AWAS pemilik telefon bimbit kerana terdapat virus yang dihantar melalui khidmat pesanan ringkas (SMS) dan khidmat pesanan multimedia (MMS) berleluasa sekarang dikenali sebagai Curse of Silence atau CurseSMS.

Virus ini akan membawa kepada serangan penafian servis dan ia ditemui baru-baru ini oleh Tobias Engel dan didedahkan pada Chaos Communication Congress ke-25.

Serangan ini melibatkan SMS yang dicipta dengan niat untuk dihantar kepada sasaran berpotensi.

Penerimaan SMS tersebut menyebabkan peranti yang menjadi sasaran tidak lagi dapat menerima mesej SMS atau MMS.

Rumor has it on the Internet that eBay is trying to sell Skype to none other than Google -- even though the service proved to be quite a cash cow in 2008. With eBay reporting a downfall in revenue and Google still going strong, this rumor might actually have some substance.

Four years after buying Skype for US$2.6 billion, eBay still couldn't find a reasonable way to integrate the telephony service with its auction site, so various sources began speculating Skype's acquisition by search giant Google. At the same time, Skype proved to be a good standalone business, reporting a 26 percent increase in revenue last year.

Of course, nothing is official, and this rumor might never materialize. But it's quite interesting to analyze how Google could implement Skype's functionality into its products. The first thing that sprung into my mind is Google Chat, which is popular -- but mainly with Gmail users.

The founders of a website which carries links to copies of music, films and TV programmes have gone on trial in Sweden on charges of copyright theft.

The Pirate Bay is the world's most high-profile file-sharing site and is being taken to court by media firms including Sony and Warner Bros.

The men face up to two years in prison and a fine of $143,500, if convicted.

"File-sharing services can be used both legally and illegally," defence lawyer Per Samuelsson said.

Frederik Neij, Gottfrid Svartholm Warg, Peter Sunde Kolmsioppi and Carl Lundstrom have portrayed themselves as digital libertarians and say that they cannot be prosecuted for copyright theft because none of the content is hosted on their computer servers.

Peter Bowes looks around the state-of-the-art 'green' house at TED 2009

A legal claim by a Pittsburgh couple that Google's Street View feature violated their privacy has been thrown out by a federal judge.Christine and Aaron Boring sued the search giant after photos of their home appeared on the free mapping program. The couple accused Google of privacy violation, negligence, trespassing and unjust enrichment. In her ruling, Judge Amy Reynolds Hay said the Borings "failed to state a claim under any count".
"We are pleased the judge agreed the suit was without merit," said Google in a statement to the BBC. Street View displays street level, 360-degree photographs of areas taken by specially equipped Google vehicles.
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The photographs at the centre of the lawsuit, launched last year, were taken at the foot of Mr and Mrs Boring's driveway and shows their house, a pool area and detached garage. Signs marked the road as private. The suit alleged that Google's Street View had caused Mr and Mrs Boring "mental suffering" and diluted the value of their home.