Submission + - TPM attack demo (dartmouth.edu)
Sean Smith writes: "If you want to see a demo of how to attack TPMs with a 3" piece of wire, check this out."
Submission + - Jack Thompson threatens Bill Gates and MS
smitty_srs writes: "Looks like old Jackie hasn't learned his lesson yet. Now he's threatening Bill Gates over Halo 3. [gamealmimghty.com]
From the letter: 'Here's the deal, Mr. Gates: Either Microsoft undertakes dramatic, real steps, through its marketing, wholesale, and retail operations to assure that Halo 3 is not sold, via the Internet and in stores, directly to anyone under 17, or I shall proceed to make sure that Microsoft is held to that standard by appropriate legal means. I have done that before successfully as to Best Buy, and I shall do so again as to Microsoft and all retailers of Halo 3.'
So, the question is: Why go after Microsoft and not retailers as he's done 'successfully' before?"
From the letter: 'Here's the deal, Mr. Gates: Either Microsoft undertakes dramatic, real steps, through its marketing, wholesale, and retail operations to assure that Halo 3 is not sold, via the Internet and in stores, directly to anyone under 17, or I shall proceed to make sure that Microsoft is held to that standard by appropriate legal means. I have done that before successfully as to Best Buy, and I shall do so again as to Microsoft and all retailers of Halo 3.'
So, the question is: Why go after Microsoft and not retailers as he's done 'successfully' before?"
Submission + - Copyright Misuse Claim Against RIAA Upheld
NewYorkCountryLawyer writes: "The RIAA's attempt to dismiss a "copyright misuse" counterclaim against it has been rejected by Judge Charles L. Brieant, in a White Plains, New York, case, Lava v. Amurao. The counterclaim (pdf) calls for the record labels to forfeit their copyrights on the ground that they "are competitors in the business of recorded music.....[and] are a cartel acting collusively in violation of the antitrust
laws and public policy, by litigating and settling all cases similar to this one together, and by entering into an unlawful agreement among themselves to prosecute and to dispose of all cases in an identical manner and through common lawyers..... Such actions represent an attempt....to secure for themselves rights far exceeding those provided by copyright laws......Such acts constitute misuse of copyrights, and lead to a forfeiture of the exclusive rights.....".
The judge also upheld (pdf) a counterclaim for declaratory judgment of non-infringement, and granted the motion for leave to file an amicus curiae brief filed by the Electronic Frontier Foundation."
Submission + - 5 Tips to defend against SSH Brute-force attacks
An anonymous reader writes: The Security-Hacks blog has published 5 tips to defend against SSH brute-force attacks. They list configuration options as well as a list of automated anti brute-force utilities. The tips are intended as an aid for all Linux users.
Submission + - DEFCON for Linux Announced
dylan_- writes: UK indie game developer, Introversion, best known for the weirdly retro Darwinia have released the much-awaited Linux version of their latest hit title DEFCON. If you liked the film "Wargames" then maybe this is for you.
As the website says:
"It's Global Thermonuclear War, and nobody wins. But maybe — just maybe — you can lose the least."
As the website says:
"It's Global Thermonuclear War, and nobody wins. But maybe — just maybe — you can lose the least."
Submission + - U.S. Lobby Groups Criticize the World on Copyright
An anonymous reader writes: The International Intellectual Property
Alliance — a group that brings together several U.S. lobby groups
including the MPAA, RIAA, BSA, the ESA, and publisher groups, has just
released its Section
301 recommendations, criticizing 60 countries for their copyright
laws. While the report leads to dire
media coverage, Michael Geist has just debunked the
lobby campaign demonstrating how "the U.S. approach is quite
clearly one of 'do what I say, not what I
do' (fair use is good for the U.S., but no one else), criticizing
country
after country for not enacting a DMCA, and blasting national attempts
to improve education or
culture though exceptions or funding programs."
Submission + - P = NP Finally Proved?
Yosi writes: Ashay Dharwadker claims to have proved that P = NP. In a paper he publishes on his website he claims to have found a polynomial algorithm for finding maximal independent sets in a graph and provides actual source code implementation of the proposed algorithm. If this is indeed true, I guess a lot of professors will start looking for a new job.
Submission + - Google Loses Copyright Case, Drops Belgian Links
* * Beatles-Beatles writes: "http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&si d=aE27SVCsDbEc
A Brussels court said Google Inc. violated copyright laws by publishing links to Belgian newspapers without permission and ordered the company to remove them, setting a precedent for future cases in Europe."
A Brussels court said Google Inc. violated copyright laws by publishing links to Belgian newspapers without permission and ordered the company to remove them, setting a precedent for future cases in Europe."
Submission + - Microsoft support network down after vista upgrade
Oggie writes: "I don't have a lot of detail since it wasn't me that made the call, but here's what I know. A co-worker called Microsoft Support for a normal support issue. He was told to call back in 24 hrs because they tried to upgrade to Vista and it crashed their network.... I wonder if we can get a discount for the poor support..."
Feed Microsoft Teams With ID System (wired.com)
Submission + - Steve Jobs talks about DRM
Disoriented writes: Steve's thoughts on iTunes, the music industry, and DRM. From the article:
Imagine a world where every online store sells DRM-free music encoded in open licensable formats. In such a world, any player can play music purchased from any store, and any store can sell music which is playable on all players. This is clearly the best alternative for consumers, and Apple would embrace it in a heartbeat. If the big four music companies would license Apple their music without the requirement that it be protected with a DRM, we would switch to selling only DRM-free music on our iTunes store. Every iPod ever made will play this DRM-free music.
Imagine a world where every online store sells DRM-free music encoded in open licensable formats. In such a world, any player can play music purchased from any store, and any store can sell music which is playable on all players. This is clearly the best alternative for consumers, and Apple would embrace it in a heartbeat. If the big four music companies would license Apple their music without the requirement that it be protected with a DRM, we would switch to selling only DRM-free music on our iTunes store. Every iPod ever made will play this DRM-free music.
Submission + - LinuxWorld preview: Samba, Active Directory
Jane Walker writes: "In this preview of Gerald Carter's LinuxWorld session, the Samba Team member dishes on progress with Samba 4.0, Active Directory domains and his work with Centeris."
Submission + - Revamped UK Times newspaper disaster
Ethelred writes: "The UK Times (http://www.timesonline.co.uk) newspaper today unveiled a new website that has proved an unworkable disaster. Regardless of subjective views as to the sites new layout, the new website has proved utterly unusable with either no responses to page requests or responses taking minutes. Response times take one back to the days of 1200/75 modems. Interestingly, the development was outsourced to India and one can only assume that the previews were being viewed in the UK employing T1 connections."
Submission + - Scientology critic arrested
An anonymous reader writes: Last Friday, Arizona police arrested Keith Henson, an engineer, writer and long time critic of the Church of Scientology. Back in 2001, after picketing outside Scientology's main headquarters in Hemet, California, he was convicted of "interfering with a religion", a misdemeanor under California law. Due to a number of death threats to him and his family, he escaped to Canada where he unsuccessfully tried to get political asylum. Until last Friday, it wasn't known that he was living in Prescott, Arizona, where he was arrested, after Scientology tipsters allegedly set the authorities off to his location. In response, a "Free Keith Henson" blog and a legal defense fund have been created. Depending on the result of his hearing today, he may be extradited to California.
