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Sting to flog Compaq
News In an unlikely duet, pop singer Sting and Compaq Computer are singing the same song. Houston-based Compaq is expected to announce on Monday an exclusive agreement with Sting that will allow the computer maker to roll out an advertising and branding...
[August 9, 1999, 15:01]
A Year Ago: Sting to flog Compaq
News Sting sings along to corporate sponsorship tune In an unlikely duet, pop singer Sting and Compaq Computer are singing the same song. Houston-based Compaq is expected to announce on Monday an exclusive agreement with Sting that will allow the...
[August 9, 2000, 7:01]
Viruses bring a sting in the tail
Leader In sales, the long tail can bring big rewards, but in the security industry it has nothing but a nasty sting. Fame - or infamy - just doesn't cut it any more for virus writers. If you get famous in this business then you're very likely to get...
[June 2, 2005, 14:00]
WaSP takes sting out of its tail
News A group formed to sting browser makers into hewing to industry standards says from now on it's using honey, not vinegar, to get the job done. Last week, following a 15-month hiatus, the Web Standards Project (WaSP) declared its initial mission was...
[February 19, 2003, 9:26]
FBI agent reveals details of cybercrime sting
News Q: You were central to the DarkMarket sting. The sting would not have been possible without the work of FBI agent J Keith Mularski, who spent two years infiltrating the group. Mularski, a supervisory special agent with the FBI's Cyber Initiative...
[May 7, 2009, 17:12]
MPs warn of 3G mobile price sting
News This would lead to a lack of competition in the mobile market, and the committee fears it would give the remaining 3G operators the chance to sting customers. Mobile phone users may pay excessively large bills if they upgrade to a third-generation...
[April 26, 2002, 11:57]
Take the Sting Out of Web Development With ActivePython
White Papers The wonderful world of Web 2.0 is evident everywhere in one's daily digital lives. Web development technologies like JavaScript, Ajax, Flash and Flex are dramatically improving web application design and have catapulted database-driven applications...
[May 14, 2009, 1:17]
User communities at MSN - sting for Netscape
News Several companies, including Yahoo! and Excite@Home Inc.already offer the user-created communities, which let people build personal forums where they can chat uninterrupted about a variety of topics. Through the MSN site, people will be able to...
[June 29, 1999, 9:01]
Cybersex sting: Naughton pleads guilty
News Patrick Naughton pleaded guilty on Friday to a federal charge that he traveled from Seattle to Los Angeles with the intent to engage in a sexual act with a 13-year-old girl. The former Infoseek executive now faces up to 15 years in prison.
[March 20, 2000, 9:36]
New Outlook bug can sting with spam
News A new method for attacking computers connected to the Internet allows vandals to take control of a PC simply by sending it an email. The vulnerability in Microsoft's Outlook email program has widespread implications: Until now, victims had to...
[July 19, 2000, 9:05]
Web site sting smashes child porn ring
News Police in Italy have shattered an international child porn ring using a fake Web site to snare more than 1,500 users. Investigators have charged 831 people in Italy with purchasing material involving sex with minors and are investigating a further...
[October 30, 2000, 10:18]
Nasa hacker petition presented to Number 10
Blog Sting's wife Trudie Styler and Janis Sharp have presented a petition to Number 10 calling for Nasa hacker Gary McKinnon not to be extradited to the US. Styler and Sting have supported McKinnon for approximately six months.
[July 3, 2009, 17:27]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog The search for perfection is all very well, as Sting sang so plaintively, but to look for heaven is to live here in hell. Which has nothing to do with Sting's career, of course, about which the best that can be said is that at least it stopped him...
[August 12, 2005, 18:40]
FBI 'hack' could set dangerous precedent
News A sting operation in which FBI agents downloaded data from two Russian-based computers has some high-tech lawyers concerned that the precedent may be used to justify indiscriminate, cross-border hacking.
[May 2, 2001, 8:17]
Message in a hamper
Blog Pop star Sting and his wife Trudie Styler have sent a hamper and a note of support to the family of Nasa hacker Gary McKinnon. Sting publically stated support for McKinnon last week, and has now followed up by sending a hamper full of goodies and a...
[March 6, 2009, 14:28]
FBI nets Scottish Web paedophile
News A Scottish university lecturer faces a 15-year jail sentence after an FBI sting operation caught him travelling to America to have sex with a boy he met over the Internet. In the UK, the Police and Criminal Evidence Act prevents sting operations...
[March 12, 2001, 11:19]
Lute alors
Blog Once upon a time, there was a new wave band called the Police, fronted by an intense young man called Sting. The band's angular, melodic, undemanding pop sold by the million, making Sting and his fellows very rich indeed.
[October 17, 2006, 12:33]
CEO: Naughton said 'I did it'
News During the call Naughton reiterated that he was caught in an FBI sting, and there had been no 13-year-old involved, Motro said. But Braaten also told Brooklier she had posed as another 13-year-old who was chatting with Naughton in a separate...
[December 9, 1999, 10:27]
Naughton: The American dream turned sour, Part V
News Motro also said Naughton stressed that it had been an FBI sting and that there had been no real 13-year-old girl involved. Instead, he said he had acknowledged being busted in a police sting and had told Motro, "Yes, it's true.
[March 21, 2000, 13:59]
FBI nabs Russian hackers
News Internet sting operation Federal authorities say they arrested the two Russians after an FBI sting operation lured them to the United States with promises of a job with a fictitious company. The FBI started the sting operation in July after it had...
[April 24, 2001, 8:11]
