Punter Net prostitutes thank Brit leader for boosting their tradeOctober 3rd, 2009 LONDON - Prostitutes have thanked Labour Deputy leader Harriet Harman after her appeal for a ban on a website advertising their services fuelled their demand further. Harman had recently urged California Governor Arnold Schwarzenneger to ban the California-based website Punter Net, which allows prostitutes to be rated by men who have had sex with them, calling it "degrading" and "exploitative".
Website offering change of sex partners is big hit with SingaporeansSeptember 26th, 2009 KUALA LUMPUR - A website offering change of sex partners has become a big hit with Singaporeans, for 49 couples have already signed up for it. According to the Sin Chew Daily, among the categories available were men seeking women, women seeking men, and where same sex partners are available.
Blackwater running covert recruitment drive in Pak through its websiteSeptember 16th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - The controversial US private security company, Blackwater, is reportedly running a covert recruitment drive through its website in Pakistan. The company's website, www.BlackwaterUSA.com, appears to be just like any other internet site, but when navigated deeper the real propaganda of the company is revealed.
Malaysian PM okays Tamil content for 1Malaysia websiteSeptember 16th, 2009 KUALA LUMPUR - The 1Malaysia website will include content in the Tamil language, as it celebrates its first anniversary today. According to Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak what made the anniversary even more special was that it coincides with Malaysia Day, which commemorates the day Sabah and Sarawak became part of the nation 46 years ago.
Dubai unveils new website for business communityAugust 12th, 2009 DUBAI - Dubai has unveiled a new advanced and user-friendly website for the emirate's business community to improve public access to business-related information and procedures, the WAM news agency has reported. The new website, developed by the Department of Economic Development (DED), is the first of many steps planned for the near future to improve the business community's interaction with the department, officials said.
Hacker training has become an industry in ChinaAugust 4th, 2009 BEIJING - In the last year, China has suffered a loss of a billion dollars because of hackers, and what has left authorities in Beijing very worried is a report that the training of hackers has become an industry, and generated an estimated income of 238 million Yuan in the same period. According to a China Daily report, hackers have stolen people's bank account numbers and passwords and damaged the Internet users' computers and servers.
MI6 website full of spelling errorsJuly 27th, 2009 LONDON - MI6 bosses might be experts at protecting Britain from terrorist threats, but that has not prevented the agency's website from being full of spellings errors. he bosses at MI6 came under fire recently when it was revealed that their website was full of grammatical errors.
Brit women ditch bankers for builders as recession hits dating sceneJuly 23rd, 2009 LONDON - Single Brit women want to date builders rather than bankers, a dating website has found. The change in the trend, uncovered by dating website mysinglefriend.com, has been found to be the result of the current economic climate.
Computer hackers can use power sockets to spy on what you're typingJuly 14th, 2009 LONDON - Computer hackers can use power sockets to scout what people are typing, warn experts. Researchers Andrea Barisani and Daniele Bianco, of Inverse Path, have revealed that poor shielding on some keyboard cables can allow hackers to identify each character typed on a computer.
Brit school, govt websites hacked to sell Viagra, pornographyJune 15th, 2009 LONDON - Hackers have taken over hundreds of government, school and university websites in Britain, which direct users to pornographic websites, revealed a new research. The researchers pointed out more than 30 school and university websites' domain names, which have been infected with content that could direct children to illicit content on the net.
Macca's website was hacked by internet crooksApril 9th, 2009 LONDON - Sir Paul McCartney's website was hacked by some unidentified internet crooks last weekend. The website was hit by a virus, enabling thieves potentially to steal the bank details of fans who have bought products.
'Harry Potter' in online piracy rowMarch 30th, 2009 LONDON - 'Harry Potter' author J.K. Rowling is fighting to have her wizard novels removed from a website after they were put online without her permission.
Mobiles to turn into 'zombies' by malicious cellphone networksMarch 12th, 2009 LONDON - If cellphone networks called botnets have their way, many mobile phones may soon become useless zombies. Botnets are networks of hacked computers recruited to assist in cybercrime without their owners realizing that their cell phones are being hacked.
Paris Hilton's website hackedJanuary 13th, 2009 LONDON - Socialite heiress Paris Hilton has been targeted by cyber thieves trying to steal personal information of her fans through her website. The hackers infected her website ParisHilton.com with a virus, which sucks personal details from subscribers' computers and it has hit thousands of her fans and spread to up to 15,000 other websites, Mirror.co.uk reports.
Mischa Barton launches website to promote her collectionJanuary 12th, 2009 LONDON - Actress Mischa Barton, best known for her role in the television series 'The O.C.', has launched a website to support her handbag collections. Her bag collections include totes, drawstring shoulder bags and clutches and are available on her website www.mischabartonhandbags.com
'This time the collection is an extension of my debut collection,' vogue.co.uk quoted Barton as saying.
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