A University of Minnesota Duluth student pleaded guilty this morning to the charges of harassment and identity theft.

At the Black Hat security conference , researchers showed how iPhones and other smartphones are vulnerable to malformed SMS text messages. In IT Blogwatch , bloggers panic and run for the hills, clutching their precious, shiny devices. Richi Jennings is your humble blogwatcher, who selected these bloggy morsels for your enjoyment. Dan Goodin happens in Vegas: Researchers have uncovered a bevy of vulnerabilities in smart phones made by multiple vendors, including one in Apple's iPhone tha

SEATTLE - A man who was the victim of a 35-year-long identity theft said Thursday he's so happy about an arrest in the case that he could kiss the special agent who handled it. "I can't believe this has finally come to a head after all these years — it's like I've been released from prison," said Tom Lesh, of Coos Bay, Ore. "I was just talking to Special Agent Matt Lavelle and I want to kiss him." House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is trying to unite her divided caucus around a common enemy

July 31, 2009 – 3:29 pmTom Lesh has been trying to wake from a nightmare for the past 35 years. That’s how long that Clark Mower has been using Tom’s identity. Tom said he has known about Mower use of his good name ever since he started using it in the 1970’s and has devoted “thousands of hours” writing letters to government officials and creditors to clear up the fraud. Nearly all of those letters have accomplished nothing but wrist pain.“At one point I thought about getting a hit man, but I wo

LAS VEGAS, July 31 — Security experts have uncovered flaws in Apple Inc’s iPhone that they said hackers can exploit to take control of the popular device, using the tactic for identity theft and other crimes. Users need to be warned that their iPhones are not entirely secure and Apple should try to repair the vulnerability as soon as possible, they said at the Black Hat conference in Las Vegas, ...

WALLA WALLA -- Federal, state and local police are seeking leads in the theft of a large amount of explosives.

Apple Inc. said Friday it has issued a software update to fix a vulnerability that security experts said could allow hackers to take control of the iPhone and use it for identity theft.

The first public crack of the RTM build of Windows 7 (6.1.7600.16385) did not survive for very long, thanks to Microsoft and Lenovo’s partnership (Pirates – 1, Microsoft – 1). Microsoft has now blacklisted the OEM key and ensured that Lenovo will be able to deliver genuine, non-pirated copies of Windows 7 to its consumers. Microsoft made it clear earlier on the Genuine Windows Blog that this leak will not cause any issues for Lenovo: We’ve worked with that manufacturer [Lenovo] so that cu

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CAREERS MONDAY, AUG. 3 Career-Prospectors, http://www.career-prospectors.com, a job-search networking group, meets every Monday at 7:30 a.m. in the conference room at Long & Foster, 9321 Midlothian Turnpike. Details: Michael Soden, (804) 594-7065. WEDNESDAY, AUG. 5 Community College Workforce Alliance offers a webinar on “Organizational Skills for the Workplace,“ 11 a.m. Registration: ...