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AP-AM Prep-Cyber Corner(Canadian Press Broadcast Wire (Canada) Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) MORNINGPREP-MORNINGPREP-MORNINGPREP-MORNINGPREP ! CYBER CORNER ! IN THE NEWS: TRANSIT PHONE JAMMING SAN FRANCISCO (AP) _ San Francisco Bay area transit officials are battling hackers. Officials of BART -- Bay Area Rapid Transit -- want to shut down a website by an anonymous hacker's group. The group has posted the names of thousands of people who are email subscribers of a legitimate BART website. The Mercury News (http://bit.ly/n9Hj9m ) reports that the site, run by an external vendor, contains more than 50,000 names. The posting comes in response to BART officials on Thursday cutting off underground cellphone service for a few hours at several stations. The cellphone interruption was an effort thwart a planned protest over the recent fatal shooting of a 45-year-old man by police claim was wielding a knife. IN THE NEWS: RAPPER COULD FACE CHARGES TIED TO TWEET LOS ANGELES (AP) _ Los Angeles County prosecutors will decide this week whether to press charges against the rapper The Game. Authorities say a tweet sent from his account incited a telephone flash mob, overwhelming the emergency phone system at a sheriff's station. Officials say The Game tweeted the Compton station's phone number on Friday. The message told his 580,000 followers to call the number if they wanted an internship. The Game later tweeted his account had been hacked. The Game, whose real name is Jayceon Terrell Taylor, could face a number of misdemeanour counts. ON THE NET: EBAY-GOLD SALES SAN FRANCISCO (AP) _ Gold is hot on eBay. The auction site created a special area, called the Bullion Center, in May to make it easier for buyers to find sellers. Now, activity is rising almost as fast as the price of gold. Find the Bullion Center at goldandsilver.ebay.com. IN STORES NOW: ACER LIVING-ROOM PC NEW YORK (AP) _ Acer wants to bring the PC into the living room. The Revo RL100 is designed from the ground up to fit into an entertainment centre. It's smaller than most DVD players and very quiet. The most striking thing about the design is a thin, postcard-sized black slate that pops out of the front of the unit. It's a wireless touchpad that turns, at the touch of a button, into an illuminated wireless keyboard. The Acer Revo sells $470 with a DVD drive. A hundred bucks more gets a Blu-ray drive. (The Associated Press) (c) 2011 The Canadian Press |