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Submission + - Jail Sentence for Pirate Bay Co-Founder Made Final (torrentfreak.com)

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on Friday October 14, 2011 @01:01PM

Mightee writes: "The Stockholm District Court sentence against Pirate Bay founder Gottfrid Svartholm was finalized today after he failed to appear at the Court of Appeal. Svartholm, also known as Anakata online, did not appear at the appeal trial last year because he was hospitalized in Cambodia and later went missing. The Court of Appeal has now decided to finalize the initial verdict of one year jail time and a fine of $1.1 million."

Submission + - Pakistan seeks to block Facebook again (thenextweb.com)

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on Wednesday September 21, 2011 @03:29AM

Mightee writes: "Pakistan, which was in the news last year for blocking Facebook over a “Draw Mohammad Day” competition, is seeking to ban the social network again due to the second round of the same competition, reports Pakistan Today.

Justice Sheikh Azmat Saeed, presiding over the Lahore High Court, ordered the Ministry of Information and Technology to block access to Facebook nationwide on the charge of “spreading religious hatred on the Internet”. The court also directed the ministry to police the Internet and block all other websites that were found guilty of the same charge, but it spared search engines like Google (which it is targeting for other reasons)."

Submission + - Apple Releases iOS 4.3.4, Prevents Hacking & J (gizmocrazed.com)

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on Sunday July 17, 2011 @03:07PM

Mightee writes: "Apple has released a software update iOS version 4.3.4 for iPhone 4, 3GS, iPad 2, 1, and Pod touch.

The main objective of this version is to prevent the hacking in Apple iOS devices which occurs through malicious pdf file. Another objective is to prevent the jailbreaking which occurs as a consequence of the previous effect.

In previous versions, the iOS device is easily vulnerable to attacks. It happens because of mishandling of fonts embedded in pdf file by iOS devices. It is quite common to download a pdf file through e-mail or web pages. Sometimes the downloaded file may be malicious and there is possibility that the file could inject malware into the iOS device — that gives a chance for the hackers to access the hardware of the iOS device"

Submission + - Twitter Testing With Facebook-Like Profile Wall (gizmocrazed.com)

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on Wednesday July 06, 2011 @10:29AM

Mightee writes: "Twitter is experimenting with a Facebook-Like message wall to its users' profile pages, that will allow twitter users to send "@ replies or mentions" directly from their profile. The change is apparently coming in order to enhance conversation between tweeters.

According to Official Twitter Spokeswoman:

Twitter is testing the feature with a small percentage of users. It was designed to “make it easier for users to engage with each other” on the microblogging service."

Submission + - "Hair Glasses": Eyeglasses Made Of Human Hair (gizmocrazed.com)

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on Monday July 04, 2011 @11:08AM

Mightee writes: "Graduates from Royal College of Art have discovered a way to turn hair cuttings, that parlours throw away as waste, into sustainable eyewear named "Hair Glasses".

The idea behind this is to "Go Green" by stopping the use of Petroleum-based plastic frames and use easily available, environment friendly and renewable resource, HAIRs. :D"

Submission + - Toyota Scion iQ Electric Car To Launch In 2012 (gizmocrazed.com)

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on Saturday July 02, 2011 @02:48PM

Mightee writes: "Toyota's all-electric Scion iQ will be launched next year in the United States, the Japanese automaker officially announced yesterday at annual dealer meeting in Las Vegas.

According to Toyota, Scion iQ can only go 50 miles on a single charge. Because of this, it will be facing tough competition from 73-mile Nissan Leaf and 85-mile Mitsubishi i. The price of Scion iQ will be the determining factor in its success and will also influence potential buyers one way or the other."

Submission + - Jailbroken Pictures Of iOS 5 (thesciworld.com)

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on Tuesday June 07, 2011 @07:39AM

Mightee writes: "Yes you read that right, MuscleNerd of the iPhone Dev Team has posted some pictures on his twitter account, confirming the jailbreak works fine on iOS 5, but of course it is limited to tethered boot only, which means you will have to connect it to your computer on every reboot.

According to his initial testing, Cydia appears to be working just fine on his jailbroken 4th-geniPod touch, he managed to install SSHing utility app called iSSH successfully, which can be seen in one of the screenshots below."

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