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Privatunes Anonymizes iTunes Plus 176

Posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday June 27, 2007 @09:39AM from the i-don't-know-if-anonymizes-is-a-word dept.

njondet writes "French-law.net reports that Ratatium.com, a French website specialized in technology news and software downloads, has just launched Privatunes, a free software that anonymizes DRM-free files bought on iTunes Plus. Last month's revelations that the DRM-free files sold by EMI on iTunes Plus came with user's full name and account e-mail embedded in them had raised serious privacy concerns. Ratatium.com explains (in French) that Privatunes is aimed at guaranteeing the privacy of users but also their rights as consumers to freely share and trade the songs they have purchased. However, the claim that this software is perfectly legal will surely be tested."

Submission + - Brain-control interface lets the paralysed 'walk'

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 27, 2007 @08:58AM

An anonymous reader writes: UK and German scientists are helping the paralysed walk — in a brain-controlled virtual world. Users just need to think about walking to navigate around the immersive environment — an experience they haven't had for many years. The videos of this are quite something.

Submission + - The Scoop on Nintendo's Downloadable Content (newsweek.com)

Submitted by

HaymarketRiot

on Wednesday June 27, 2007 @08:57AM

HaymarketRiot writes: "N'Gai Croal from Newsweek has given us a indirect confirmation and broad outline of Nintendo's plans for downloadable content. Unfortunately, we won't be seeing a finished product until 2008."

Submission + - Major Bug Found in Security Products

Submitted by ancientribe on Wednesday June 27, 2007 @08:53AM

ancientribe writes: A stealthy and potentially dangerous bug has been discovered in security products from eight different vendors, including Check Point Software, according to an article in Dark Reading. The so-called cross-site request forgery (CSRF) lets an attacker access the user's network and even conduct transactions on behalf of the user. It could affect over a million installations, but so far, Check Point is the only security vendor to step up and patch it.
Even more scary is that this vulnerability is found in most everything with a Web-based interface, including printers, firewalls, DSL routers, and IP phones.

http://www.darkreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=127 731&WT.svl=news1_1

Submission + - Cowpea viruses + quantum dots = memory (newscientisttech.com)

Submitted by holy_calamity on Wednesday June 27, 2007 @08:47AM

holy_calamity writes: Rewritable memory made from cowpea viruses and semi-conductor qunatum dots has been demonstrated by a group from University of California Irvine, New Scientist tells us. It is possible to pack huge amounts of the tiny nanostructures into a small space but they have never been used to make memory before. A touch of biology does the trick. Each dot/virus hybrid has high and low conducting states that can function as memory.

Submission + - First iPhone development tool form Morfik

Submitted by piprog on Wednesday June 27, 2007 @08:32AM

piprog writes: Read/Write Web writes (http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/morfik_build s_first_iphone_development_tool.php) about Morfik's announcement of a new version of their development tool targeting Apple's iPhone, being released Friday night. Morfik will include all Apple APIs for the iPhone when (and if) Apple makes them available.

Submission + - Anti-Piracy Outfit Tries to Shut Down Demonoid

Submitted by

Ernesto

on Wednesday June 27, 2007 @08:25AM

Ernesto writes: "The Dutch anti-piracy outfit BREIN filed a lawsuit against Demonoid's ISP Leaseweb in which they demand that the site will be taken offline.

This the the fist time that BREIN takes on one of the bigger BitTorrent sites. Last week they won a lawsuit against Leaseweb in a similar case. In this case the Amsterdam court decided that Leaseweb had to take down the BitTorrent site everlasting.nu and hand over the name and address of the owner. Additionally, Leaseweb was forced to take down everlasting.nu, in case the site returns in the near future."

Submission + - How Windows Vista can be crashed

Submitted by

Manu Stanley

on Wednesday June 27, 2007 @07:59AM

Manu Stanley writes: "How To Crash Windows Vista In 10 Seconds Or Less
Posted by Alexander Wolfe

Microsoft's Windows Vista operating system is a mighty paradox. On the one hand, it's more robust and feature-rich than any of its predecessors. For the most part, it's also more secure and is immune to many pretty sophisticated takedown attempts. But it's got one nasty Achilles' Heel, which'll enable you to crash the OS in under 10 seconds.

