Hackers mull physical attacks on a networked world (AP)
AP - Want to break into the computer network in an ultra-secure building? Ship a hacked iPhone there to a nonexistent employee and hope the device sits in the mailroom, scanning for nearby wireless connections. 213
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Yahoo to let visitors decline more targeted ads (AP)
AP - Yahoo Inc. will let its Web visitors decline ads targeted to their browsing habits, becoming the latest Internet company to break from a common industry practice as Congress steps up scrutiny of customized advertising and consumer privacy.
Cable companies stole telcos' lunch in 2Q (AP)
AP - Phone companies have been feeling the heat from cable companies for years, as those traditional TV providers have expanded their own phone services and fought hard for broadband Internet subscribers.
Rackspace IPO: Wall Street does cloud computing (CNET)
CNET - Wall Street gave a nod to cloud computing Friday as San Antonio, Texas-based Rackspace Hosting opened for trading today on the New York Stock Exchange following its initial public offering Thursday.
Some Web sites remain blocked at Beijing Olympics (AP)
AP - Some Web sites remained inaccessible to reporters as competition got under way Saturday at the Beijing Olympics.
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AP - Bernie Mac's publicist says the actor and comedian has died.
WIFE'S CELL PHONE MYSTERY MAN UNSETTLES HER HUSBAND (Dear Abby)
Dear Abby - DEAR ABBY: My wife of 25 years has been talking on the phone with a married man who lives in a city 300 miles away. They chat for more than an hour a week. Our cell phone bills indicate that this has been going on for more than a year.
EIC Squared: Olympics, LinuxWorld, and Google cookies (CNET)
CNET - On this week's EIC Squared podcast, ZDNet's Larry Dignan and I talk about the big story of this month--the Olympics.
'Cloud computing' trend heightens privacy risks (AFP)
AFP - A US military computer science professor has warned that a trend to push software into the "clouds" exacerbates privacy risks as people trust information to the Internet.
Facebook Lawsuit: Righteous Anger or Sour Grapes? (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - When the executives of social-networking Web site Facebook sued a German-based business that had launched a copycat site, it was accepted as a good move -- but was Facebook just sour over an offer gone bad?
ConnectU founders falter in Olympic rowing heat (CNET)
CNET - Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, the identical twins who went from a legal spat with Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg to a berth on the Olympic rowing team, didn't do so well in Beijing on Saturday. In the preliminary heat for their event, the men's pair (M2-), they placed fifth out of five boats.
Website blocking is for your own good, Games chiefs tell Chinese (AFP)
AFP - Olympic Games organisers claimed on Saturday that the controversial decision to block Internet sites was taken to protect Chinese youngsters.
US comedian, 'Ocean's 11' star Bernie Mac dead at 50 (AFP)
AFP - US comedian Bernie Mac, who played an ex-felon blackjack dealer in the "Ocean's Eleven" series and had his own sitcom on television, has died at 50, US media said Saturday.
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