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German site sued by Facebook says claims without merit (Reuters) - Reuters - The German company sued by Facebook for running a "knockoff" of the social networking Web site said on Sunday it asked a German court to declare that Facebook's claims are without merit.
Unlike McCain, many seniors depend on the Web (AP) -

Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., answers question during an Associated Press interview in New York, Saturday, July 19, 2008. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)AP - If Sen. John McCain is really serious about becoming a Web-savvy citizen, perhaps Kathryn Robinson can help.


Social Engineering 101: Mitnick and other hackers show how it's done (CNET) - CNET - NEW YORK--Kevin Mitnick knows that the weakest link in any security system is the person holding the information.
zCover ships iSAglove 3G cases for iPhone (Macworld.com) - Macworld.com - zCover on Friday announced that it is shipping its iSAglove 3G cover for the iPhone. It costs $29.99 and joins zCover's line of iPhone accessories.
Videogames getting minds of their own (AFP) -

File photo shows a man playing an Xbox 360 game at the Los Angeles Convention Center. Videogames are getting smarter with virtual enemies improvising during battles, storylines shifting based on moral choices and in-game characters sending players text messages for help.(AFP/File/Robyn Beck)AFP - Videogames are getting smarter with virtual enemies improvising during battles, storylines shifting based on moral choices and in-game characters sending players text messages for help.


Web networking photos come back to bite defendants (AP) -

This photo released by the State of Rhode Island Office of the Attorney General shows Joshua Lipton, right, posing at a 2006 Halloween party while wearing a prisoner costume of a striped shirt and orange jumpsuit labeled 'Jail Bird.' The photo was made two weeks after Lipton was charged in a drunk driving car crash that seriously injured a woman. It was posted on the social networking Web site Facebook, which made it available to the prosecutor who used the image to paint Lipton as an unrepentant partier who lived it up while his victim recovered in the hospital. A judge agreed and sentenced Lipton in May 2008 to two years in prison. (AP Photo/State of Rhode Island Office of the Attorney General)AP - Two weeks after Joshua Lipton was charged in a drunken driving crash that seriously injured a woman, the 20-year-old college junior attended a Halloween party dressed as a prisoner. Pictures from the party showed him in a black-and-white striped shirt and an orange jumpsuit labeled "Jail Bird."


India's RCom and SAfrica's MTN call off merger talks (AFP) -

Anil Ambani, chairman of India's second largest telecom firm Reliance Communications, at the 2007 company's annual general meeting Mumbai. The Indian mobile phone group and Africa's largest cellular firm MTN have called off talks for a tie-up because of AFP - Indian mobile phone group Reliance Communications and Africa's largest cellular firm MTN have called off talks for a tie-up because of "legal and regulatory issues", the companies said.


RIM Fixes BlackBerry Enterprise Server Vulnerability (TechWeb) - TechWeb - InformationWeek - The flaw could let malicious PDFs cause problems with the BlackBerry Enterprise Server.