Comment Good grammar is unrealistic too (Score 5, Funny) 630
FFS. There are
Submission + - RSA: SecurID Hack Was Phishing With Flash 0-Day (threatpost.com)
Trailrunner7 writes: RSA confirmed on Friday that the attack that compromised the company's high-value SecurID product was essentially a small, targeted phishing campaign that included a payload of a malicious Flash object embedded in an Excel file.
Submission + - NFL Teams Considering iPads To Replace Playbooks (cnet.com)
bonch writes: Pete Walsh, technology head for the Dallas Cowboys, says he and other teams are considering iPads and other tablets as a replacement for paper playbooks, saving about 5,000 pages of printouts per game. Not only is it a huge savings in paper, but a lost iPad might also be remotely wiped to prevent a team's plays falling into the wrong hands. One concern is security and whether or not a tablet could be wirelessly hacked.
Submission + - I guess Anonymous isn't Anonymous anymore? (yahoo.com)
An anonymous reader writes: Apparently some small security firm has been able to determine the real identity's of several key Anonymous hackers which is resulting in a ton of arrests.
Submission + - Microsoft, Apple, EMC, Oracle Form Patent Bloc (bnet.com)
An anonymous reader writes: When Novell finally sold itself, part of the deal included the sale of 882 patents to a consortium backed by Microsoft MSFT). Thanks to a tip from Florian Mueller, it turns out that Microsoft’s partners are Apple, Oracle, and EMC, which raise questions about where these companies are heading and what it means for the rest of the industry.
Submission + - Hackers dual-boot Chrome OS with Ubuntu Linux (networkworld.com)
jbrodkin writes: Google's Chrome OS makes Web surfing an incredibly pleasant and secure experience, but most of the knocks against it relate to what it can't do — namely, nearly everything traditional desktop operating systems like Windows, Mac and Linux can. The easiest solution might be dual-booting, allowing users to choose either Chrome OS or a Linux distro at startup. Google's Chromium project site is now hosting instructions for booting Ubuntu Linux alongside Chrome OS. The process is cumbersome but indicates that dual-booting Chrome OS should be possible — and hopefully a bit simpler — once Google releases commercially available netbooks in mid-2011.
Submission + - UK Twitter Users Declare "I'm Spartacus" (bbc.co.uk)
An anonymous reader writes: Tweeters have joined forces to support Paul Chambers, the man convicted and fined for a Twitter message threatening to blow up an airport. A so-called "I'm Spartacus" campaign encouraging users to "re-tweet" his words has also become a huge hit. The hashtag #IAmSpartacus is currently the number one trending topic on Twitter in the UK, with #twitterjoketrial in second place. Chambers is believed to be the first person convicted in the UK for posting an offensive tweet. After the hearing, actor and Twitter fan Stephen Fry tweeted that he would pay Chambers' fine. Comedian Dara O'Briain tweeted that the verdict was "ludicrous" while Peep Show actor David Mitchell said it was "punishment for flippancy".
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