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Submission + - Ebay hacked / Paypal suspending accounts

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Anonymous
Anonymous writes: "Looks like the Ebay hacked news yesterday was true. I received an email from Paypal today stating that they believe my account was compromised, asking me to change my password, send proof of documents, verify my bank account and full credit card info. At first that thought it was one of those phishing emails, but there were no link to in the body of the email. I then decided to go to paypal.com myself to see what's going on and as soon as I logged in I got directed to the same exact message as the email."
Hardware Hacking

Submission + - Counterfeit iPhone without the lock-in (bloomberg.com)

Submitted by alphabetsoup
alphabetsoup writes: Not only are iPhones clones available in South-east Asia, they are available since December, six months before the real iPhone was released. The counterfeits were designed from photos of iPhones posted on the internet. However these clones differ from the original in one crucial aspect — they are much more open than the original iPhone. The counterfeit phones work on any network. From the article: "It's the exterior we are imitating," Ben says. "If customers want functions, we can offer more and much better functions than the real phone."

With Apple delaying the launch of iPhone in Asia till 2008, these clones may be the only option of available to Asians for another year.
Software

Submission + - No gnu/linux love from ID software (beyond3d.com) 1

Submitted by
gnarlin
gnarlin writes: "According to golem.de's article (in German) ID software will no longer be porting their games to gnu/linux starting with the new Rage game being developed. Another article at beyond3d has the details in english. Is this due to lack of sales? This seems to be a major blow to gnu/linux gamers everywhere, especially when gnu/linux users are finally getting good Free software drivers for AMD's/ATI's graphic chips."
Microsoft

Submission + - Black screen of darkness to haunt Vista pirates (computerworld.com.au)

Submitted by Sonny Bill William
Sonny Bill William writes: As of this week, Microsoft have activated a function in Vista called 'Reduced Functionality'. This is a specific function in Vista which effectively disables non genuine copies of Windows. Therefore, anyone who has a pirated copy of Vista will experience: A black screen after 1 hour of browsing; No start menu or task bar; No desktop. http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1029262671
Businesses

Submission + - Chinese company looking to buy Seagate (nytimes.com)

Submitted by andy1307
andy1307 writes: According to this article in the New York Times, a Chinese technology company has expressed interest in buying Seagate, raising concerns among American government officials about the risks to national security in transferring high technology to China. From the article : In recent years, modern disk drives, used to store vast quantities of digital information securely, have become complex computing systems, complete with hundreds of thousands of lines of software that are used to ensure the integrity of data and to offer data encryption. That could raise the prospect of secret tampering with hardware or software to make it possible to pilfer information via computer networks, intelligence officials have warned. The Chinese company has not been named in the article. According to William D. Watkins of Seagate Technology, "The U.S. government is freaking out,"
United States

Submission + - Rootkit installation hits PC gaming (gamingbob.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Sony (the owners of SecureROM copy protection) are still up to their old tricks. One would think that they would have learned their lesson after the music CD DRM fiasco. However, they have now gone over and started infesting PC gaming with their DRM ideas. Recent facts have surfaced that show that BioShock, a recently released PC game, installs a rootkit as part of its SecureROM copy protection scheme. Not only this, just installing the DEMO installs the rootkit on your system, which embeds itself into Explorer. This begs the question: Since when did demos need copy protection?
Privacy

Submission + - Non-American alternatives to gmail?

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: With the latest advances in American War on Privacy, perhaps it's time to start thinking about alternatives to gmail? What email services work well that are hosted outside of the United States?
Programming

Submission + - Best IDE for C++? 2

Submitted by chibe
chibe writes: I'm currently making my first steps in C++ and was wondering what IDE the C++ speaking part of the slashdot reader community would recommend. Asking C++ programmer friends resulted in a wide range of answers from "emacs forever" to "Anjuta rocks", so I'm not expecting to to find the ultimate answer here, but would like to get a feeling for what's on the market. So what are the strengths and weaknesses of your favourite IDE?
Handhelds

Submission + - iPhone unlocked for use on European carriers

Submitted by thefickler
thefickler writes: Thanks to a Macedonian hacker and the iPhone hacking team at Hackint0sh, the Apple iPhone is now usable across the pond. All you need to unlock the iPhone for use with a European carrier is a SIM reader/writer, V1Comp SIM card, and a blank SilverCard smart card.
Hardware Hacking

Submission + - iPhone Completely Unlocked for $96 with Forged SIM (gizmodo.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Gizmodo is reporting total unlocking of the iPhone: 'while the wizards are still working on a software-only complete unlock for the iPhone, hackers in Europe claim that they have completely unlocked it, allegedly using a SIM reader/writer and a blank SIM card to obtain full calling and SMS capabilities. Total cost: $96. Read on for the details.' Apparently it has been tested in Europe, but I am ordering my SIM kit now.
The Courts

Submission + - Supreme Court rules Ebay sale binding. (smh.com.au)

Submitted by Slurpee
Slurpee writes: The NSW Supreme court has ruled that making an offer of sale on Ebay is legally binding. In other words — you can't change your mind. In a case that reached the NSW Supreme Court, Peter Smythe sued Vin Thomas after he changed his mind on the sale of a 1946 World War II Wirraway plane after the eBay auction had ended. "It follows that, in my view, a binding contract was formed between the plaintiff and the defendent and that it should be specifically enforced," Justice Rein said in his decision. The judgment sets a precedent for future cases and means eBay sales could now be legally binding (At least in Australia).

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