TechByter Worldwide 2012.10.07: Increasing Internet Threats Annoy and Alarm; The New Newspaper; Where Your News Will Come From (or Already Is Coming From), and Short Circuits.

The number of security threats on the Internet continues to grow and the fradsters are getting better. Newspapers are changing rapidly. New technology gives us more ways to receive news but will we pay for it? In Short Circuits, the White House security system has defeated a cyber attack. Microsoft settles a fraud case against a Chinese buisinessman, and Adobe continues to release updates at a rapid pace.