In a twist on phishing, cybercrooks are hijacking instant-messaging accounts to lure people to their information-thieving Web sites, ZDNet reports. On Friday, for example, a Yahoo employee found that scammers had used her account. They sent her Yahoo Messenger contacts a link to a phishing site. The miscreants had gotten hold of her login credentials,
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In a statement on its website Apple said that a small number of video iPods sold after 12 September are carrying the RavMonE virus, BBC News reports. Apple said that less than 1% of video iPods sold after 12 September were despatched with the virus onboard. The company said that, so far, it had seen
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Investing in commodities was once considered a fringe activity, with very few mainstream investors able to easily get exposure to commodities. But the stellar rises seen in recent years in oil, base metals, and some of the soft commodities, such as copper, have sparked investors’ interest in the sector once again. Jeremy D. Baker, Senior
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By Joseph Stiglitz  Americans like to think that if poor countries simply open up their markets, greater prosperity will follow. Unfortunately, where agriculture is concerned, this is mere rhetoric. The United States pays only lip service to free market principles, favoring Washington lobbyists and campaign contributors who demand just the opposite. Indeed, it is
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By Jeffrey Sachs  Our political systems and global politics are largely unequipped for the real challenges of today’s world. Global economic growth and rising populations are putting unprecedented stresses on the physical environment, and these stresses in turn are causing unprecedented challenges for our societies. Yet politicians are largely ignorant of these trends.  Governments
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The Lefkaritis Group, the biggest Cyprus company in the transport and fuels sectors, has chosen the Oracle JD Edwards EnterpriseOne ERP solution, according to Softecon Enterprise that has already implemented 40 similar projects in Greece, Cyprus and the Balkans. The solution will be provided to all the Group activities, including the public Petrolina (Holdings) Ltd.,
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You will want to be seen with the Trust Optical USB MultiColour Mouse MI-2330 and the MI-2750p that constantly change colour and, therefore, have a cool look. These two new mice combine a trendy multicoloured luminous design with optimal user-friendliness. The integrated MultiColour LED technology produces seven constantly changing colours for a striking and trendy
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Motorola, Inc. is celebrating the shipment of the company’s 50 millionth digital cable set-top and reflecting on ten years of invention for the connected home that has turned its original promise into a reality. This is a huge landmark for the company and the industry.Motorola’s Connected Home Solutions Division held an event celebrating their 50
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Youth unemployment falls sharply  The unemployment rate in Cyprus fell sharply in the second quarter of 2006, to reach 4.1% of the labour force, compared with 5.4% in the same period of 2005 and 5.9% in the first quarter of 2006. These are the result of the most recent Labour Force Survey, which is
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Oil prices moved back to near USD62pb after a reported steep 3.3 mln barrel fall of US oil inventories and after new attacks on foreign oil facilities in Nigeria. The market was looking for an increase of oil inventories. Bear in mind that the equity market rally and the recent rebound in consumer confidence have
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