Cracking open the cybercrime economy Hacking for fun has evolved into hacking for profit, and created a business model nearly as sophisticated as that of legal software. "Over the years, the criminal elements, the ones who are making money, making millions out of all this online crime, are just getting stronger and stronger....

Amazon buys J.K. Rowling tales for $4 million Handwritten, illustrated book is one of seven in existence; proceeds from sale go to childrens charity co-founded by author. Amazon.com, the Web retailer known for selling books, said it had paid about $4 million to buy a handwritten, illustrated book of wizardry by Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling....

Civil servants kept out of loop on data security Junior civil servants dealing with the records of 25 million child benefit claimants were not given the official instructions on how to share the data with the rest of Whitehall, the Guardian has learned

NPD: November cooks up $2.63 billion in game sales Massive holiday haul pushes YTD earnings over $13.1 billion, Wii narrowly misses 1-million-sales mark; Call of Duty 4 victorious with 2-million-unit total.

LimeWire Now Found on One-Third of All PCs Worldwide File-sharing application LimeWire is now found on more than one-third of all PCs worldwide, according to research jointly published by Digital Music News and BigChampagne. The companies surveyed more than 1.5 million systems for this report. (PRWeb Dec 13, 2007) Post Comment:Trackback URL: http://www.prweb.com/pingpr.php/Q291cC1aZXRhLUhvcnItU3VtbS1UaGlyLVplcm8=

Bebo Launches Open Application Platform Global social media network opens API and launches ultimate developer friendly platform; provides powerful new level of engagement for its 40 million users; Bebo is the first social media network to implement Facebook Platform standards; Bebo will support OpenSocial in 2008; Bebo's launch partners include NBC Universal, CBS, NBA, Yahoo!, The Gap, Flixster, Gaia Online, RockYou, Slide, BeFunky, iLike, WidgetBox, Wallop and more. (PRWeb Dec 12, 2007) Post Comment:Trackback URL: http://www.prweb.com/pingpr.php/SG9yci1QaWdnLUhvcnItU3VtbS1UaGlyLVplcm8=

Online Fashion Lovers -- Crank Up Your Outfit Factory & Win a Major Fashion Shopping Spree Just for Making a (Fash)Match on Bebo.com Online fashionistas can now play the role of global fashion stylist with Outfit Factory, a new fashion application on Bebo -- the 40 million member strong social media network that is the third largest in the US and the largest in the UK. (PRWeb Dec 13, 2007) Post Comment:Trackback URL: http://www.prweb.com/pingpr.php/Q291cC1Mb3ZlLVpldGEtU3VtbS1UaGlyLVplcm8=

NPD: Canada passes C$1B in game sales Northern country broaches billion-dollar milestone as Novembers haul grows by nearly 42 percent to C$209 million.