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Submission + - Facebook Source Code Leaked

Submitted by

Anonymous Coward

on Sunday August 12, 2007 @05:50AM

Anonymous Coward writes: "We just received a tip that the source code for the Facebook main index page has been leaked and published on a blog called Facebook Secrets. There are only two possible ways that the source code got out — the first is that a Facebook developer has sent it out, or the more likely option that a security hole has been used on either one of the Facebook servers or in their source code repository to reveal the code....[ + ]"

Submission + - Interpol: The Trail of Dr. Chaos Game (fenomen-games.com)

Submitted by

hiddenobjectgames

on Sunday August 05, 2007 @03:25AM

hiddenobjectgames writes: "Interpol: The Trail of Dr. Chaos Game
A mysterious and dangerous criminal believed to have been in hiding for over a decade, has suddenly re-surfaced. The target of your mission is Dr. Vladimir Chaosky, aka Dr. Chaos. Agencies have been trying to track him down since the Cold War, and now, Interpol: The Trail of Dr. Chaos..."

Submission + - Geeks triumph over Defcon mole,offline and online (statcounter.com)

Submitted by destinyland on Sunday August 05, 2007 @01:28AM

destinyland writes: An undercover reporter at Defcon was identified, lured into an auditorium, and publicly called out. If you're "exposing" geeks talking about illegal activities at a security convention, it would work better if they didn't know you were there. Dateline's Michelle Madigan claims she was exposing federal agents in attendance at the conference. But the funny aftermath may be a milestone for the mainstream media. In a matchup against a handful of geeks armed with YouTube — they lost.

Submission + - Music-eating worm feeds on MP3s, Courtesy RIAA? (theinquirer.net)

Submitted by

Tech.Luver

on Friday August 03, 2007 @06:56AM

Tech.Luver writes: "theinquirer reports, " A WIGGLY WORM that deletes any mp3 files it gets its, um, hands on has been detected. The worm's not that smart or dangerous, unless you leave the virtual barn door open, in which case you could find your digital music collection decimated. ""

Submission + - UK Firm develops remote forensics by phone

Submitted by VoiceOfDoom on Friday August 03, 2007 @06:28AM

VoiceOfDoom writes: Business Weekly is running a story about Evidence Talks, a UK-based computer forensics firm who have developed a remote forensics technology that uses mobile phone communication to acquire and analyse computers in real-time without transmitting over the Internet. Apparently, the product has already attracted the attention of an "unnamed law enforcement agency in the US". The product may allow crucial evidence to be collected from disparate geographic locations, speeding up the investigation process considerably.

Submission + - Speeding up iTunes downloads, the Israeli way

Submitted by kranskhi on Friday August 03, 2007 @06:26AM

kranskhi writes: Yossi Vardi, the guy who helped bring instant messaging ICQ to the world, is now trying to speed up video downloads. SpeedBit, which sells an application for speeding up downloads of games, videos and music. He claimed that by using the application, the download of a movie decreases from more than an hour to 22 minutes.

Submission + - An Ebay Sale is a Sale

Submitted by syousef on Friday August 03, 2007 @06:20AM

syousef writes: An Ebay Sale is a Sale says an Australian New South Wales State Judge in a case where a man tried to reneg on the Ebay sale of a 1946 World War II Wirraway aircraft. The seller tried to reneg because he'd received an offer $100,000 greater than the Ebay sale price elsewhere. The buyer who had bid the reserve price of $150,000 at the last minute took him to court. "It follows that, in my view, a binding contract was formed between the plaintiff and the defendent and that it should be specifically enforced," Justice Rein said in his decision. All dollar figures are in AUD.

