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Comment Re:There is another thing to consider. (Score 2, Informative) 279

by mporcheron on Saturday January 26, 2008 @06:33AM (#22192072) Attached to: NPD Group Says "Wait! HD-DVD Isn't Dead Yet"

In the UK, I recall seeing this on the Beeb (six o'clock news) and I'm pretty sure Sky news. Mainstream media may be slow but something like this is quite major.

Submission + - iPhone to come unlocked in France

Submitted by zerojoker on Wednesday October 17, 2007 @09:54AM

zerojoker writes: It has been speculated already , http://apple.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/10/06/2057247 , now the german newsticker heise.de reports http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.heise.de%2Fnewsticker%2Fmeldung%2F97537&langpair=de%7Cen&hl=de&safe=off&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&prev=%2Flanguage_tools [Google Translation] that due to French consumer-laws the iPhone is going to be released in France without SIM-Lock. Apparently an agreement with Orange, one of France's largerst mobile telcos has been reached. What will this mean for the hacker-community? Going to France to buy an iPhone?

Submission + - Urchin's not dead yet (itworld.com)

Submitted by

jfruhlinger

on Wednesday October 17, 2007 @09:01AM

jfruhlinger writes: "After Google acquired Urchin two and a half years ago, the hosted version of the product (now known as Google Analytics) has advanced by leaps and bounds, while the software package has languished, much to the dismay of customers. But a new version of the Urchin software is finally about to hit beta, nearly three years after the last one was released."

Submission + - Google's Street View could be unlawful in Europe (out-law.com)

Submitted by arallsopp on Thursday June 14, 2007 @06:14AM

arallsopp writes: European data protection laws restrict the commercial use of photographs where individuals are identifiable. The law sets extra requirements for so-called sensitive personal data: it demands explicit consent, not just notification. If Google's multi-lens camera cars come to Europe and inadvertently find themselves taking pictures of persons leaving a church or sexual health clinic, they may just need to pull over and start picking up signatures.

Vint Cerf on Net Security, Hacking, and Acting 45

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Monday March 05, 2007 @02:46PM from the internet-hams dept.

ancientribe writes "Father of the Internet Vint Cerf talks candidly in an article on Dark Reading about his being a Googler, and the biggest problems with Internet security and what he sees as the most promising solutions. He says that he's only done a little casual hacking, and that the term 'hacker' no longer comes with the honor it once did. Cerf also reveals in this personal look at the Internet icon that his real dream was to be an actor."

Submission + - WordPress download site cracked

Submitted by JavaRob on Monday March 05, 2007 @02:45PM

JavaRob writes: From the WordPress development blog: "If you downloaded WordPress 2.1.1 within the past 3-4 days, your files may include a security exploit that was added by a cracker, and you should upgrade all of your files to 2.1.2 immediately."

Fortunately, they got a tipoff, but it's not clear how long the altered download (the cracker altered a couple of files to add in remote execution capabilities) would have stayed up otherwise.

Note: the cracker did not sneak in code by posing as an OSS developer (the common FUD scare scenario...); they just managed to crack one of the site's servers, and altered the download directly.

Apparently, WordPress has taken steps to ensure it doesn't happen again. Personally, I'm wondering about ways browsers and/or operating systems might be improved to automate checksum validation for downloaded executables.

Diebold to Withdraw from E-Voting? 329

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Monday March 05, 2007 @02:03PM from the lots-of-polishing-to-do dept.

ICA writes "It appears after years of criticism, Diebold may be ready to withdraw from electronic voting entirely. The company is concerned that this relatively small and marginally profitable unit is hurting the company's overall image."

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