A US intelligence office Friday warned Americans traveling to the Beijing Olympics or elsewhere to expect cyber spies to surreptitiously compromise their laptops, cellphones, and other electronic devices.

The unusual advisory issued by the National Counterintelligence Executive (NCIX) did not single out China by name, but the head of the office did in a press release and a television interview.

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AOL in US is shutting down some of its Web and mobile based services because it is not gaining enough attention in the US.

I think that AOL should look in other parts of the world for new business opportunity. For an example, service like Xdrive and AOL Pictures that it plan to shut down will work in Asia since there are not many such services based in Asia.

If AOL could launch services such as Xdrive and host it in Asia, users will definitely use it since it is localized and the files that users are uploading and downloading don’t have to travel across the other part of the world(US), thus ensuring good user experience.

The world is changing, even bigger companies like Yahoo! is trying get attention in Asia with localized services and partnership.

It is time for AOL to look out the box, if not, AOL will disappear within the next few years.

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To go shopping these days, more Americans are trading in their car keys for a keyboard.

Online shopping is gaining at a time when simply filling up a gas tank to head to the mall can seem like a spending spree.

A number of retailers — including Gap, Victoria’s Secret and J. C. Penney — are experiencing double-digit sales growth at their shopping Web sites, creating a surprising bright spot during an otherwise gloomy time for sales in brick-and-mortar stores.

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Looks like TM Net’s music download service, Hypp Tunes is no longer available.

Wait!!! Firstly, do you know that TM Net has a music download service? Ok, probably not…..

Anyway here’s what appears on its website-http://music.bluehyppo.com:

According to TheStar report below, over RM2 million was spent on Hypp Tunes but there were only about an average 40 songs that were sold every month since September 2006.

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Be extra cautious the next time you receive an e-mail addressed specifically to you. You may be a potential victim that has been targeted by cybercriminals, said Finnish IT security solutions provider F-Secure Corp.

It said cyberattackers are also being more diligent in picking their victims in order to steal personal information.

F-Secure security response programme manager Chia Wing Fei said there has been an increase in the number of targetted attacks over the last six months.

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Here’s some of the phishing email that originated from one website in Malaysia.

Fake Email Claiming from CIMB Bank

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