5776459
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Braedley writes
"An Apple store in New Jersey was robbed in 31 seconds early yesterday morning. The thieves stole 23 Macbook Pros, 14 iPhones and 9 iPod Touches. I know Apple prides themselves on the aesthetic design of not only their computers and other devices, but also of their stores, but one has to wonder if maybe a little more security could have prevented the theft of tens of thousands of dollars worth of merchandise.
Original ABC affiliate story."
4504827
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Braedley writes
"When we last took an in-depth look at USB flash drives in 2005, the landscape was a bit different. A 2GB drive ran nearly $200, and speeds were quite a bit slower then. At the time, we noted that while the then-current crop of drives was pretty fast, they still were not close to saturating the bandwidth of USB2. To top it off, a good drive was still going to set you back $50 or $70--not exactly a cheap proposition. Since our first roundup, this picture has changed considerably, and it leads to a question: has the flash drive become an undifferentiated commodity, just like any other cheap plastic tsotschke that you might find at an office supply store checkout counter?"Link to Original Source
1204471
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Braedley writes
"Jammie Thomas is off the hook--at least for the time being. Judge Michael J. Davis has overturned a federal jury's copyright infringement verdict and award of $222,000 in damages to the RIAA. The verdict was handed down last October after a three-day trial and a few hours of deliberations. Judge Davis determined that he gave the jury an erroneous instruction on the question of whether making a file available for download over a P2P network violated the record labels' distribution right under the Copyright Act."Link to Original Source
814057
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Braedley writes
"Reporters covering the Black Hat Security Conference this week were allegedly hacked by three French reporters. The three reporters are believed to have sniffed a private network that other reporters at the conference were using — an apparent violation of the federal wiretap statute.
A Black Hat spokeswoman explained that the three reporters gathered log-in data for reporters in the Black Hat press room and tried to convince organizers of the Wall of Sheep to post the data publicly. The Wall of Sheep is a traditional feature at the DefCon hacker conference (which begins tomorrow in Las Vegas) but was launched at Black Hat for the first time this year."Link to Original Source
433052
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Braedley writes
"Wired has their annual vaporware list up, and everyones favorite non-game has been crowned once again. "Another December, another list, another crowning achievement by the Emperor of the Ethereal, the Head Honcho of Hype, Duke Nukem Forever. We were going to disqualify him out of pity, but Sir Duke is back for 2007 thanks to a few leaked screenshots and an overwhelming number of votes. DNF creators 3D Realms even chose this week to debut a well-publicized video trailer for Duke's long-awaited return. Alas, a trailer is not a game, so — long live the king!""Link to Original Source
113647
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Braedley writes
"Members of the European IT industry are rightfully unhappy with a proposed law that would penalize various parties, from software companies to ISPs, to even some hardware manufactures, but not the end users for infringing on intellectual property. Penalties for this aiding and abetting could include jail time for employees if found guilty.
From the article:
"The proposed directive switches the onus from end users to the technological conduits, which could include ISPs (Internet service providers), mobile phone operators, instant-messaging services, video- and music-sharing Web sites such as YouTube, as well as open-source software producers.
The controversial draft law has sparked an outcry, uniting rivals within the IT industry, ranging from free and open-source software advocates, the Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure, at one end to a lobbyist for the world's biggest software companies, the Business Software Alliance (BSA), at the other.""
