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TigerText for spies, cheaters unveiled

Kirsten Doyle
By Kirsten Doyle, ITWeb contributor.
Johannesburg, 01 Mar 2010

TigerText for spies, cheaters unveiled

If you've ever sent a text message that you've later regretted sending, then a new texting application just released for the iPhone could be your new best friend, reveals PC World.

Called TigerText, from a company of the same name, the texting app lets users set a time limit for text messages and when the time is up, the messages will self-destruct and be wiped from the original phone, the receiving phone, and the server.

It's perfect for cheating spouses, shady politicians, sexting teens, and people who send a lot of stupid texts while drunk.

Blogger banished from YouTube

A blogger has had several hundred videos wiped from his YouTube account after a dispute over footage he posted of an audience at a stand-up comedy show, says Computing.co.uk.

Mark Kobayashi-Hillary's video of an audience waiting for comedian Jimmy Carr to come on stage was considered to be a copyright infringement by Intelligent Conversation, the firm monitoring social media activity about Carr.

Subsequently, Kobayashi-Hillary's entire collection of more than 900 videos was taken offline.

US govt rescinds Internet policy

The US government's policy of leaving the Internet alone is over, according to Obama's top official at the Department of Commerce, reports The Register.

Instead, an “Internet Policy 3.0” approach will see policy discussions between government agencies, foreign governments, and key Internet constituencies, according to assistant secretary Larry Strickling, with those discussions covering issues such as privacy, child protection, cyber-security, copyright protection, and Internet governance.

The outcomes of such discussions will be “flexible”, but may result in recommendations for legislation or regulation, Strickling said in a speech at the Media Institute, in Washington, this week.

Organiser of Darkmarket jailed

A man who created a Web site trading in stolen financial information linked to tens of millions of pounds in losses has been jailed for nearly five years, writes The BBC.

Renukanth Subramaniam, 33, founded Darkmarket, a "Facebook for fraudsters", where criminals could buy and sell credit card details and bank log-ins.

The site was shut down in 2008 after an FBI agent infiltrated it, leading to more than 60 arrests worldwide. Subramaniam admitted conspiracy to defraud at Blackfriars Crown Court.

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