Cybercrime more lucrative than drug trafficking

Slashdot reports that:

• Yahoo is reporting that cybercrime is more lucrative than drug trafficking
• Only 4% of users can spot a phishing email
• 207,000 reports for cybercrime have been filed with the FBI

http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/11/28/2239217&from=rss

iTunes sold more online than Borders and Tower Records

In the US, sales on the iTunes Music Store continue to increase, so that it is now seventh on the sales charts.

http://apple.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/11/26/0853240&from=rss

Apple’s iTunes ‘owns’ UK digital music market

In the UK, people download more songs from iTunes than all of the other competitors put together.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/11/18/uk_music_market_survey/

Apple’s iPod, iTunes ‘big in Japan’

In Japan, iPod has 60% of the digital player market, and iTunes is the top online music service.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/11/16/apple_ipod_japan/

US copyright infringers to be jailed?

The US Attorney General has proposed new legislation for copyright infringers, even for consumers trying to make unauthorized copies, whether they are successful or not.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/11/11/doj_floats_ippa/