Yahoo unveils SMS search service

[Paul Stanway Jr]

Yahoo unveils SMS search service
By electricnews.net

Yahoo has launched a new search feature which enables people to send text message queries to its search engine and receive results back on their mobile phones.

Yahoo SMS Search, which is similar to the Google SMS service launched late last year, is currently only available for use by users in the US. The free service allows users to get information on a wide range of subjects including local listings, stock quotes, dictionary definitions, area codes, weather, horoscopes, zip codes and Wi-Fi hotspots.

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Sasser author gets suspended sentence
By Joris Evers
CNET News.com

A German judge on Friday handed down a suspended sentence of one year and nine months to the teenager who admitted he created last year's Sasser computer worm.

In addition, 19-year-old Sven Jaschan has to complete 30 hours of community service while on probation, the court in Verden, Germany, said in a statement. The probationary period is three years. Jaschan will have to fulfill the community service part of his sentence in a retirement home or a hospital, the court said.

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