Workers stressed by e-mails

More than a 1/3rd of workers say they feel “stressed out” by the sheer number of e-mails they receive in the office and the pressure to respond promptly.
Scottish research found that some workers are viewing their inbox up to 40 times each hour, leaving them tired and frustrated - as well as unproductive. […]

Posted on August 14th, 2007 by admin
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Software pirate ringleader jailed

A Briton has been imprisoned for 51 months after pleading guilty to software piracy charges in the US.
From his Australia home Hew Griffiths led the DrinkOrDie piracy group which specialised in cracking protection codes on computer software, music and movies.
In the US, the Department of Justice estimated that DrinkOrDie created and spread […]

Posted on June 26th, 2007 by admin
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International Space Station Computers Crash.

Russian computers controlling the International Space Station’s (ISS) orientation and supply of oxygen and water have failed, Nasa officials have announced.
The station’s three crew and seven visiting shuttle astronauts are not at any immediate risk; the ISS has not lost all vital systems.
The news could force Nasa to extend the current shuttle […]

Posted on June 15th, 2007 by admin
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Text message spammer hit with $200,000 fine

American based Verizon Wireless has won a legal case against a SMS spammer who sent out 100,000 text messages via its network.
Specialized Programming and Marketing, and its owner Charles Henderson, were accused of sending 100,000 text messages to Verizon subscribers offering a prize of a cruise.
Verizon promptly sued under the US Federal Telephone Consumer […]

Posted on March 1st, 2007 by admin
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Egyptian blogger jailed for insults

An Egyptian blogger has been sentenced to four years’ in prison for insulting Islam and the Egyptian president.
Abdel Kareem Soliman’s trial was the first time that a blogger had been prosecuted in Egypt.
He had used his web log to carp the country’s top Islamic institution, al-Azhar university and President Hosni Mubarak, whom […]

Posted on February 28th, 2007 by admin
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