gingerkazza - Slashdot User

+ - Google execs convicted in YouTube bullying case-> 0

Submitted by gingerkazza on Wednesday February 24, 2010 @08:36AM

gingerkazza writes "Three Google executives have been found guilty and sentenced to six months (suspended) after Italian judge finds them guilty of privacy violations after video of a teenager with Down's Syndrome being bullied was published on YouTube. The implications of this case are huge, assuming that Google does not get the ruling overturned on appeal. Could it even be the end of YouTube in Italy?"
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+ - Introducing the Linux OAPC (Old Age Personal Compu-> 0

Submitted by gingerkazza on Wednesday November 18, 2009 @09:45AM

gingerkazza writes "What do you get if you combine a computer company with a group of Vegans and someone who used to present a popular children's TV show? The less than obvious answer is a Linux computer designed especially for old people."
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+ - Can a Cosmic iPhone bring order to your life?-> 0

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gingerkazza

on Monday September 21, 2009 @06:30AM

gingerkazza writes "It has long been affectionately known as the Jesus Phone because of the almost religious following it receives, but can the iPhone really harness the power of the Cosmos to help organise your life? Ah, the penny drops: I've bought a Cosmic ToDo list with pink and blue stars, twinkly sound effects and a video of TV presenter Noel Edmonds. Bum!"
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+ - Media FAIL: Twitter not hacked!-> 0

Submitted by gingerkazza on Friday July 17, 2009 @07:58AM

gingerkazza writes "http://www.daniweb.com/blogs/entry4539.html And the winner of most misleading media story coverage of the week is, yep you guessed it. How can mainstream publications online and off justify headlines shouting that Twitter was hacked when it was not?"
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+ - The Lost and Damned = Lost Money and Froze Solid-> 0

Submitted by gingerkazza on Friday February 27, 2009 @09:20AM

gingerkazza writes "http://www.daniweb.com/blogs/entry4052.html Looks like the most popular download ever on the Xbox is not so popular with everyone. It seems that The Lost and Damned is freezing on a significant number of players, taking mission progress with it. Rockstar games is saying nothing, Microsoft is not refunding money. Methinks we have a shitstorm about to unload here."
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+ - Google smear campaign exposed

Submitted by

Mark Doughty

on Sunday June 10, 2007 @06:24AM

Mark Doughty writes "According to a blog posting here: http://www.daniweb.com/blogs/entry1491.html Google has gone on the attack after Privacy International published an interim report daring to suggest that Google privacy sucked so bad it was bottom of the entire list of Internet companies researched."

+ - Government online visa application security breach

Submitted by on Friday May 18, 2007 @05:23AM

An anonymous reader writes "http://www.daniweb.com/blogs/entry1466.html Online Visa applications are being suspended around the world following this bloggers investigation into the web based system which reveals any application could be viewed just by changing part of the URL. It was the lead story on Channel 4 News in the UK last night, and it looks like governments around the world will have some questions to answer after it was also revealed the breach had first been reported a year ago!!!"

+ - Online US and UK Visa application data exposed

Submitted by

Bill Andad

on Wednesday May 16, 2007 @05:06AM

Bill Andad writes "http://www.daniweb.com/blogs/trackbacks1466.html An investigative reporter uncovers huge hole in the official online application system for getting a Visa to travel to the US or UK from India that has left users full application data exposed for over a year — despite the vulnerability being reported a year ago."

+ - India: US Visa Application Database vulnerability

Submitted by Krish on Wednesday May 16, 2007 @03:37AM

Krish writes "Daniweb reports that the the US visa application database in India has a very serious vulnerability. It is very easy to get the applicant information from the database. It appears the company to which the process was outsourced were slacking in security."

+ - UK visa website hacked

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 15, 2007 @12:46PM

An anonymous reader writes "IT Security Journalist of the Year, Davey Winder's interesting article shows just how negligent governments can sometimes be: http://www.daniweb.com/blogs/entry1466.html"

+ - Exposed: Indian visa application data accessible t

Submitted by

jenwren1010

on Tuesday May 15, 2007 @06:21AM

jenwren1010 writes "http://www.daniweb.com/blogs/entry1466.html A DaniWeb investigation uncovers huge gaping hole in website security of company that provides official visa application services for Indian citizens wishing to enter the US and UK. By simply changing part of the URL it has been possible to access the complete personal data of anyone who has made an application, including passport numbers, names, address, employer, parental information, travel plans and so on. Worse, the company were first informed of the vulnerability, by a concerned Indian citizen, over a year ago and did nothing. Considering these people work on behalf of the government, and the terrorist implications of being able to access all that visa application data are obvious, it is incredible that such Mickey Mouse security was allowed to go unchecked for so long."