Monthly Archives: November 2005

Cybercrime More Profitable Than Illegal Drugs

Posted on November 30, 2005 by Derek

Yahoo is currently running a Reuters article claiming that cybercrime generated more illegal revenue than drug trafficking in 2004 and shows no sign of slowing down. The article quotes Valerie McNiven, a US Treasury adviser, as saying, “Last year was … Continue reading →

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Images of the Day: Geekmobile Reindeer Parade

Posted on November 29, 2005 by Derek

Geekmobiles play the parts of Santa’s famous reindeer during the Best Buy Thanksgiving Parade in Chicago.

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Business Week on Cyber Monday

Posted on November 29, 2005 by Derek

If you do a Google search for the term “Cyber Monday”, you’ll come across 947,000 sites currently using the term, which was apparently coined just a little over a week and a half ago to describe a supposed jump in … Continue reading →

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Firefox 1.5

Posted on November 29, 2005 by Derek

The Mozilla Foundation has announced the release of version 1.5 of the popular web browser Firefox. Some of the improvements seen in this release of the alternative to Internet Explorer are an improved rendering engine, better automated updates, browser tabs … Continue reading →

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Image of the Day: Black Friday

Posted on November 27, 2005 by Derek

I’ve survived Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving, which tends to be one of the busier shopping days in the United States during the Christmas holiday season. My shift started at 3am in preparation for the store’s early opening at … Continue reading →

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