Bill was and is unique in this industry and changed a lot over the course of time he ran Microsoft. He started out as one of the barbarians challenging the hated status quo and eventually became a part of the new hated status quo for the following generation. He, and Microsoft, provide a cautionary tale for Google in that just as Google has positioned itself with its “do no evil” model as the anti-Microsoft, Microsoft positioned itself as the anti-IBM and eventually became much of what it didn’t like as it aged.
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MySpace Awarded $230 Million from Spammers
In what may be one of the largest punishments ever doled out for spamming, MySpace managed to stick two spammers who abused its site with a $230 million judgment on Tuesday. A Los Angeles judge awarded the judgment after defendants Sanford Wallace, and his partner, Walter Rines failed to appear in court.
According to the Associated Press, Wallace and Rines allegedly carried out their spamming through MySpace by creating fake accounts and taking over others with phishing e-mails, then sending e-mails to MySpace members that appeared to come from friends, asking them to visit a link. The links took users to gambling and pornography Web sites.
18 year old arrested for Blaster Worm
The man, who is not from Washington, has been questioned by federal agents and put under surveillance. Law-enforcement sources would not give his name or location.
The man is expected to be in custody by 1:30 p.m. today, when the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Seattle holds a news conference about developments in the Blaster worm investigation.
He is allegedly responsible for taking the original Blaster worm and changing it into a more sinister version known as the “B-variant,” two federal sources said.
The 18-year-old will be charged as an adult. A problem in computer-crime cases involving hackers younger than 18 is that the justice system generally treats juvenile offenders more leniently.
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