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P2P Virtual Currency Exchange Launches 128

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday February 14, 2007 @11:36PM from the buy-your-money dept.

miller60 writes "In the wake of eBay's decision to halt auctions of virtual property, new companies are entering the market to fill the void, including one allowing gamers to trade game currency directly with one another rather than buying from IGE or other exchanges. The company, Sparter, says this eBay-like "peer-to-peer" approach will result in lower prices as sellers compete. It incorporates a reputation system and escrow for gold delivery. Sparter received venture funding from Bessemer Capital, signaling that VCs still see opportunity in the virtual economy, even if eBay doesn't."

Submission + - BBC Getting News Updates From The Wii

Submitted by

James Manny

on Wednesday February 14, 2007 @11:23PM

James Manny writes: "Keen watchers of BBC news have noticed something rather interesting! GWN writes:

"A reader has sent in an image with accompanying text that shows a recent news report with the Wii news channel set up on a television in the background! You can see the image above this article, and the text is included below:

"So I'm watching the World Business Report on BBC World and there's a story about Google being attacked by media conglomerates about copyrighted videos on YouTube. Apparently the BBC have decided to get their AP feed from Nintendo these days..."

As you will no doubt be aware, the BBC's World Business Report is hardly kid's stuff by any stretch of the imagination, it seems Nintendo are finally on the way to shaking their 'immature' image. Nice one!""

Submission + - Microsoft Outlaws 3rd Party IM Clients

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 14, 2007 @11:14PM

An anonymous reader writes: With the latest update to the MSN Instant Messenger client, now called Windows Live Messenger, Microsoft has required all users to sign a new contract which among other things forbids the use of 3rd party instant messenger clients to connect to the MSN messenger service, such as the AJAX Meebo client, Gaim, and Trillian among others. Worth noting, they do provide a list of authorized 3rd party clients, such as Yahoo Messenger, that are allowed access to the service.

Excerpt: "In using the service, you may not use any unauthorized third party software or service to access the Microsoft instant messaging network currently known as the .NET Messenger service."

Submission + - Judge Dismisses Suit Against MySpace

Submitted by zoltamatron on Wednesday February 14, 2007 @10:38PM

zoltamatron writes: The Texas lawsuit filed by four families against MySpace was dismissed today. The families alleged that MySpace was at fault for their daughters being sexually assaulted by men they had met online. U.S. district judge Sam Sparks wrote in his decision, "If anyone had a duty to protect Julie Doe, it was her parents, not MySpace,"

Submission + - Firefox javascript/cookie vulnerability uncovered

Submitted by mybecq on Wednesday February 14, 2007 @10:29PM

mybecq writes: Michal Zalewski has uncovered and disclosed a serious vulnerability (BugZilla: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=37044 5) in Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.1, whereby a javascript string containing '\x00' (escaped NUL character) can cause Firefox to allow malicious sites to manipulate cookies for third-party webpages.

A demonstration of the vulnerability is available. The vulnerability requires javascript and session cookies to be enabled to be able to be exploited.

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