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+ - Microsoft Launches $100k Bug Bounty Program

Submitted by Trailrunner7
Trailrunner7 writes "After years of saying that the company didn’t need a bug bounty program, Microsoft is starting one. The company today will announce the start of a new program that will pay security researchers up to $100,000 for serious vulnerabilities and as much as $50,000 for new defensive techniques that help protect against those flaws.

Microsoft security officials say that the program has been a long time in development, and the factor that made this the right time to launch is the recent rise of vulnerability brokers. Up until quite recently, most of the researchers who found bugs in Microsoft products reported them directly to the company. That’s no longer the case.

The system that Microsoft is kicking off on June 26 will pay researchers $100,000 for a new exploit technique that is capable of bypassing the latest existing mitigations in the newest version of Windows."

+ - The Opaque Prism: Some Internet users aren't American->

Submitted by groundup_news
groundup_news writes "Edward Snowden's revelations published in the Washington Post and Guardian about the United States Government's PRISM programme raise many questions and few answers. There's no shortage of commentary in English-language media pondering the consequences for Americans. But PRISM is even more relevant to the over 2 billion non-American users of the Internet and it's with that in mind that I've written this trilogy of articles."
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+ - Samsung Wooing American Mobile Startups->

Submitted by jfruh
jfruh writes "Samsung is one of South Korea's most prominent companies on the international tech scene. But it's looking for mobile innovation in a surprising place: The United States. The company is starting incubator spaces in Palo Alto and Manhattan aimed at cultivating startups working on software and services for phones, tablet computers and televisions. The hope is that Samsung will be able to cut deals with these companies and keep its tight grip on the Android market."
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+ - Welcome to Agent Artemis, the spy game that is played in real locations. ->

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes "Welcome to Agent Artemis, the spy game that is played in real locations. Experience a brave new world, where spies don't work directly for the government but for private companies hired by the state. Of course there is a certain level of friction between such competing companies, friction which by some unkind observers are also labelled "spy wars". But who will ever doubt the benefits of a lean government and outsourcing! After all haven't the recent improvement in satellite technology and general surveillance made the city a safer place to live in for all of us?

Become a spy on hire and help us in those places where the power of the satellite surveillance is still limited. Dive into the nightlife and hunt your enemies in real locations. Agent Artemis will test how well
you can observe others and how well you can bluff . It is a game that is inconspicuous to outsiders so that it does not interfere with any social activities which you enjoy while hanging out. While hunting spies is
already a lot of fun, Agent Artemis is a good flirting game as well because we will work hard to give you suitable enemies. Enjoy the night and don't get caught ...."
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+ - Qumble - Open Source Software for Windows

Submitted by Technologov
Technologov writes "Hi,

The Qumble project aims to introduce users of MS-Windows to the
benefits of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS). We include only the
highest quality programs, which have been carefully tested for
stability and which we consider appropriate for a broad audience. We
provide a description and screen-shots of each program, so you can get
an idea of what it does before installing. All these applications
install and un-install cleanly, so you can be comfortable testing them
with the knowledge that they will not adversely affect your system.
The programs on the disc are all distributed under an Open Source
License (OSI approved), which allows you to freely use and distribute
them. You may even change the programs using the source code, which we
make available, and distribute your own modified versions, provided
you then in turn make the source code available, and give appropriate
credit to past contributors.

http://qumble.org/

--
-Alexey Eromenko "Technologov""

+ - Warner sued for massive copyfraud->

Submitted by Maximum Prophet
Maximum Prophet writes "Warner/Chappell Music makes millions of dollars per year licensing the song "Happy Birthday to You", although it's obviously out of copyright. Now "Good Morning to You Productions", a documentary film company is suing to get them to return the millions of ill gotten gains. Good luck. All Warner has to do to keep their monopoly is to get Congress to extend copyright on music so they own HBTY in perpetuity."
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+ - Macs No More: After Edward Snowden, Time to Come to the Penguin->

Submitted by jrepin
jrepin writes "With each new version of Mac OS X, the computer becomes more and more like an iPhone or an iPad — a device designed for controlled consumption, not real creating. (With Windows 8 and the Surface, Microsoft has a head start.) The idea is to turn the computer from a general-purpose anything-machine into a ad-distributing appliance. Your mind is meant to become one too. The personal computer is political. The time for liberation has kind of come."
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+ - Apple's iTunes Radio Won't Disrupt the Music Industry->

Submitted by DavidGilbert99
DavidGilbert99 writes "Apple finally unveiled its iTunes Radio streaming service, but unlike the pick and chose option Spotify gives you, iTunes Radio will give you access to 200 curated radio stations similar to Pandora. While it will be nice form some casual music fans, for most it won't make much difference, at least according to one analyst who told IBTimes UK:
"What would be really disruptive is a service that allowed you to call up specific songs on demand as you can with Spotify, but that would likely have disrupted Apple's existing iTunes business, and the music industry as a whole, too much," Jan Dawson, chief telecoms analyst at Ovum."
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+ - ARM hates the Lima driver.->

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes "ARM management seriously dislikes the project to provide an open source driver for ARMs Mali GPU. ARM management sees no advantage in an open source driver for their Mali, and they think that the Lima driver reveals too much of the internals of the Mali hardware. ARM management believes that if they actually wanted an open source driver, they could simply open source their own code. The main developer of Lima naturally doesn't buy into ARMs views or reasoning, and states that Lima will continue and that ARM cannot do anything to stop it."
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Comment: The approach (Score 1) 74

by Aaron B Lingwood (#43924413) Attached to: Fake Mt. Gox Pages Aim To Infect Bitcoin Users
The fake Mt Gox sites are found on domains such as mtgox.org, mtgox.net. Existing customers and Bitcoin early adopters will likely not fall for this. This is likely targeting the non-tech-savvy followers who just heard through the media about a currency that can make you rich or a cool way to buy drugs. A search or two will unlikely lead a potential victim to one of these fake sites, so they are depending on the advertising. Details are scarce on how they are advertising.

Comment: Re:Twitter vs Wall St (Score 1) 317

by Aaron B Lingwood (#43922009) Attached to: Israeli Army Retweeting 1967 War As It Happened

um... no.

I am unsure to which of my two statements that is referring to as neither was a question

Last time there were tweets of this nature, Wall Street had a flash crash.

um... no.

So are you saying that this event didn't take place? [citation needed]

I wonder if the 1.4% drop in the S&P500 today is related in any way.

um... no.

So are you saying I am NOT wondering if the drop is related

While I am somewhat confused, I do have one very strong argument to put across - and it goes a little something like this:
um... whatever.

When I left you, I was but the pupil. Now, I am the master. - Darth Vader

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