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Submission + - Connex SMS service hacked in Australia

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Saturday February 24, 2007 @04:21PM

An anonymous reader writes: Train operator Connex is investigating the origin of a hoax text message sent to thousands of Victorian commuters, saying its inspectors loved killing people and would help bomb a train. About 10,000 commuters who subscribe to the train operator's timetable messaging service received the threatening text message on Friday night after hackers broke into the system. The message, sent after 9.30pm (AEDT), reads: ALLAHU AKBR FROM CONNEX! our inspectorS Love Killing people — if you see one coming, run. Want to bomb a train? they will gladly help. See you in hell! http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=229232

Submission + - iPhone to Use XScale Processor

Submitted by Tony Dennis on Sunday January 21, 2007 @07:59AM

Tony Dennis writes: While there is much uncertainty surrounding the new iPhone, another piece of the puzzle has been solved: the iPhone will use the XScale processor. Dario Bucci, Intel's CEO of the Italian operations, stated in an interview with Il Sole 24 Ore, a local paper, Apple has turned to Marvell [Italian] to power their revolutionary cell phone. With this being the case, did Intel give up on the XScale architecture a little too quickly?

Submission + - English Wikipedia adds nofollow

Submitted by

Althazzar

on Saturday January 20, 2007 @07:12PM

Althazzar writes: "After being hit by another surge of spam because of a new SEO contest, Wikipedia founder Jimbo Wales has ordered rel="nofollow" to be placed on all outbound links in the english part of Wikipedia to prevent SEO spam."

Submission + - Apple threatens journalists

Submitted by on Monday January 15, 2007 @09:02AM

An anonymous reader writes: Apple is threatening journalists and bloggers with legal action for reporting on the existence of iPhone skins for other devices. The skins for Pocket PCs were created by a member of the xda-developers forums. It seems Apple hasn't learnt from last time it tried something like this.

Submission + - Sun gives out free Solaris 10 DVDs

Submitted by

Tarmas

on Sunday January 14, 2007 @12:47PM

Tarmas writes: "For a limited time only, just like Ubuntu's ShipIt service, Sun Microsystems lets you order Solaris 10 absolutely free of charge. The operating system comes on a single DVD sporting both the x86 and SPARC versions. Also included is Sun Studio 11."

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