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Many lovers of Google Talk—a commonly used instant messaging client and procrastination method for students—received an unwelcome surprise yesterday as they were bombarded with messages propagated by an internet worm. The messages directed users to ViddyHo.com—which asked visitors to provide login information for their Google Talk accounts—through a TinyURL.com link. The worm then used that information to send replicas of the message to contacts listed on the newly-infected user’s Google Talk account. ViddyHo.com has been linked to Hoan Ton-That of San Francisco...
...sure I've ever met anybody more straight-laced...When I tried to fix him up with dates, I'd tell them, 'He's a really nice guy, but very serious. At the end of the night, though, if you ask him in for a cup of tea, that's all he's going to ask for.'" - Seattle teacher Carol Austin, on longtime friend Locke, The Seattle Times...
...point. "In our hands lies the ability to shape our world for good or ill," he said at another. He pointed to the gallery, where Ty'Sheoma Bethea, an eighth grader from Dillon, S.C., sat. She had recently written a letter to Congress and the President to ask for help, as her school is crumbling and in need of repair. "We are not quitters," the letter said. Obama faced his audience. "We are not quitters," he repeated. (Read "Sparing a Dime to Save a College...
...when he announced a suite of new initiatives, including the promise of an affordable education for all Americans if they volunteer in their community or serve their country. "By 2020, America will once again have the highest proportion of college graduates in the world," he said. "Tonight, I ask every American to commit to at least one year or more of higher education or career training." (Read "Under Financial Stress, More Colleges Cap Enrollments...
...clunky syntax and odd phrasing provided strong clues that the usually eloquent pol (currently both Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain and Secretary of State for Justice) wasn't quite himself. This didn't stop a number of recipients from ringing Straw's office to ask if his predicament had been solved. Their calls were met with bafflement. Straw has not recently visited Lagos. Moreover, says his special adviser via text message, when he last did so "to the best of my knowledge he never lost his wallet!" (See a story about the Alicia Keys MySpace phishing controversy...