| State councillor's hacked email used in scam (The New Straits Times) KLANG: The email of a Selangor executive councillor has been hacked into and used to send a plea for donations. Dr Halimah Ali's email (q_halimah@yahoo.com) was used to send out a message on Wednesday saying she had been robbed in London and was stranded there. us.rd.yahoo.com |
Google Restores Gmail Access Lost Worldwide The problem started around 4:30 a.m. Eastern time on Tuesday, when many users in the United States were asleep, but during the work day in Europe and much of Asia. nytimes.com |
Social Networks Eclipse E-Mail Time spent on social networks surpassed that for e-mail for the first time in February. nytimes.com |
Breaking a Promise on Surveillance The Obama administration’s request to ease the F.B.I.’s access to citizens’ electronic records is a step backward, from a president who promised something very different. nytimes.com |
OFFICIALS PUSH TO BOLSTER LAW ON WIRETAPPING Obama administration task force, which includes officials from Justice Dept and Federal Bureau of Investigation, is working on draft legislation to strengthen and expand 1994 law; measure requires telecommunications companies to ensure that their networks can be wiretapped without delay after being presented with court order for surveillance of target; disclosure comes less than month after report of related effort to bring Internet companies that enable communications, like Gmail and Facebook,... query.nytimes.com |