Networking: Virus writing for profit

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By GENE J. KOPROWSKI

CHICAGO, Sept. 26 (UPI) -- Unscrupulous e-mail marketers are collaborating with criminal virus writers to combine selling questionable goods and services online with attempting to steal information from consumers, experts told United Press International's Networking.
"Spammers are now paying virus writers to make new viruses that create zombie networks that are used to send fraudulent or phishing e-mails," said John Dickinson, author of the book, "The New Anti-Virus Formula: How to Use Multilayered Security to Defeat Viruses."
Dickinson added, "The so-called phishing variant induces people to turn over the keys to their financial accounts, leading to outright theft."

Managing Assets -- Digitally

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By Gene J. Koprowski
United Press International

The networking of digital asset management (DAM) systems is the latest technology trend for the creative industries -- publishing, advertising and entertainment -- and is improving overall corporate performance there.

Jennifer Neumann, chief executive officer of Germany's Canto Inc. and the keynote speaker at the Seybold Chicago seminar in Chicago last week, said that the databases of photos, images and other digital content are being integrated with other networks, from sales, customer service as well as marketing


http://www.washingtontimes.com/upi/20050916-091446-5792r.htm

Wireless World: Stopping wireless ID theft
By Gene J. KoprowskiSep. 16, 2005 at 4:23PM
A New Jersey State Superior Court judge this week ordered a company that had acquired customer names from a major wireless carrier without its permission to refrain from selling those customer profiles to others and to surrender the names and transaction records. The order in the case of Verizon Wireless vs. Source Resources Inc. is the latest round in the ongoing war centered on stopping ID theft today, experts told UPI's Wireless World.

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The Web: Searching for survivors online
By Gene J. KoprowskiPublished 9/7/2005 2:17 PM
CHICAGO, Sept. 7 (UPI) -- The New Orleans Police and the Louisiana National Guard have an electronic ally in their search for survivors of Hurricane Katrina: the Internet, experts tell UPI's The Web.

Individuals are using the Web to search for lost loved ones and view satellite images of damaged property, and content producers and Internet Service Providers have launched a registry for survivors of the catastrophic storm.

http://www.upi.com/view.cfm?StoryID=20050912-090024-7933r

Networks secure subways, transit systems
By Gene J. KoprowskiPublished 9/12/2005 12:32 PM

CHICAGO, Sept. 12 (UPI) -- A new surveillance network being built for the New York City subway system may serve as a model in the coming years for other metropolitan transit authorities, experts tell UPI's Networking column.
The New York Metropolitan Transit Authority is developing a security network that will link motion-detectors, decision-support software, closed-circuit TV cameras, and wireless networking technologies, to monitor for terrorist threats below the terra firma.

http://www.physorg.com/news6478.html

September 14, 2005
By Gene J. Koprowski
United Press International

The motivation for eBay Inc.'s acquisition of Internet telephony upstart Skype may be a mystery to most.

IT Hiring Up In the United States

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September 6, 2005
Gene J. Koprowski
Information-technology employment is increasing, and the greatest expansion appears to be coming from computer-network design and related services, with Internet companies, software developers and even consumer-product firms hiring the skilled talent, experts tell UPI's Networking.

Unions organizing IT workforces

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By Gene J. Koprowski
Ziff-Davis Internet

Is the IT workforce ripe for union membership? Recent splits in several large labor organizations, growing IT pessimism and the increasing strength of offshore outsourcing are fueling new efforts to attract information workers, insiders say.
There may be growing support among the workforce for such union representation. A union-backed survey released in late August revealed "increasing pessimism" among United States-based technology workers, who see less demand in the future for their skills.
"Clearly, the pixie dust for tech workers has worn off," said Marcus Courtney, president of WashTech/CWA, the Seattle-based alliance of technology workers that organized the national survey.

Carriers struggling to restore service

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By Gene J. Koprowski
UPI Science News

Wireless carriers are struggling to restore -- and in some cases, maintain -- networks in the Gulf Coast and New Orleans regions in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, the most deadly natural disaster in U.S. history, experts tell UPI's Wireless World.

http://www.upi.com/view.cfm?StoryID=20050829-085725-2860r

Networking: Internet telephony enticing new users

By Gene J. Koprowski
UPI Science News

CHICAGO, Aug. 29 (UPI) -- Making calls over the Internet -- rather than over the conventional phone network -- may become the norm for corporations in the coming years, experts told UPI's Networking.