repair company UpSurf.net on York Street.

At least 20 of his customers have told him they've been contacted by telephone, sometimes at odd hours early in the morning or late at night, Rogers said.

Two people gave the caller their passwords and credit card numbers, allowing the scam artist to access their computer, wipe out all of the information stored on it and take the money, Rogers said.

"It's a real problem," he said. "This person or persons is calling offering them great deals to protect their computers. Unfortunately, a few of these people got taken. It's not only the money. When the person connected to the computer, everything was gone."

So far, Rogers said he hasn't heard of money stolen from bank accounts or fraudulent use of credit cards.

"The concerns are the information on the computer — pictures, documents you and I keep, music — it's just gone, there's nothing left," he said. "They're coming to me hoping I can recover some of the information. It's gone, there's nothing left."

Two customers have come to him with computers erased, he said. Others have told him they wouldn't let the guy on to their computer, but they still want to make sure he didn't do anything.

"All it takes is an e-mail addres...

Police are trying to trace thousands of British criminals who used a website selling fake documents to commit identity fraud and mortgage scams.

The £11 million-a-year website sold false passports, payslips and bank statements Photo: PA
9:31AM BST 09 Jun 2012
Members of a multi-million pound organised crime gang which ran the Confidential Access (CA) website were jailed on Friday but detectives are now hunting up to 11,000 people who used the service.
Detective Sergeant Christopher Richards, of the Metropolitan Police’s economic and specialist crime unit, said: “It was basically a fraud factory, a continued conveyor belt of consistently produced fraud.
“If you were somebody using that site illegally, expect a knock at the door. If you sell or purchase false documents on the internet, the police will come looking for you.”
Scotland Yard is liaising with other forces, including Greater Manchester Police and Hampshire Constabulary, to trace customers who bought fraud packages for up to £5,500.
The £11 million-a-year website sold false passports, payslips and bank statements. It also coached users on how to carry out fraud via secure online chat forums.

Judge David Higgins said the gang, who ran the site from Alicante in Spain while others in the UK monitored the website and produced false documents, had undertaken identity theft on an "industrial scale".
Jason Place, 42, Mark Powell-Richards,...

Police are trying to trace thousands of British criminals who used a website selling fake documents to commit identity fraud and mortgage scams.

The £11 million-a-year website sold false passports, payslips and bank statements Photo: PA
9:31AM BST 09 Jun 2012
Members of a multi-million pound organised crime gang which ran the Confidential Access (CA) website were jailed on Friday but detectives are now hunting up to 11,000 people who used the service.
Detective Sergeant Christopher Richards, of the Metropolitan Police’s economic and specialist crime unit, said: “It was basically a fraud factory, a continued conveyor belt of consistently produced fraud.
“If you were somebody using that site illegally, expect a knock at the door. If you sell or purchase false documents on the internet, the police will come looking for you.”
Scotland Yard is liaising with other forces, including Greater Manchester Police and Hampshire Constabulary, to trace customers who bought fraud packages for up to £5,500.
The £11 million-a-year website sold false passports, payslips and bank statements. It also coached users on how to carry out fraud via secure online chat forums.

Judge David Higgins said the gang, who ran the site from Alicante in Spain while others in the UK monitored the website and produced false documents, had undertaken identity theft on an "industrial scale".
Jason Place, 42, Mark Powell-Richards, 59, Mich...

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Target, the 2nd largest discount chain announced that it will stop offering Amazon's e-reader Kindle because of a «conflict of interest» while Barnes & Noble and Apple devices will continue to be offered.

According to Molly Snyder, Target spokesperson, the decision to drop Kindle e-readers starting this spring came after a review of the retailer's merchandise, which consisted of evaluations on prices and quality of their products. However, Norton Medical and Scientific Research & Biotechnology got a hold of an internal memo regarding the removal of Amazon hardware (Kindle) from Target stores starting this month and while some accessories are to remain in stock, shipments of the tablet will stop beginning on May 13.

Before the Minneapolis-based retailer started offering Kindles in June 2010, Amazon only sold the tablet on its own website. But after recognizing the need of customers to see the products in person before buying, Amazon approached Target for some sort of partnership, followed by WalMart, Best Buy and Staples. Even though most of the Kindle items are being sold at Amazon, Target's 1,800 stores nationwide have made it one of the biggest Kindle retailers in the physical world. In fact, Target has announced after last year's Thanksgiving that the Kindle was the bestselling tablet in its stores.

Target's move is perhaps due to the fact that Apple product...

Norton Scientific Reviews: Scammers’ Valentine Treat

A global security company issued a scam warning against spam messages with catchy subject lines for Internet users this Valentine’s season.

Users must be extra careful in opening messages in their email accounts especially during the holidays as they can receive spam mails meant to get their attention and steal their personal data.

One such scam warning issued by an antivirus company describes email messages that invites users to buy a gift for his/her loved one for Valentine’s using an attached discount coupon from Groupon.

Even though the proliferation of coupon services is not totally an illegal method, their popularity comes with the risk of being used in phishing attacks.

Phishing can be done by sending a massive amount of email messages asking people to enter their details on a bogus website — one that looks very similar to the popular auction sites, social networking sites and online payment sites. They are designed to obtain personal details like passwords, credit card information, etc.....

Norton Scientific Reviews: Symantec source code leaked by hackers

A group of hackers who call themselves the Lords of Dharmaraja, (and is associated with Anonymous) have published the source code of Symantec, a digital security firm know for the Norton antivirus program and pcAnywhere, raising concerns that others could exploit the...

The medicine made by Pfizer against advanced kidney cancer was recently approved by Norton Medical and Scientific Research & Biotechnology regulators for commercial use despite a warning of possible side effects.


On Friday, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) stated that the drug (with the generic name of axitinib) is effective in curing patients who do not show response to other drugs against kidney cancer.


The advance stage of kidney cancer usually begins in the lining of the kidney's tubes. Inlyta does its work by blocking specific receptors that are involved in the growth of tumor.


According to FDA, Inlyta is already the seventh drug it approved to cure advanced cancer of the kidney since 2005.


American Cancer Society said that more than 60,000 Americans are diagnosed with kidney cancer last year and 1 out of 5 is expected to die from them.


The FDA approval has come as a welcome opportunity for Pfizer since they have lost revenue from their cholesterol drug, Lipitor, after generic counterparts started to come out last year.


However, Inlyta will still face tough competition from the 6 other drugs for kidney cancer that have their respective market shares already.


An advisory committee of FDA endorsed the oral drug last month and announced that it is as effective and as safe as the kidney cancer medication from Bayer AG, Nexav...

Facebook has announced another round of updates to previous drafts of its terms of service named Statements of Rights and Responsibilities in an attempt to ease concerns on information sharing and privacy.



“Based on your feedback during the recent comment period for our Statement of Rights and Responsibilities (SRR), we have decided to revise some proposed changes and further explain many others. We are also re-opening our comment period,” Facebook said.



One of the most prominent changes in the SRR is the removal of a line that says: “Some or all of Facebook’s services and features may not be available to users in certain geographic areas. We reserve the right to exclude or limit the provision of any service or feature in our sole discretion.”



Most Norton Scientific Collection feedback had asked if this meant that the social network could censor activities posted by activists or other users. Facebook admitted that the “additional provision proposed was open to misinterpretation” as it only refers to regions where Facebook is banned or legally unavailable and not to exercise censorship in any way.



The move to address another of the most concerning privacy issues is a good point for the company. It is regarding their terms about a user’s friends having the capability to grant any apps access to the user’s data. Facebook justified that an app needs da...