Archive for October, 2008
Netbooks costing $99?
That’s Mike Elgan’s prediction. He writes:
Subnotebooks like the Asus Eee PC, the Dell Mini 9 and the HP 2133 Mini-Note will soon cost as little as $99. The catch? You’ll need to commit to a two-year mobile broadband contract. The low cost will come courtesy of a subsidy identical to the one you already get [...]
Hundreds of thousands of bank accounts compromised
Here’s still more bad news about cybercrime from Gregg Keizer. He reports that a sophisticated Russian gang has stolen the log-ons to more than 300,000 online bank accounts by using Trojan horses.
How to make a million
A million dollars isn’t what it used to be so make that $5 million. All you have to do is go into business running Web scams. Gregg Keizer gives some of the depressing facts in his article, Crooks can make $5M a year shilling fake security software.
