Taming Internet Explorer Browser Plug-Ins (Washington Post)
Security Fix has often lamented the lack of decent point-and-click software tools to help Microsoft Internet Explorer Web browser users kill insecure "ActiveX controls," plug-ins for IE that have traditionally been among the biggest avenues of attack from spyware and adware. That’s why I’m pleased to call attention to a free new tool called "AxBan," which helps neuter insecure ActiveX plug-ins …
LA Internet suicide case may be put off (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
A Missouri woman charged in connection with an Internet hoax that allegedly led a 13-year-old girl to commit suicide may have her Los Angeles trial postponed.
Prison Time for San Diego Man Involved with Internet Pharmacy (FOX 6 News San Diego)
A San Diego man who participated in an Internet pharmacy operation that illegally imported drugs from Mexico was sentenced to 10 months in federal prison.
Coming next year: Hundreds of new Internet domain names (The Pantagraph)
NEW YORK — The Internet’s key oversight agency relaxed rules Thursday to permit the introduction of hundreds, perhaps thousands, of new Internet domain names to join ".com," making the first sweeping changes in the network’s 25-year-old addressing system.
Hackers Hijack Critical Internet Organizations (New York Times)
Turkish hackers on Thursday defaced the official sites of the international organizations that oversee the Internet?s critical routing infrastructure and regulate domain names.
Single mom selling Fla. home and heart on Internet (The Oklahoman)
PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — She’s tried night clubs and online dating sites, but now a 42-year-old single mother is looking for love where everyone else’s heart is breaking - the real estate market. After a year of trying to sell her four-bedroom home and eight years of singledom, Deven Trabosh is offering her South Florida home and a shot at marrying her on the Internet. "I figured …
Internet Regulator Eases Domain-Name Limits (NPR)
The group that oversees the Internet has voted to ease the limits on the suffixes on Web addresses, like .com and .org. It won’t be free, but the move opens the door to countless new addresses, including ones with Chinese or Arabic characters.
Site keeps kids away from Internet riffraff (The Record)
The Internet is a vast playground where children are likely to spend as much time this summer as at an actual park filled with swings and slides. Yet parents fear children will stumble upon the Web’s seamier side when they aren’t looking.
Sheriff joins effort to fight Internet crim (The Alexander City Outlook)
The Tallapoosa County Sheriff’s Department is doing its part to be proactive against Internet crimes. The department works with Internet Crimes Against Children organization to arrest and prosecute Internet criminals.