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The world of startups can be a fast moving place, with lots of money thrown around quite rapidly at times. In such a world, it's no surprise to hear stories of pure outright fraud mixed in with all of the real stories of actual startups. They seem to come along every year or so -- and usually involve companies raising a ton of VC money and... Read More →

In the early 1950s -- the beginning of the Cold War -- the Central Intelligence Agency was expanding the boundaries of the espionage trade.Experiments with hallucinogenic drugs and mind control were running in tandem with technicians developing the latest spy gadgetry -- exploding cigars, poison pens and the  Read More →

A B.C. government employee remained on the job for seven months after police searched his Victoria home and discovered the personal information of 1,400 income-assistance clients.But government ministers yesterday were unable to say what the employee Read More →

Four men, including a 64-year-old Michigan resident known as the "Godfather of Spam," were sentenced to several years in prison Tuesday for conspiring to commit wire fraud, mail fraud, and violate federal Can-Spam legislation."Godfather" Alan Ralsky will serve 51 months in prison, while Scott Bradley  Read More →

Call it textual harassment, sexting, cyber-stalking, but new technology has given birth to new ways for teens (and younger) to participate in dangerous behaviors.A Weston survey said recently that the three most frequent abusive behaviors are excessive calling and texting, the caller insisting on knowing the whereabouts of the person they're... Read More →

Well, you just knew this was going to happen eventually. Suddenly publishers are starting to freak out over "ebook piracy," claiming (totally inaccurately) that they've lost $600 million to it. Of course, as some are noting the real problem isn't "piracy" but the industry's response to it:The best way to fight piracy? Got e-book shoppers accustomed... Read More →