Comment: Good grammar is unrealistic too (Score 5, Funny) 630
FFS. There are
77 Million Accounts Stolen From Playstation Network 645
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from the oh-yeah-this'll-be-fine dept.
from the oh-yeah-this'll-be-fine dept.
Runaway1956 was one of many users to continue to update us about the intrusion we've been following this week.
"Sony is warning its millions of PlayStation Network users to watch out for identity-theft scams after hackers breached its security and plundered the user names, passwords, addresses, birth dates, and other information used to register accounts. Sony's stunning admission came six days after the PlayStation Network was taken down following what the company described as an 'external intrusion'. The stolen information may also include payment-card data, purchase history, billing addresses, and security answers used to change passwords, Sony said on Tuesday. The company plans to keep the hacked system offline for the time being, and to restore services gradually. The advisory also applies to users of Sony's related Qriocity network."
+ - The physics of Little Big Planet and others...->
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wildbunny writes "This is an article about a new continuous collision detection technique used in games such as Little Big Planet PS3/PSP — its fast, robust and most of all easy to understand and implement and solves one of the biggest problems in physics simulation today — Time Of Impact ordering."
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+ - FF4 takes lead over IE9, IE loses market share-> 1
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Arneh
Arneh writes "Net Applications has released its latest round of monthly browser market share data. Results show that despite IE9's earlier release in March, Firefox 4 is outpacing IE9 in adoption and usage."
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+ - RSA: SecurID Hack Was Phishing With Flash 0-Day->
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Trailrunner7
Trailrunner7 writes "RSA confirmed on Friday that the attack that compromised the company's high-value SecurID product was essentially a small, targeted phishing campaign that included a payload of a malicious Flash object embedded in an Excel file."
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+ - Debian 6.0 Released->
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Tubal-Cain writes "The Debian Project has announced the release of version 6.0 (codenamed "Squeeze") of their popular operating system. This version, the first first since they adopted a release schedule a year and a half ago, features KDE 4.4.5, Gnome 2.30, X.org 2.7, and the Linux 2.6.32 kernel. They are also introducing a port to a FreeBSD kernel on x86 and x86_64 platforms. Accompanying this new version is an updated layout for their websites, bringing a bit of consitency between their home page, wiki, package search, etc."
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+ - NFL Teams Considering iPads To Replace Playbooks->
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bonch writes "Pete Walsh, technology head for the Dallas Cowboys, says he and other teams are considering iPads and other tablets as a replacement for paper playbooks, saving about 5,000 pages of printouts per game. Not only is it a huge savings in paper, but a lost iPad might also be remotely wiped to prevent a team's plays falling into the wrong hands. One concern is security and whether or not a tablet could be wirelessly hacked."
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+ - I guess Anonymous isn't Anonymous anymore?->
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An anonymous reader writes "Apparently some small security firm has been able to determine the real identity's of several key Anonymous hackers which is resulting in a ton of arrests."
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+ - Microsoft, Apple, EMC, Oracle Form Patent Bloc->
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An anonymous reader writes "When Novell finally sold itself, part of the deal included the sale of 882 patents to a consortium backed by Microsoft MSFT). Thanks to a tip from Florian Mueller, it turns out that Microsoft’s partners are Apple, Oracle, and EMC, which raise questions about where these companies are heading and what it means for the rest of the industry."
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+ - Lawmakers Warn Against Rushed Anti-WikiLeaks Laws->
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Trailrunner7 writes "The WikiLeaks disclosures this fall that have precipitated so much controversy and agita among national security officials and politicians should not be used as a springboard for new, more restrictive laws, lawmakers, attorneys and policy analysts said in a House hearing Thursday. In fact, the reaction from Congress and the Obama administration should be just the opposite, according to witnesses who testified during a hearing held by the House Judiciary Committee on the legal and national-security ramifications of the WikiLeaks incident.
"When everyone is calling for someone's head, it's a pretty good sign that we might want to slow down," said John Conyers (D-Mich.), chairman of the Judiciary Committee.