Submission + - Windows XP Service Pack 3

Submitted by

epsi

on Friday August 03, 2007 @05:22AM

epsi writes: "Windows XP SP 3 probably in 2008 — MS had a Roadmap in his recent Partner-Mag — and there was mentioned that a Service Pack 3 for Windows XP will be available in 2008..propably not the end of XP now? ;)"

Submission + - New FingerprintingTechnique to Reveal Race and Sex (telegraph.co.uk) 1

Submitted by

Tech.Luver

on Friday August 03, 2007 @05:07AM

Tech.Luver writes: "Telegraph reports, " A new fingerprinting technique that can identify the race and sex, and possibly the diet of suspects has been developed. Scientists have shown that using a gelatine-based gel and high-tech chemical analysis can provide significant clues to a person?s identity even if police do not hold existing fingerprint records. ""

Submission + - Grand Theft Auto IV delayed

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 03, 2007 @04:22AM

An anonymous reader writes: BBC reports that the game, which had been scheduled for release in October ahead of Christmas sales, is now due in mid 2008. Shares in the firm behind popular computer game Grand Theft Auto fell 16% after it said that its latest version of the popular game would be delayed. Take-Two Interactive Software said the late arrival of Grand Theft Auto IV meant it would record an annual loss. Full story: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6928872.stm

Submission + - Time travel barriers overcome... (newswise.com)

Submitted by

Samarian Hillbilly

on Friday August 03, 2007 @04:08AM

Samarian Hillbilly writes: "Israeli physicist Amos Ori claims to have overcome many of the theoretical obstacles to time travel. He claims that a space-time warp could "evolve" on it's own with a little bit of a "push". Caveats, travel would only be possible between times that have developed this technology and implemented the infrastructure.
http://www.newswise.com/articles/view/532037/"

Submission + - PerezHilton launches "Nightlife Social Network (blorge.com)

Submitted by

fdmendez

on Friday August 03, 2007 @03:58AM

fdmendez writes: "Celebrity blogger, Perez (not Paris) Hilton, plans to redefine the way we do "nightlife" by launching a social networking site centered around clubs, bars, concerts, and everything else young adults do late in the PM.

Perez teamed up with Vitaminenergy, Vitamin Water's take on energy drinks, and Billboard Bands, a company that produces disposable wrist bands emblazoned with advertising, in order to make it happen.

PMbuzz.com is the name of the site and it will officially launch on August 9th at a New York party hosted by Perez himself. PMbuzz plans to expand to other "nightlife hubs", but, for the time being, the site will focus on...."

Submission + - Russian Cyber Gunslingers For Hire (blogspot.com)

Submitted by

Rapide

on Friday August 03, 2007 @03:02AM

Rapide writes: "A [Russian] publication called Chacker recently published — with no legal consequences — precise instructions on how to hack into the Web sites of foreign governments. http://swedemeat.blogspot.com/2007/08/russian-cybe r-gunslingers-for-hire.html"

Submission + - Anonymous email hid knife-wielding iPod scammer? (blorge.com)

Submitted by

destinyland

on Friday August 03, 2007 @01:28AM

destinyland writes: "A Fox News affiliate is warning about an anonymous email service and its role in a recent Craig's List attack in which a knife-wielding scammer lured a woman to a park late at night. The site "operates outside the Untied States [sic] and European legal systems," according to the fear-mongering article — since the site is based in Japan. Though the site's promotional copy is also playing up its potential for aiding law breakers. "By law AnonymousSpeech.com only reports to official Japanese government agencies," their front page boasts. "This makes it extremely expensive and troublesome for foreign private parties to obtain information about our subscribers...""

Submission + - Ruling by Secret US Court Allegedly Reduces Spying

Submitted by conspirator57 on Friday August 03, 2007 @01:20AM

conspirator57 writes: TFA http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la- na-spying2aug02,0,5813563.story?coll=la-home-cente r states that the US Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (a court that no citizen can establish standing to appear before) has ruled against Executive requests for so-called "basket warrants" as violating the 4th amendment to the Constitution, namely that such warrants do not meet the clearly expressed criteria in the second half of the amendment. To accomplish this they must have looked startlingly like British general warrants which were the original motivation for the 4th amendment. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warrant_(law) for more.

TFA is very sympathetic to the Executive branch, going on to depict ways in which we're all less safe because of this ruling. Personally, I feel safer with more rulings like this one. Just wish the process were a bit more transparent.

"The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized."

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