US spammer faces five years in prison

A computer expert who set up and managed the spam systems of notorious US spammers pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting the sending of spam containing graphic pornographic images and faces a prison term of up to five years. Californian Kirk Rogers, 42, pleaded guilty at a Phoenix court in Arizona to one charge brought under the CAN-SPAM Act. Rogers also agreed to forfeit money obtained through the operation. ...more

Big Brother - DIY style!

Do you miss your regular dose of the Big Brother team? Well there's no need to miss out - bring the whole phenomenon into your own home. If the thought of having a camera stuffed into your life 24 hours a day, seven days a week appeals to you, then check out this new site for all web cam fanatics. TeVeo is a community set up for all those people who like to noodle around with web cameras. ...more

World's first virtual girlfriend to launch in November

You know how it is guys. Work, mates, sports, work, sleep - there just isn't enough time to meet members of the opposite sex. Now technology has come to the rescue with the launch of the world's first virtual girlfriend game. ...more

Chips are up for gambling Aussies

It seems our cousins down under find it hard to fight the lure of cyber casinos. More than 80 per cent of adult Australians gamble, spending twice the amount compared with their American or European peers and losing an average of 3 per cent of their income on games of chance. To combat this rising tide of gambling, the Australian government has decided to ban Internet casinos for a year, with offending sites facing criminal charges and a fine of up to a million Australian dollars (around ?380,000) per day. ...more

FBI seize 419 scam emailers

In a joint initiative by Spanish authorities and the FBI, some 310 people have been arrested in connection with a vast 'Nigerian email' lottery scam which netted some ?207m in ill-gotten gains, according to reports. The scam is thought to have duped more than 20,000 people into handing over money to the rogues, and victims have been hit from Australia to the US, as well as a number of European countries, including the UK. Raids were made to hundreds of properties in Malaga, Spain, and masses of equipment was seized including 2,000 mobile phones, 327 computers, 165 fax machines and about ?150,000 in cash. ...more