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CYBERSPACE NEWS
Last Update on 03-15-2010 at 06:19:12from Eyewitness News Online Internet Fraud On The Rise WASHINGTON Guess it makes sense, in a way. The FBI is reporting how much Internet fraud is costing us. And, the agency says, the most common type of fraud, is scams from people falsely claiming to be from the FBI. The agency says last year, the cost of online fraud was $560 million dollars. That's double what it was for the previous report. Individual complaints of Internet scams grew more than 20 percent last year. And it isn't just people with deep pockets being taken for a ride. Officials say the amounts taken by individual fraud cases range from less than $30 to more than $100,000.
Pay For News? No Way, Experts Say NEW YORK People know that if you want a newspaper, you have to drop a coin or two into the sidewalk boxes, slap some money on the counter at the newsstand, or subscribe for home delivery. But when it comes to getting that very same news online, people don't want to pay. So much so, a new consumer survey suggests that trying to get people to pay for online news at this point is "like trying to force butterflies back into their cocoons." The report comes from the Project for Excellence in Journalism. It's considered a serious blow to those news organizations holding out hope that those who want to get news online will be willing to shell out even a little for the chance to do so. Netflix Cancels Sequel To Movie-Recommendation Contest CYBERSPACE This time, there WON't be a sequel. Netflix has pulled the curtain on an effort to do another movie-recommendation contest. The company won't try it again, after questions were raised about whether Netflix was protecting the privacy of its subscribers. The Federal Trade Commission also had raised questions about the company's ability to protect customers' privacy. IN STORES: FEDS UPHOLD RULES ON CABLE TV FIRMS PROVIDING SHOWS TO RIVALS cheering, no matter what team they root for. A federal court in Washington has upheld rules that require cable TV companies to make sports programming and other channels they own available on equal terms to rival TV providers, like satellite companies. Under the rules, Comcast, for example, will have to provide the channels it owns to rivals like DirecTV, Dish Network and Verizon's FiOS service. Cablevision has been withholding its content in similar ways, for example, barring satellite providers from receiving its high-definition sports signals. DirecTV and Verizon hailed the ruling as a win for consumers. |
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