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WORLD / Crime & Legal
Oct 10, 2014
Bitcoin payments by pedophiles frustrate child porn battle
In a two-story building in the English university town of Cambridge, researchers at the U.K.'s Internet Watch Foundation pore over online images of sexually abused children in an effort to remove them from the Web. It is dispiriting work, and this year it grew more complicated when they found a new payment...
WORLD
Sep 25, 2014
New 'Bash' software bug tipped as bigger threat than 'Heartbleed'
A newly discovered security bug in a widely used piece of Linux software, known as "Bash," could pose a bigger threat to computer users than the "Heartbleed" bug that surfaced in April, cyberexperts warned on Wednesday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 20, 2014
Alibaba surges 38% on massive demand in market debut
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. .'s shares soared 38 percent in their first day of trading on Friday as investors jumped at the chance for a piece of what is likely to rank as the largest IPO in history, in a massive bet on China's burgeoning middle class.
BUSINESS / Tech
Sep 18, 2014
FCC chief says utility-style Internet rules are 'on the table'
U.S. officials are considering utility-style rules for Internet traffic, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler said Wednesday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Sep 15, 2014
Mail order scofflaws are the exception that proves the rule
Some Internet consumers take advantage of sales agents' honor systems.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / JAPAN WEB WATCH
Sep 13, 2014
Internet fraud takes a turn for the strange
Two widely reported Web stories this year have been related to online-services fraud. One concerns online banking, the other account-hacking on a smartphone messenger service.
BUSINESS / Tech
Sep 3, 2014
Leak clouds Apple's shiny image
Apple Inc. has often displayed uncanny timing with its well-orchestrated end-of-year iPhone releases. But the leak of racy celebrity photos in the past few days put the company in the unusual position of having to mend its image just days before a highly anticipated product launch next Tuesday.
BUSINESS / Tech
Aug 23, 2014
U.S. undercover investigators are among 25,000 exposed in data breach
A cyberattack on a firm that performs background checks for U.S. government employees has compromised data on at least 25,000 workers, including some undercover investigators, and that number could rise, officials said on Friday.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 16, 2014
A Wi-Fi router could flood your house
Pretty much all home Wi-Fi routers can be hacked, which is a problem if you've already adopted connected light bulbs and faucets.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Aug 14, 2014
Florida man pleads guilty in global toxin shipping scheme
A Florida man has pleaded guilty to making deadly toxins and shipping them to customers across the globe, among them a British woman plotting to kill her mother, a London magistrate, U.S. authorities said on Wednesday.
EDITORIALS
Aug 9, 2014
Feeling beat up before it's time
A new survey of Japanese people in the 20-to-39 age bracket finds they are more unhappy than ever and that most unwind from a stressed-out workweek by doing nothing at all.
BUSINESS / Tech
Aug 9, 2014
McAfee unveils 'BrownList' complaint website at hacker meet
John McAfee, the flamboyant anti-virus software industry pioneer, made a surprise appearance at a computer hackers' conference Friday evening, where he unveiled a new website to give people a place online to vent their anger.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 8, 2014
Snowden receives three-year Russian residence permit
Former U.S. intelligence contractor Edward Snowden, wanted by the United States for leaking extensive secrets of its electronic surveillance programs, has been given a three-year residence permit by Russia, his Russian lawyer said on Thursday.
WORLD / Society
Aug 6, 2014
Pope urges young people not to waste time on Internet and smartphones
Pope Francis on Tuesday urged 50,000 German altar servers not to waste time on the Internet, smartphones and television, but to spend their time on more productive activities.
Naked man’s rampage in Saitama linked to one fatality and 10 injured
Police believe Daisuke Nishimura may have been involved in roughly 20 incidents in the 90 minutes leading up to his arrest, including a fatal hit-and-run and multiple assaults.
Japan set to fine cyclists on the spot for rule violations from 2026
Under new rules, those who use smartphones while riding a bicycle would be subject to the maximum fine of ¥12,000.
Japan brings forward deadline for electronic travel authorization system
Japan is planning to implement by March 2029 a new online screening system in which foreign visitors who don’t need a visa apply for a certification before entering the country.
Built in a flash, Osaka Expo pavilions wrestle with sustainability
Kengo Kuma & Associates oversaw the construction of the Malaysia pavilion, which is encased in interwoven rows of bamboo that appear to ripple.
Social media helps fuel growing 'sex tourism' in Japan
People walk down a street in the red-light entertainment area of Kabukicho in the Shinjuku district of Tokyo on March 31.
Amid uncertain tariffs, is now the time to buy a new iPhone?
An Apple store in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward in September. Prices for the newest iPhone models start at around ¥100,000 ($700) in Japan.
Built in a flash, Osaka Expo pavilions wrestle with sustainability
Kengo Kuma & Associates oversaw the construction of the Malaysia pavilion, which is encased in interwoven rows of bamboo that appear to ripple.
Japan weighs using U.S. rice imports as tariff negotiation tool with Trump
A restaurant owner pours California-grown Calrose rice into a rice cooker at his restaurant in Tokyo
Is Japan’s parliament ready to welcome more youth to its ranks?
Lower House lawmaker Kai Odake in his Tokyo office on Wednesday
Crow meat, goat tartare: Mauvaise Herbe raises its game
Crow meat, shaped into a ball and attached to a foot of the bird, is one of the peculiar offerings of game at Mauvaise Herbe.

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