Tag archive: Missouri

In a massive 10GB data cache titled ‘Shooting Sherrifs Saturday’, the AntiSec organization released the contents of over 300 email accounts across 56 law enforcement agencies, police training videos and identities of persons submitting tips though an anonymous tip system. Email correspondence contains private information including social security numbers for police officers as well as credit card numbers, email addresses, home addresses and… Read More

It looks as if Lori Drew, the Missouri woman accused of cyber bullying a teenage girl on MySpace who later killed herself, will walk free.  She supposedly posed as a teenage boy on the social networking site and developed a relationship with 13-year-old Megan Meier, before dumping her with the words "the world would be better off without." Meier committed suicide.  Drew, 50, was found guilty of illegally accessing… Read More

Cable operator Charter Communications—controlled by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen—has announced it has reached a deal with investors to restructure the company under Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The deal will reduce Charter's debt by about $8 billion, with investors and bondholders getting a mix of new stock, equity stakes, and cash depending on their seniority. Paul Allen will maintain a controlling interest in the… Read More

Computer maker Dell has agreed to pay some $3.35 million to settle 34 states' allegations that the company's warranty, financing, and rebate offers were deceptive and misled consumers. The agreement has Dell paying $1.5 million into a restitution account; impacted consumers will be able to submit claims for compensation. The other $1.85 million will go towards the states' legal costs. “More than the money, this… Read More

Lori Drew, the 49-year-old Missouri women alleged to have precipitated the suicide of a teenage girl through cyberbullying, has been found guilty of three counts of unauthorized access to MySpace. However, she was found not guilty of three more serious felonies of violating the federal Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. Each of the guilty verdicts carries a possible penalty of a year in jail and a $100,000 fine. It’s believed Drew will… Read More

Lori Drew lived with her daughter in St. Louis. Next door was Megan Meier, who was 13. Meier and Drew’s daughter were reportedly friends, but fell out. And with that began a strange and tragic tale that’s ended in a courtroom. Prosecutors claim that after the girls argued Drew and others created the fake profile of a 16-year-old boy named Josh Evans on social networking site MySpace. Allegedly, after starting an online… Read More

Telecommunications operator AT&T has announced it will begin selling its U-verse broadband Internet and digital video service through retailers Circuit City and Walmart beginning this month. The offerings will be available in more than 600 retail locations in and near neighborhoods where U-verse services are available: right now, that includes regions of Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Michigan, Missouri,… Read More

The preponderance of cell phones in U.S. society may be creating all sorts of businesses opportunities that didn't exist two decades ago, but it's bad news for at least one former stalwart of the American landscape: pay phones. Over the last few years, public coin-operated phones have gone from being something one could see on many street corners and in most businesses to quaint rarities…nowadays, if you need one, you can… Read More

You know what they say about folks who fly to close to the sun: they get burned and crash back to earth. VoIP phone service provider SunRocket, which claimed to have more than 200,000 subscribers in April of this year, has apparently ceased operations without warning, leaving its users in a lurch. The shutdown follows reports that the company abruptly laid off nearly 200 employees at its Springfield, Missouri call center on Monday; those… Read More

The Entertainment Software Association and the Video Software Dealers Association, two video game trade groups, are suing the state of California in an effort to overturn a new law banning the sale of violent video games to minors. The law, signed by California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger a little over a week ago, bans the sake or rental of violent video games to minors under the age of 17, and required retailers label violent games.… Read More

Have you had a chance yet to check out Nikon's D50 digital SLR? If not, you may get a chance to win one as you test it out in one of 11 cities the camera company is touring over the next two months in its D50 Digital Experience tour. Kicking off today in St. Louis, Missouri, the tour will run through Nov. 5 with stops in Denver, Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, Boston, Philadelphia, New York and Washington D.C. Each… Read More

When a demolition crew set off an explosion to bring down an old highway bridge on the Mississippi River, newspaper photographer Don Frazier was so close that his hair stood on end. His digital camera, positioned on a tripod at an even closer point to remotely capture the event, fared much worse. It was blown to bits. But to Frazier's amazement, there on the ground, inches from the shattered remnants of his new pro-level camera, was… Read More

From Sprint's press release: Sprint offers customers a single source for local and long-distance calling, wireless, high-speed Internet and now DISH Network Satellite TV services. "Bringing satellite TV services to our customers gives us the final element to offer our customers a total suite of communication and entertainment products and services," said Steve Carter, vice president of consumer marketing for Sprint Local… Read More

A Florida city is determined to pass a law restricting children's access to violent computer games despite legal challenges to similar attempts elsewhere, and charges of censorship, its mayor said onFriday. The ordinance proposed by North Miami City Council was prompted by fury in Miami's large Haitian American community at Rockstar Game's top-selling “Grand Theft Auto: Vice City,” in which players are urged to… Read More