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TV Delays Driving AU Viewers To Piracy 394

Posted by kdawson on Sunday February 25, 2007 @02:26PM from the desperate-for-housewives dept.

Astat1ne writes in with a story in The Register about the delays Australian TV viewers are experiencing getting overseas-produced series and how this is driving many of them to download the shows via BitTorrent and other peer-to-peer networks. The problem is compounded by the fact that Australian viewers are unable to download legal copies of the episodes from the US iTunes website. Quoting: "According to a survey based on a sample of 119 current or recent free-to-air TV series, Australian viewers are waiting an average of almost 17 months for the first-run series first seen overseas. Over the past two years, average Australian broadcast delays for free-to-air television viewers have more than doubled from 7.9 to 16.7 months."

Submission + - IE7 and FF 2.0 share vulnerability

Submitted by hcmtnbiker on Sunday February 25, 2007 @01:35PM

hcmtnbiker writes: Internet Explorer 7 and Firefox 2.0 share a logic flaw. The issue is actually more severe, as the two versions of the Microsoft and Mozilla browsers are not the only ones affected. The vulnerability impacts Internet Explorer 5.01, Internet Explorer 6 and Internet Explorer 7, and Firefox 1.5.0.9. "In all modern browsers, form fields (used to upload user-specified files to a remote server) enjoy some added protection meant to prevent scripts from arbitrarily choosing local files to be sent, and automatically submitting the form without user knowledge. For example, ".value" parameter cannot be set or changed, and any changes to .type reset the contents of the field," said Michal Zalewski, the person that discovered the IE7 flaw. There are Proof of concepts for both IE7 and firefox

Submission + - An interview with Chuck Thacker

Submitted by

Mihai Budiu

on Sunday February 25, 2007 @01:35PM

Mihai Budiu writes: "I had the opportunity to interview Chuck Thacker, a Microsoft technical fellow who has been awarded the 2007 IEEE von Neumann medal for his "central role in the creation of the personal computer and the development of networked computer systems" (i.e., Xerox Alto and Ethernet). Chuck speaks about building hardware, education, reverse engineering, open-source, and many other fascinating topics."

A Developers Security Bugs Primer 35

Posted by CmdrTaco on Sunday February 25, 2007 @12:08PM from the important-stuff-here-people dept.

CowboyRobot writes "ACM Queue's current issue on Open Source Security includes a short article by Eric Allman of Sendmail on how to handle security bugs in your code. "Patch with full disclosure. Particularly popular in the open source world (where releasing a patch is tantamount to full disclosure anyway), this involves opening the kimono and exposing everything, including a detailed description of the problem and how the exploit works... Generally speaking, it is easier to find bugs in open source code, and hence the pressure to release quickly may be higher.""

Submission + - Book: End of Dayz

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Sunday February 25, 2007 @11:35AM

An anonymous reader writes: End Of Dayz is an eclectic collection of underground text files compiled from Soljo Publishing's full 1992 to 2006 run — a snapshot of creativity and opinion from the digital jilted generation, right from the ASCII edge and onto your bookshelf. Hacking, politics, science, fiction and humour from the group that brought you The Soljo, The Discordant Opposition Journal, SPACT and the RWM Collective. A must read for any self respecting old school geek, or indeed any geek interested in the history and traditions of underground geekdom. Internet counter culture at it's best. Available from lulu.com or read Cult Of The Dead Cows review of the book here

Submission + - 16 million Americans living in poverty.

Submitted by kop on Sunday February 25, 2007 @10:02AM

kop writes: A McClatchy Newspapers analysis of census figures found that nearly 16 million Americans are living in deep or severe poverty.
One in three Americans will experience a full year of extreme poverty at some point in his or her adult life.
"It would appear that for most Americans the question is no longer if, but rather when, they will experience poverty.

In short, poverty has become a routine and unfortunate part of the American life course,"
http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/1676069 0.htm

Submission + - Iran Claims Space Launch

Submitted by massivefoot on Sunday February 25, 2007 @06:43AM

massivefoot writes: Iranian TV claims Iran has launched its first rocket into space. Iran already has a civilian satellite programme but so far it has relied on Russia to put its satellites into orbit. The article contains few details, this appears to be breaking news.

Submission + - Web 2.0 at War?

Submitted by boulainvilliers on Sunday February 25, 2007 @06:31AM

boulainvilliers writes: The internet is transforming business, retail, news, travel, dating, social networking, you name it. It is also transforming warfare — on both sides. Sure, Iraqi insurgents and militant Islamists didn't read "Coase's Penguin"; and America's soldiers are better at fiddling with M16s than with Linux updates. Yet both sides apply Web 2.0-lessons in the physical world, often with devastating effect.

Peer-production, the wisdom of crowds, open standards, and loose coupling have reached the battlefield, Thomas Rid argues in "War 2.0" (Policy Review, February 2007). Individual "users" take the initiative. If you're frustrated in Baghdad, you can easily find some fellows, buy a 152mm Russian artillery shell for about $100, download the bomb-design and shopping list on the internet, add some commercially available chemicals to enhance the bang, use a toy-car remote control as a trigger, watch the online-video of how to target Americans best, and you're in business. You might even post your own advice for fellow militants in, say, Afghanistan. Don't be surprised that the U.S. Army also embraces peer-to-peer networks, such as companycommand.com. The troubling thing, says Rid, is that the wrong side is better at it. America's army faces probably its most entrepreneurial enemy ever (courtesy the smallwarsjournal.com).

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