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Submission + - SSH Password Gropers Are Now Trying High Ports (blogspot.ca)
Submission + - The IIPA Copyright Demands for Canada and Spain (freezenet.ca)
Submission + - Ask Slashdot: What Does The Free/Open Source Community Currently Need?
Submission + - Amazon Sells Out Predator Drone Toy After Mocking Reviews
While Facebook and Twitter have always been more prominent forums for political satire, consumers have flocked to Amazon’s review section before. In October, the user comment section of an Avery Dennison Corp. binder listed on the e- commerce site became the subject of a similar outbreak. Reviewers used Amazon to make light of a comment made by then- Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney during a debate. Amazon’s conditions of use posted on its website say that the Seattle-based company reserves the right to remove or edit reviews, which it doesn’t regularly examine. So far the reviews have not been removed.
Submission + - Mega Accepts Bitcoin; Email, Chat, Voice, Video, Mobile Coming Soon
Submission + - Facebook paid no taxes despite record profits (msn.com) 2
Submission + - Tin Foil Chic (wired.com)
"Harvey: Stealth Wear started as an experiment using the fabrics I was researching for the OFF Pocket. I did research on thermal surveillance and was very interested in where it was going and at some point realized that metalised fabrics work as a shield against thermal imagining cameras. I was able to get access to a thermal camera and started testing swatches of fabric. When I realized that it worked well enough, I got in touch with my friend Johanna Bloomfield and she came up with the hoodie design. Everything was pretty much still an experiment at this point. Then we showed the hoodie to Andrew Green from PRIMITIVE. He loved it and decided to include it and make it a major part of this upcoming show. Originally this show was to be based on work from CV Dazzle and a few other counter surveillance art projects. This whole idea of stealth wear line was very emergent.
Submission + - Microsoft Changes Email Policy Making Spammers' Life Easier (microsoft.com)
Submission + - Dell and HP Struggle to Reinvent As PC Industry Migrates To Asia (hothardware.com)
Submission + - If You Are Buying Into Ubuntu Phone Claims, You're Being Duped: Aaron Seigo (muktware.com)
He then concludes, "If you're a Free software developer, user and/or supporter and buying into these claims, I don't know how else to put it other than this: you're being duped. Consider what supporting those who employ such tactics means for Free software."
Our own Bruce Perens said that on Slashdot — "Working for free to make Mark Shuttleworth richer just isn’t very smart."
Submission + - California Professors Unveil Proposal to Attack Asteroids With Lasers
Submission + - Windows 7 RTM Support Ending Soon (arstechnica.com)
Submission + - Sony Exercising Its Acquisition of GaiKai, Plans To Stream Games To PS4 (theverge.com)
Constantly streaming interactive graphics, even if only at 720p, will still require a fast internet connection. Services like OnLive have struggled in the past due to the large amount of bandwidth they require, and many consumers complained of laggy connections and horrendous graphics. There is no word yet regarding the features of the games being streamed, including whether or not they will support online or local multiplayer.
Submission + - Unigine's Newest Benchmark Features Huge, Open-Space Expanses
Submission + - Police unsure which twin to charge in sexual assaults
Submission + - Facebook Says Employee Laptops Compromised in 'Sophisticated' Attack (threatpost.com)
Facebook officials did not identify the specific kind of malware that the attackers installed on the compromised laptops, but said that the employee's machines were infected when they visited a mobile developer Web site that was hosting the Java exploit. When the employees visited the site, the exploit attacked a zero-day vulnerability in Java that was able to bypass the software's sandbox and enable the attackers to install malware. The company said it reported the vulnerability to Oracle, which then patched the Java bug on Feb. 1.