Tag archive: Rhode Island

Rhode Island's horny youth may need to find a new way to get their rocks off because sexting is off the menu. A new survey conduced by the University of Rhode Island has found that 56 percent of RI college students had received sexual images and 78 percent had received sexually suggestive messages on their phone, reports Science Daily. More than two-thirds of students owned up to sending sexts themselves, though in 73 percent of… Read More

Over the weekend, an investigative report claimed that all of the top 10 apps on Facebook were leaking, possibly selling, user IDs to advertising networks. User IDs can be used to find publicly shared information about a user. Facebook quickly came clean about the problem, but denied prior knowledge of it. The company is now working on a fix with its app partners, including Zynga, who made six of the 10 most popular apps on the social network… Read More

Internet sales giant Amazon has long made use of affiliates round the country, who make money whenever someone clicks on a link from their site to make a purchase at Amazon.  However, that’s changing in several areas, and in the last week Amazon has severed links with affiliates in North Carolina, Rhode Island, and Hawaii after those states passed legislation that approves collecting sales tax on online transactions. … Read More

He’s been dubbed the ‘Craigslist Killer.’ It’s alleged that 22-year-old Philip Markoff met masseuse Julissa Brisman after she advertised on classified ad site Craigislist, then murdered her on April 14. He’s also been accused of the robbery of a prostitute in Las Vegas on April 10, and the robbery of a stripper in Rhode Island on April 16, and speculation is that he met both of them on the site, too. In… Read More

It's not unusual for companies in the technology industry to be embroiled in any number of patent lawsuits, and some of the litigation can drag out for years as the highly complex procedures and negotiations play out. But every now and then a case goes to trial…and the technology giants don't always come out the winner. Yesterday, a Rhode Island jury found Microsoft had violated a patent held by Uniloc that related to… 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

Internet distribution company Akamai has issued the first of what it claims will be an ongoing series of State of the Internet reports. (Registration required to view the full text.) In the report, the company finds that during the first quarter of 2008, China and the United States accounted for about 30 percent of all “attack traffic” on the Internet—but, surprisingly, a lot of that traffic was directed at network ports and… Read More

Following immediately on its settlements with Texas and California, music label Sony BMG has agreed to pay some $4.25 million as part of settlement agreements with 39 U.S. states and the District of Columbia regarding copy protection software included on some of the labels music CDs which caused computers to malfunction and exposed users to security threats. The terms of the agreement are similar to earlier settlements with Texas and… Read More

Verizon and Yahoo! today announced a new co-branded broadband service for users of Verizon's high speed FiOS Internet service. Verizon Yahoo! for FiOS is now available for Verizon customers in parts of California, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Indiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Texas and Virginia. Verizon Yahoo! for FiOS, the two companies said, combines… Read More

Verizon's new DSL service offers a maximum connection speed of 3 Mbps (megabits per second) downstream and 768 Kbps (kilobits per second) upstream and is available today in 12 New England and mid-Atlantic states and in the District of Columbia. The company plans to offer 3Mbps DSL service later this year in the remaining 11 states where it now offers up to 1.5 Mbps DSL service. "Today's broadband customers are looking for… Read More

Verizon Wireless today announced it was granted a permanent, legal injunction against Rhode Island resident Jacob Brown, a known 'spammer' who knowingly executed a systematic spam attack on wirelessphones owned by Verizon Wireless customers. United States District Judge in Trenton, New Jersey Mary L. Cooper permanently enjoined Jacob Brown from sending further spam to Verizon Wirelesscustomers. Brown and his cohorts… Read More

From the press release: AT&T today announced that it is adding residential digital subscriber line (DSL) high-speed Internet service to its bundle of local and long distance services in 11 additional states including Georgia, Florida, North Carolina, Louisiana, Alabama, Tennessee, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Delaware, Arizona and Minnesota. With these 11 new states, AT&T now offers DSL as part of its communications bundle in 25… Read More