Here's the deal: One of the simplest command sequences you can think of will take Vista down completely. Hold down the Windows key and the letter "E" for 10 seconds or so. After opening up Windows Explorer windows ad infinitum, your system will stop responding.

Equally useful (maybe more useful) is little-known process to repair bad boot sectors. Called Bootrec, it's an update of something that was previously available on XP."

Submission + - Protect Privacy Online Using Secret Identity (akacard.com)

Submitted by

techna

on Monday June 25, 2007 @03:31PM

techna writes: "A new credit card is in the works that offers users an alternative identity, including name, address, credit card number, CVV and exp date to protect their privacy online. Several racy uses have been suggested for the card but generally it's best for avoiding new account fraud- the bad kind where the carders take your name, SSN, bday and start a new life in FL. The card is launched but under the radar for now. There are a few blogs on it and a few articles on the website too. http://www.akacard.com/"

Submission + - Seagate Meets the Terabyte

Submitted by WMIF on Monday June 25, 2007 @03:15PM

WMIF writes: Seagate today finally marks its long-awaited entry into the one-terabyte drive arena.

Manufactured around a 4-platter design (as opposed to the 5 platters found in the already-shipping Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000), the new drive will be available as a consumer oriented unit, the Barracuda 7200.11, and an enterprise-targeted Barracuda ES.2.

With this new generation Seagate makes the leap to a 32-megabyte buffer, an increase bound to elevate the firm's performance to a new level.

http://storagereview.com/seagate_meets_terabyte

Submission + - Antarctic Ice Increasing AND Decreasing (ecoenquirer.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 07, 2007 @08:13PM

An anonymous reader writes: Recent scientific publications have reported either inceasing or decreasing ice volumes on the Antarctic continent, and while this would seem to suggest considerable scientific uncertainty on the issue, new research summarized at http://www.ecoenquirer.com/antarctic-ice.htm suggests that both findings might be true at the same time.

Submission + - Defense Dept. insider guilty of computer fraud (networkworld.com)

Submitted by

coondoggie

on Thursday June 07, 2007 @03:47PM

coondoggie writes: "Former DoD civilian employee and former member of the California Army National Guard, Jesse Lane Jr today pleaded guilty to defrauding the United States and conspiring with four other individuals to do the same, by accessing a government computer to set up thousands of dollars in fraudulent payments. Lane faces a maximum penalty of five years in prison for conspiracy, 20 years in prison for honest services wire fraud, and three years of supervised release. Sentencing was set for Sept. 24, 2007."

Submission + - Apple Patents Cell Phone Software to Reduce Drops

Submitted by MikeyTheK on Thursday June 07, 2007 @03:32PM

MikeyTheK writes: Over at CNN, they announced that Apple was awarded a patent to reduce dropped cell phone calls. One of the reasons why cell calls drop is that the interference from other radios in the phone (e.g. GPS) and the impact of devices attached to the phone. Apple's software purportedly will reduce or eliminate that problem.

Submission + - GTAIV trailer irks NYC mayor

Submitted by UnanimousCoward on Monday April 02, 2007 @11:54AM

UnanimousCoward writes: Several sources including this GameSpot article note that the new Grand Theft Auto IV trailer (which depicts "Liberty City" with familiar NYC landmarks) has drawn comments from NYC Mayor Bloomberg ("The mayor does not support any video game where you earn points for injuring or killing police officers") as well as the NYC police commissioner. Couldn't ask for better pub. The trailer can be seen here, and the game doesn't even come out until October!

Submission + - Battlestar Galactica game - for free!

Submitted by

Lt. Cannonfodder

on Monday April 02, 2007 @11:43AM

Lt. Cannonfodder writes: "In answer to the hopes and dreams of scifi gamers everywhere, Beyond the Red Line team has released a demo of their upcoming total conversion based on the popular tv-show Battlestar Galactica. Unlike almost all other game modifications, Beyond the Red Line does not require anything else but the download itself to run and is completely free of charge.

As screenshots are the thing that usually spark the interest, take a look at these:

http://www.game-warden.com/bsg/images/screenshots/ screen13.jpg
http://www.game-warden.com/bsg/images/screenshots/ screen15.jpg
http://www.game-warden.com/bsg/images/screenshots/ screen07.jpg

More screenshots, download links and forums can be found at http://www.game-warden.com/bsg/"

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