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I would like to see them try to enforce that. Say, i walk in, buy a coffee, sit down... take out my kindle. Then what are they gonna do? Kick me out, while the guy next to me has 3 square meters of newspaper spread out?
itwbennett writes "The FBI issued a warning Wednesday about a new twist on a long-running computer fraud technique, known as Automated Clearing House fraud. With ACH fraud, criminals install malware on a small business' computer and use it to log into the company's online bank account. In this latest twist on the scam, the criminals are apparently looking for companies that are hiring online and then sending malicious software programs that are doctored to look like job applications. One unnamed company recently lost $150,000 in this way, according to the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center. 'The malware was embedded in an e-mail response to a job posting the business placed on an employment website,' the FBI said in a press release. The malware, a variant of the Bredolab Trojan, 'allowed the attacker to obtain the online banking credentials of the person who was authorized to conduct financial transactions within the company.'"
An anonymous reader writes: Dutch scientists doubt the discovery by NASA of a new life form. According to the scientists NASA cultivated the bacteria in an environment with 40.000 micromolar arsenic to see how it would react. But that environment also contained 3 micromolar fosfor. It is known that some bacteria only need 0.3 micromolar fosfor to multiply. NASA has not responded yet to the claim.
Meanwhile Australian PM Julia Gillard and Attorney General Robert McLelland who had publicly accused Assange of illegal acts were unable to say what laws he had broken. The Opposition legal affairs spokesman George Brandis said "As far as I can see he hasn't broken any Australian law, nor does it appear he has broken any American laws." US Attorney General, Eric Holder said he had authorised significant actions aimed at prosecuting WikiLeaks founder but refused to elaborate. Sarah Palin called Assange "an anti-American operative with blood on his hands" and Mike Huckabee said "anything less than execution is too kind a penalty". Assange will be represented in London by human rights lawyer, Geoffrey Robertson QC.
dkd903 writes: Well now we have official words from Canonical. Rick Spencer, the Engineering Director of Ubuntu at Canonical has said the Ubuntu is not moving to a rolling release. While a rolling release does have many things I like, since there has been no official word Mark Shuttleworth or anyone from Canonical I was somewhat hesitant to believe in it.
jools33 writes: In what can only be seen as a victory for Oracle, SAP AG have been ordered to pay $1.3bn to Oracle by a jury in Oakland, California, in what Bloomberg states will be the largest ever payout is US Copyright history: the FT article SAP were charged and admitted guilt of the theft of Oracle software through its intermediary company Tommorow Now. Oracle had asked for a payout of $1.7bn, which SAP had countered to $140m. SAP are considering post trial motions / appeal. Could this leave SAP in a weakened position / ripe for takeover? What will the eventual consequences be for SAP?
Dexter Herbivore writes: An Apple 1 was auctioned off today, for a winning bid of £133,250, or roughly $211,535. While a 3 rotor Enigma device only went for $108,000. Engadget and the WSJ cover the story.
Stoobalou writes: One of the largest police forces in the UK is posting every incident reported to it today on Twitter.
Greater Manchester Police began its 24-hour experiment this morning at 05:00 BST, tweeting all incident reports in the hope of highlighting the complexity of modern policing.
"Policing is often seen in very simple terms, with cops chasing robbers and locking them up," Chief Constable Peter Fahy said in a statement. "However the reality is that this accounts for only part of the work they have to deal with.
ACKyushu writes: Title says it all really. Jimi Heselden, the owner of Segway dies driving a ruggedized version of the two wheel scooter off a cliff to his death.