Day: November 24, 2005

Fellowship Program Allows Veterinarians to Observe, Influence Public Policy Development

The American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) announced this week the initiation of its search for applicants for the 2006-2007 AVMA Fellowship program. Selected participants will spend a year in Washington, D.C., working in the U.S. Congress or Department of Homeland Security as an AVMA Fellow.

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Latest Sober threatens e-mail gateways | Tech News on ZDNet

Latest Sober threatens e-mail gateways | Tech News on ZDNet The latest Sober worm, first spotted over the weekend, has generated the vast majority of virus-laden e-mail traffic in the past 24 hours and could cause problems for corporate e-mail gateways, security companies said. This variant of Sober generates e-mails that purport to be from the CIA or FBI. These messages tell the recipient they have been looking at illegal Web sites and should answer some questions in the e-mail’s attachment. If the attachment is opened, the computer is infected, and the virus sends copies of itself

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Sony sued for breaching anti-spyware act at silicon.com

Sony sued for breaching anti-spyware act Texas attorney general Greg Abbott filed a civil lawsuit on Monday against Sony BMG Music Entertainment for allegedly including spyware on its media player designed to thwart music copying. According to the lawsuit filed in Travis County, several of the company’s music compact discs require customers to download Sony’s media players if they want to listen to the CDs on a computer. Click on above link for more info.

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