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Sony Music Greece falls to hackers->

Submitted by xsee
xsee writes "Hackers: 6, Sony: 0. It appears an attacker has performed a SQL injection attack against SonyMusic.gr. The latest attack has exposed usernames, real names, email addresses and more. Is Sony's network being used as the world's largest public penetration test?"
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Apple

iTunes upgrade forces users to buy new OSX-> 1

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NoAkai
NoAkai writes "The Guardian writes this about newer iDevices not being supported on older versions of OSX: "[...]I connected the shuffle to our computer, but a message came up saying the iPod "cannot be used because it requires iTunes version 10.0 or later". So I downloaded iTunes 10, but then another message popped up: "Open Failed This package type requires Mac OS X 10.5." It was the same story with the iPhone 4.""
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Earth

Google Founders' Jets Caught on WSJ's Radar

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theodp writes "Via an FOIA request, the Wall Street Journal acquired records of every private aircraft flight recorded in the FAA's air-traffic management system for 2007 through 2010, using them to build a private jet tracker database (currently experiencing technical difficulties). Among the high fliers who found their records unblocked were Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin, whose 767 and Gulfstream reportedly burned an estimated 52,000 gallons of aviation fuel and $430,000 on two round-trips from the U.S. mainland to Tahiti to catch last summer's total eclipse of the sun. A Google spokeswoman confirmed the pair's jaunt, but added that Page and Brin mitigated the greenhouse gas emissions from their aircraft usage by purchasing an even greater amount of carbon offsets. Tech-boom billionaire Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban seemed unfazed by the prospect of his past plane movements becoming public: 'I have a plane,' Cuban quipped. 'I bought it so I could use it. Shocking, isn't it?'"
Microsoft

Microsoft Research shows off next-generation gestu->

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Mavra writes "Its Microsoft Research old habit to show off some imaginary cool stuff that may or may not actually happen. Director of Microsoft Applied Sciences Steven "Stevie B" Bathiche showed off a variety of interesting interfaces that respond to gesture movements that take you well beyond the touchscreen, by using a camera and retro-reflective sash to detect hand position and responding. Later things goes to a flat lens called a wedge that can enable holographic-like imagery. Overall the concept lets you feel the real magical power to commands the things around you."
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Microsoft

New Windows kernel vulnerability bypasses UAC->

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xsee writes "Happy Thanksgiving Microsoft. A new vulnerability in the Windows kernel was disclosed Wednesday that could allow malware to attain administrative privileges and bypassing User Account Control (UAC). Combined with the unpatched Internet Explorer vulnerability in the wild this could be a very bad omen for Windows users."
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Privacy

Facebook privacy changes - a missed opportunity?->

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xsee writes "Mark Zuckerberg hosted an "event" Wednesday morning to announce the latest makeover to the world's largest social network. He announced several changes that will allow users more control over who they share content with, and arguably the opportunity to protect their privacy to a greater extent. Sophos blogger Paul Ducklin makes the case that Facebook should be leading the way on privacy by defaulting to an opt-in only strategy. He argues that the power Facebook has over our online habits is an opportunity for them to show the world the right way to manage people's personal data. Can Facebook attract more users by respecting privacy rather than pushing us off a cliff?"
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