AVee - Slashdot User

Hacked CA gone backrupt 0

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on Tuesday September 20 2011, @06:59AM

AVee writes "Diginotar, the CA that issued a slew of rouge certificates was is declared bankrupt. Apparently Vasco (Diginotars owner) decided to take it's loss. After OPTA, the Dutch telecom authority, revoked their accreditation to issue certificates for digital signatures there wasn't much business left for them. A dutch court already made the backrupcy official."

Fake google certificate was the result of a hack.-> 0

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on Tuesday August 30 2011, @10:11AM

AVee writes "The rough google.com certificate issued by Diginotar was actually the result of a breach of their systems. According to a press release from Vasco, their parent company, the breach happened on July 19. Apparently they feel like publishing this a the time. The Diginotar website seems to have been breached since 2009 as well."
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Amazon want to patent nodding to pay.-> 0

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on Tuesday June 08 2010, @06:48AM

AVee writes "Amazon applied for a patent which describes paying using head movements. After One-Click payments we might son nod or smile to pay. The obvious question here obviously is whether the description of this payment method in the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy is prior art or 'future art'
"Now, let us bow our heads in payment,""
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Nokia and Intel will merge Maemo and Moblin.-> 0

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on Monday February 15 2010, @09:21AM

AVee writes "Intel and Nokia just announced a new project called MeeGo. MeeGo is supossed to be the result of merging Maemo and Moblin, bringing together the best pieces of those (already quit similar platforms). Interestingly this means that Intel will be sponsoring a mobile Linux disto which will run on ARM."
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Nokia sues Apple for patent infringment in iPhone-> 0

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on Thursday October 22 2009, @11:36AM

AVee writes "Engadget (amonst many others) report that Nokia is sueing Apple because the iPhone infringes on 10 Nokia patents related to GSM, UTMS and WiFi. The press release doesn't contain much detail, it does state that Apple didn't agree "appropriate terms for Nokia's intellectual property", which sounds like there have been negotiations about those patents."
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An (official) unlocked iPhone for 999 euro-> 0

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on Thursday November 22 2007, @06:45AM

AVee writes "The actual price of the iPhone is out of the box, Reuters reportsM that T-Mobile germany will sell it, unlocked, no strings attached, for 999,- euros ($1,478). It will also unlock the iPhones of current customers free of charge. All of this as a result of case Vodafone brought against the locking done by T-Mobile. It seems customers are finally is allowed to use the iPhone with the carrier they want."
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