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Submission + - Malware authors learn from the best (theregister.co.uk)

Submitted by Earthquake Retrofit on Friday March 12, 2010 @05:27PM

Earthquake Retrofit writes: The Register http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/03/12/new_zeus_features/ has a rather funny story about the Zeus botnet: 'The latest version of the Zeus do-it-yourself crimeware kit goes to great lengths to thwart would-be pirates by introducing a hardware-based product activation scheme similar to what's found in Microsoft Windows... They've also pushed out multiple flavors of the package that vary in price depending on the capabilities it offers. Just as Windows users can choose between the lower-priced Windows 7 Starter or the more costly Windows 7 Business, bot masters have multiple options for Zeus.'

Submission + - French investigating 'exploding' iPhones

Submitted by krou on Wednesday August 26, 2009 @03:07PM

krou writes: The BBC is reporting that French consumer groups are investigating cases of spontaneously exploding and cracking iPhones. 8 people are believed to have been effected so far. The most recent case is Rolland Caufman, an 80-year old pensioner, who claimed 'I took it out of my pocket and held it to my ear and saw the screen crack up like a car windscreen'. Previously, 'a 26-year-old security guard claimed he was hit in the eye with a glass shard when his Iphone screen cracked up.' He is believed to be suing for damages. This comes after an earlier EU investigation after similar reports in the UK, Holland and Sweden. The report also mentions accusations that Apple are trying to hush up incidents where iPods and iPhones have heated up or burst into flames, particularly in the case of Ken Stanborough and his daughter, who 'have accused the firm of trying to silence them with a gagging order after the child's iPod exploded and the family sought a refund'. Apple has so far not commented on the incidents in France, saying, 'We are waiting to receive the iPhones from the customers. Until we have the full details, we don't have anything further to add.'

Comment Re:Fonzi'd (Score 1) 798

by CyberLeader on Monday March 16, 2009 @06:25PM (#27218129) Attached to: Sci Fi Channel Becoming Less Geek-Centric "SyFy"

SciFi jumped the shark when they canceled Farscape. How can you argue with a show where a giant mushroom Muppet pilots a living starship full of hot blue and gray women, an alien warrior with a six foot tongue, a lost Earthman, and his almost-but-not-exactly-human girlfriend, all while being chased by a guy who looks like an anorexic with an S&M fetish?

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