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Tasha26 writes:
I was off to check out the recently acclaimed fastest cpu (1 GHz) mobile phone, the Toshiba TG01, at my local Orange-UK dealer shop and was told that the model had been quarantined! Some research on Engadget and elsewhere confirmed that the model came with a virus/rootkit on its memory card (built-in or spare?) and that further investigation by Toshiba was needed before a re-release of the device. It just struck me that news of storage devices with built-in viruses are going a bit over the top, consider the following: Maxtor External drive with virus (Apr'07), Virus-infected HP USB keys (Apr'08) and ASUS Eee with worm (Oct'08).
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Tasha26 writes:
NY Times has an interesting interview with Oliver Stone for the sequel to the infamous 1987 movie: Wall Street. Is Greed still good? Well Gordon Gekko (Michall Douglas) is back and so are some others such as Bud Fox (Charlie Sheen). There will even be a part for Nouriel Roubini (who predicted the market crash in his book: Black Swan) as a hedge fund manager. Unfortunately, as I read page 2 of the interview, I discovered that Jar Jar Binx, I mean Shia LaBeouf will also have a prominent role as a young trader who is engaged to Gekko’s daughter! It would seem that Michael Bay hasn't quite yet wrecked Shia's career in the terrible Transformers movies. Wall Street 2 is scheduled to be released next April, 2010. Can't wait!
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Tasha26 writes:
BBC's Watchdog programme has an interesting investigation of the appalling state of Wifi security at Hotspots such as those found at coffe shops, burger places or even on trains. The video report shows live hacking minus the how-to, obviously, but you can see bits of linux shells (@1m08) and what appears to be Wireshark as tools used. The hack involved taking control email accounts of unsuspecting people to (1) send bogus emails as identity theft (@1m43) and (2) hijack email session so the user wouldn't be able to log out (@3m43). The programme carried out tests on UK's top 3 hotspot providers (BT Openzone, The Cloud and T-Mobile) and all revealed the same flaw. So people, be warned!
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Tasha26 writes:
BBC's Watchdog programme has an interesting investigation of the appalling state of Wifi security at Hotspots such as those found at coffe shops, burger places or even on trains. The video report shows live hacking minus the how-to, obviously, but you can see bits of linux shells (@1m08) and what appears to be Wireshark as tools used. The hack involved taking control email accounts of unsuspecting people to (1) send bogus emails as identity theft (@1m43) and (2) hijack email session so the user wouldn't be able to log out (@3m43). The programme carried out tests on UK's top 3 hotspot providers (BT Openzone, The Cloud and T-Mobile) and all revealed the same flaw. So people, be warned!
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Tasha26 writes:
No not the one which will end up building terminator robots. BBC's Click brings news of a japanese company, Cyberdyne, which is in the process of building different robotic suits to assist the elderly in accomplishing simple body tasks such as walking and lifting. Even though still in R&D, this video (@3m15s) shows a pretty promising future for the elderly.
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Tasha26 writes:
So it's been in the news and on Slashdot that Apple's iphone allegedly infringes 10 of Nokia's patent. Since that number was so precise, I did some digging up within the official complaint and here's the list of infringements:
1. Patent 5,802,465: Data transmission in a radio telephone network.
2. Patent 5,862,178: Method and apparatus for speech transmission in a mobile communications system.
3. Patent 5,946,651: Speech synthesizer employing post-processing for enhancing the quality of the synthesized speech.
4. Patent 6,359,904: Data transfer in a mobile telephone network.
5. Patent 6,694,135: Measurement report transmission in a telecommunications system.
6. Patent 6,775,548: Access channel for reduced access delay in a telecommunications system.
7. Patent 6,882,727: Method of ciphering data transmission in a radio system.
8. Patent 7,009,940: Integrity check in a communication system.
9. Patent 7,092,672: Reporting cell measurement results in a cellular communication system.
10. Patent 7,403,621: System for ensuring encrypted communication after handover
Gee, I guess those folks at Nokia are really feeling the profit squeeze resulting from customers shifting to iPhones and Blackberries, and the recession on top of it!
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Tasha26 writes:
Iconic British luxury fashion house Burberry is to launch its own social networking website next month. It will initially target current fans and those in need of a brand experience.
Quote: "These might not even be customers yet. Or they may be a customer for a bottle of fragrance or for eyewear," "But these are the customers who need the brand experience, who need to feel the brand. That word-of-mouth spreads through their social networks and continues to be a positive conversation [about Burberry]... that is so powerful." Unquote.
The company already has a huge 660K+ fan base on Facebook and the site will be called "ArtOfTheTrench.com" It will initially feature text and photo sharing functionalities (mostly of fans wearing Burberry outfits).
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Tasha26 writes:
I was submitting another of my graffiti on twitdraw when i discovered that none were going through. I then discovered that my twitter account wasn't responding either. The site's health status (http://status.twitter.com/) was intially reported as "Site is down" but has now changed to "Ongoing denial-of-service attack."
