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...YORK: Hundreds of Internet users looking for free pornography got something else when they tried to download pictures from three U.S. websites: hundreds of dollars in phone charges to a former Soviet republic. The Federal Trade Commission shut down the scam, charging three people and two companies in New York state with false and deceptive advertising. The ring allegedly lured Web surfers to its sites with the promise of free erotic pictures. Those who wanted to see the photographs first had to download special software that, once installed, surreptitiously hijacked the computer's modem. The program disconnected the users from...
Users can explore the Web through a browser on AOL, but can only reach specific sites. If they want to reach other sites, the users must download Netscape and search for the address on their...
...curious to see exactly how your packets are getting from place to place, use a traceroute utility. To track the way packets go from a Harvard Unix system, just type traceroute followed by the name of the computer in question at the prompt. Or download a traceroute utility from a Web site like shareware.com to test the paths from your desktop computer itself...
...does the industry make it so hard to download digital sounds? Because those raw strings of 1s and 0s represent their corporate crown jewels; once a master digital file falls into a pirate's hands, it can be copied and recopied, each new generation just as good as the first. That's why music companies are always looking for better ways to protect what's known as their intellectual property--if not with tougher trade laws then with more powerful encryption...
...London for $10. U2 won't comment, but its label, Island Records, has asked that the songs not be aired anymore--and has refuted speculation that it engineered the stunt to create an early buzz for the album. Ironically, U2 has invested in software to make it easier to download music from the Net; they may be thankful they haven't yet used...