The threat of cyber-terrorism is growing and most countries are
vulnerable to attacks that can shut down critical infrastructure,
global experts told a conference here Tuesday.
"The hard reality is that
(information technology) has become a tool for cybercrime and
cyberterrorism," said Hamadoun Toure from the United Nations'
International Telecommunications Union.
Thai authorities on Tuesday threatened to shut down
29 websites over content deemed offensive to the nation's revered
king, warning that owners of the portals could face prosecution.
Iranian authorities have blocked access to several
websites and blogs of women's rights advocates and journalists
critical of the government, a press report said on Tuesday.
AMD today announced the first
commercial implementation of Graphics Double Data Rate, version 5
(GDDR5) memory in its forthcoming next generation of ATI Radeon
graphics card products.
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