The reflexive secrecy that emerged after 9/11 has helped contribute to an atmosphere in which far too much government data is classified or otherwise kept secret without any real justification, the witnesses said. Perhaps the strongest comments came from consumer advocate Ralph Nader and Rep. William Delahunt, both of whom referred to the secrecy as damaging to the country's ideals.
"There's an overwhelming overclassification of documents. Who does the classification? Is it the Secretary of State or the attorney general? I found out that it's some low level bureaucrat and the process itself is arcane and there is no accountability in the classification processes in the exec branch and that's very dangerous," said committee member Delahunt (D-Mass.), who is leaving at the end of his current term. "Secrecy is the trademark of totalitarianism and transparency and openness is what democracy is all about. WikiLeaks provides an opportunity for this committee. There is far too much secrecy and classification in the executive branch and I think it puts American democracy at risk.""
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"When everyone is calling for someone's head, it's a pretty good sign that we might want to slow down," said John Conyers (D-Mich.), chairman of the Judiciary Committee.
The reflexive secrecy that emerged after 9/11 has helped contribute to an atmosphere in which far too much government data is classified or otherwise kept secret without any real justification, the witnesses said. Perhaps the strongest comments came from consumer advocate Ralph Nader and Rep. William Delahunt, both of whom referred to the secrecy as damaging to the country's ideals.
"There's an overwhelming overclassification of documents. Who does the classification? Is it the Secretary of State or the attorney general? I found out that it's some low level bureaucrat and the process itself is arcane and there is no accountability in the classification processes in the exec branch and that's very dangerous," said committee member Delahunt (D-Mass.), who is leaving at the end of his current term. "Secrecy is the trademark of totalitarianism and transparency and openness is what democracy is all about. WikiLeaks provides an opportunity for this committee. There is far too much secrecy and classification in the executive branch and I think it puts American democracy at risk.""
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+ - Hackers dual-boot Chrome OS with Ubuntu Linux->
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jbrodkin
jbrodkin writes "Google's Chrome OS makes Web surfing an incredibly pleasant and secure experience, but most of the knocks against it relate to what it can't do — namely, nearly everything traditional desktop operating systems like Windows, Mac and Linux can. The easiest solution might be dual-booting, allowing users to choose either Chrome OS or a Linux distro at startup. Google's Chromium project site is now hosting instructions for booting Ubuntu Linux alongside Chrome OS. The process is cumbersome but indicates that dual-booting Chrome OS should be possible — and hopefully a bit simpler — once Google releases commercially available netbooks in mid-2011."
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+ - Opera 11 release keeps browser relevant, innovativ->
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Roberto123 writes "Opera Software today introduced Opera 11, the latest upgrade of its "little browser that could." While it doesn't have the market share of Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox, Opera has 150 million users worldwide. The CTO of Opera, though, gives Microsoft credit for finally adopting industry standards like HTML, CSS and Javascript in IE 8 and IE 9."
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+ - UK Twitter Users Declare "I'm Spartacus"->
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An anonymous reader writes "Tweeters have joined forces to support Paul Chambers, the man convicted and fined for a Twitter message threatening to blow up an airport. A so-called "I'm Spartacus" campaign encouraging users to "re-tweet" his words has also become a huge hit. The hashtag #IAmSpartacus is currently the number one trending topic on Twitter in the UK, with #twitterjoketrial in second place. Chambers is believed to be the first person convicted in the UK for posting an offensive tweet. After the hearing, actor and Twitter fan Stephen Fry tweeted that he would pay Chambers' fine. Comedian Dara O'Briain tweeted that the verdict was "ludicrous" while Peep Show actor David Mitchell said it was "punishment for flippancy"."
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+ - Sabayon Linux 5.4 GNOME and KDE->
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linuxsoftware
linuxsoftware writes "Is now available for download final version of Sabayon 5.4 on your GNOME and KDE versions for both 32 and 64 bits."
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+ - Getting "Off The Grid"->
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frontwave
frontwave writes "The BlackBerries, the iPhones, the smartphones, and now iPads have become so integrated into our lives that we can’t imagine being without them anymore. We feel “naked” if we are not carrying one of them ..."
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