Comment: 24.. (Score 1) 77
Get Jack, They have the CIP Device!
SPAM: VR study says 40% of us are paranoid
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Roland Piquepaille
Roland Piquepaille writes "UK researchers have recently used virtual reality (VR) to check if people had paranoid thoughts when using public transportation. Their VR tube ride experiment revealed that 40% of the participants experienced exaggerated fears about threats from others. Until now, researchers were relying on somewhat unreliable questionnaires to study paranoid thoughts which are often triggered by ambiguous events such as someone laughing behind their back. With the use of VR, psychiatrists and psychologists have a new tool which can reliably recreates social interactions. As said the lead researcher, VR 'is a uniquely powerful method to detect those liable to misinterpret other people.' But read more for additional references and pictures showing computer people (avatars) on a simulated underground train."
Comment: The war (Score 0, Flamebait) 891
The war on Scientology, led by the same people who said "Google Ron Paul"
Google purges thousands of suspected malware sites-> 1
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Stony Stevenson
Stony Stevenson writes "In response to a concerted effort by cyber criminals to infect the computers of Google users with malware and make them unwitting partners in crime, Google has apparently purged tens of thousands of malicious Web pages from its index. Alex Eckelberry, CEO of Sunbelt Software, noted that many search results on Google led to malicious Web pages that expose visitors to exploits that can compromise vulnerable systems. Sunbelt published a list of search terms that returned malicious pages, the result of search engine optimization (SEO) campaigns by cyber criminals to get their pages prominently ranked in Google — Sunbelt refers to this as "SEO poisoning."
Let's hope Google has done its research and hasn't purged legitimate sites."
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Let's hope Google has done its research and hasn't purged legitimate sites."
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DVD component shortage intensifies->
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Alex
Alex writes "Components for use in half-height DVD burners has been running tight since the second quarter of this year, shortages have now extended to the DVD-ROM and slim DVD burner segments, according to industry sources in Taiwan. Hitachi-LG Data Storage, the largest global OEM/ODM maker of optical disc drives, is currently only able to meet 85-90% of its order volume due to a shortage of main components, especially pick-up heads."
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Virtual Burglary Leads to Arrest->
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G0rAk writes "The BBC is reporting that a 'Virtual theft' has lead to an arrest in the Netherlands. A Dutch teenager who scammed people out of their Habbo Hotel usernames and passwords allegedly used the information to steal virtual designer furniture from his victims and moved it to his own virtual home. The police have become interested because, although the furniture was bought with "Habbo Credits", these have a cash value.
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Can't wait to see this come to court and the judge asking the prosecution to show the jury some of the swag...""It is a theft because the furniture is paid for with real money. But the only way to be a thief in Habbo is to get people's usernames and passwords and then log in and take the furniture. "We got involved because of an increasing number of sites which are pretending to be Habbo. People might then try and log in and get their details stolen."
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Microsoft spamming websites with fake Referrer? ->
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whoever57
whoever57 writes "SEO professionals have noticed some odd entries in their website logs: the hits originate from IP addresses owned by Microsoft and the User-Agent claims to be a PC client, but the referrer header shows a live search that would not return a result in the target website. Microsoft claims it is a "quality check". However, many commentators are not convinced, suggesting that the purpose is to raise the stats for Live search. Also, the "robots.txt" file is not read by the robots that are doing this. Apparently, this has been taking place for several months."
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AT&T to Sell Equipment to Monitor Workplaces
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dacut
dacut writes "According to an article in the New York Times, "AT&T plans to introduce a nationwide program today that gives owners of small- and medium-size businesses some of the same tools big security companies offer for monitoring employees, customers and operations from remote locations. Under AT&T's Remote Monitor program, a business owner could install adjustable cameras, door sensors and other gadgets at up to five different company locations across the country."
This isn't necessarily new technology — ADT and Digital Witness have similar offerings — but it is coming from a company which allegedly monitors all web traffic through its facilities."
This isn't necessarily new technology — ADT and Digital Witness have similar offerings — but it is coming from a company which allegedly monitors all web traffic through its facilities."
First use of RIPA to demand encryption keys->
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kylehase
kylehase writes "The Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA) is being used for the first time to force an animal activist to reveal encryption keys for encrypted files she claims to have no knowledge of. According to the article, she could face up to two years if she doesn't comply."
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Microsoft Clublive Scandal
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Elitegunslinger
Elitegunslinger writes "Microsoft offered their club.live.com service as a means of playing games to gain tickets and earn prizes. However during June there was an exponential growth in prize orders received. Microsoft's response to these orders was to cancel them.
Many of the orders had been made through "botting" and automated programs. However prior to September 12th, 2007 the "Live Search REWARDS PROGRAM Terms and Conditions" didn't state that the "bots" were not allowed.
Because Microsoft never stated prior in their terms and conditions it was indeed just to use automated programs. In the confusion of players who "botted" and didn't "bot" many of the legitimate tickets made had been deleted along with prizes that should have been covered by the original terms of service.
Many of the players had made multiple accounts to avoid the ticket caps on club.live.com in order to get more prizes and in turn wasted more time. The terms of service once again never stated that you couldn't have more than one account to avoid ticket caps until September 12th, 2007.
I am unsure of the exact date however according to my sources there was a change in rewards from any amount to a limited one hardware and one software prize per household on July 18th. Which didn't cover the month of June as stated before.
False advertising may be at play here because Microsoft gained unique searches which boosted their live.search.com scores. In turn many children and adults wasted their time playing games and had never been rewarded by Microsoft. This could range from tens to hundreds of thousands of players to even millions."
Many of the orders had been made through "botting" and automated programs. However prior to September 12th, 2007 the "Live Search REWARDS PROGRAM Terms and Conditions" didn't state that the "bots" were not allowed.
Because Microsoft never stated prior in their terms and conditions it was indeed just to use automated programs. In the confusion of players who "botted" and didn't "bot" many of the legitimate tickets made had been deleted along with prizes that should have been covered by the original terms of service.
Many of the players had made multiple accounts to avoid the ticket caps on club.live.com in order to get more prizes and in turn wasted more time. The terms of service once again never stated that you couldn't have more than one account to avoid ticket caps until September 12th, 2007.
I am unsure of the exact date however according to my sources there was a change in rewards from any amount to a limited one hardware and one software prize per household on July 18th. Which didn't cover the month of June as stated before.
False advertising may be at play here because Microsoft gained unique searches which boosted their live.search.com scores. In turn many children and adults wasted their time playing games and had never been rewarded by Microsoft. This could range from tens to hundreds of thousands of players to even millions."