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In the Works: The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA)

Jimmy — Mon, 10 May 2010 06:14:29 +0000

This trade agreement treaty (ACTA) with its participating countries are conducted behind closed doors by a select group of over 30 countries giving broad powers to search out and destroy piracy. One example leaked in 2008, includes a provision to force Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to provide information about suspected copyright infringers without a warrant a direct violation of Human Rights.

Police raid Gizmodo Editor’s home

admin — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 23:52:29 +0000

Last Friday night, California’s Rapid Enforcement Allied Computer Team entered editor Jason Chen’s home without him present, seizing four computers and two servers. They did so using a warrant by Judge of Superior Court of San Mateo. According to Gaby Darbyshire, COO of Gawker Media LLC, the search warrant to remove these computers was invalid under section 1524(g) of the California Penal Code.

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Library of Congress will archive all Twitter Messages (past & present)

Jimmy — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 22:10:37 +0000

The Government will now be able to search all those tweets and see what you’ve been up to, hello Big Brother.

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Lithium-Ion battery destructive tests

Jimmy — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 00:34:42 +0000

Protect your smartphone…

Jimmy — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:43:05 +0000

A German firm has cooked up an app that fools hackers who try to breach your smart phone. The program called MobileSitter holds all your passwords so you don’t have to remember them, but ComputerWorld reports that if a fraudster tries to hack in with the wrong credentials, the program sends back bogus information that’s designed to look like a real password or even ATM PIN. Fraudsters won’t know they were duped, until they try to use it. Mobile Sitter sells for about 10 Euros or $13 dollars.

Energizer Bunny carries backdoor malware

Jimmy — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:58:59 +0000

Researchers at United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team have found that software that accompanies the Energizer DUO USB battery charger contains a Trojan horse which gives hackers total access to a Windows PC, reports ComputerWorld.

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New Anti-Piracy Windows 7 alert

admin — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 10:04:09 +0000

Around the last week of Febuary, Mr.Softy will insert “Update for Microsoft Windows (KB971033)” as important update. What this patch will do is “phone home” every 90 days to check with MS servers to check for specific footprints they determine to be pirate copies of Windows 7. If you trigger this, at which time your copy of the OS will display nag screens for you to be legit.

Internet Addiction center to open up near MS headquarters

Jimmy — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 02:30:16 +0000

The center, called ReSTART, opened in July and for $14,000 offers a 45-day program intended to help people wean themselves from pathological computer use, which can include obsessive use of video games, texting, Facebook, eBay, Twitter and any other time-killers brought courtesy of technology.

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Microsoft Security Advisory: Vulnerability in Microsoft Video ActiveX control could allow remote code execution

Jimmy — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 05:07:13 +0000

Microsoft has released a Microsoft security advisory about this issue for IT professionals. The security advisory contains additional security-related information. To view the security advisory, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/972890.mspx

New Virus Battery

Jimmy — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 02:30:19 +0000

Inside the Military’s Secret Terror-Tagging Tech

admin — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 01:26:23 +0000

Excerpt: The story that the CIA uses tiny homing beacons to guide their drone strikes in Pakistan may sound like an urban myth. But this sort of technology does exist, and might well be used for exactly this purpose

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Tapping your cell phone

Jimmy — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 21:36:36 +0000

Excerpt from article: Imagine someone watching your every move, hearing everything you say and knowing where you are at every moment. If you have a cell phone, it could happen to you. 13 Investigates explains how your cell phone can be secretly hijacked and used against you – and how to protect yourself.

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Giggles adds another Czar…..Cyber Czar

admin — Fri, 29 May 2009 14:04:39 +0000

Doesn’t the NSA and FBI already work on cyber crimes and security……

iBobblehead Obama App

admin — Thu, 28 May 2009 22:58:30 +0000

GPS system ‘close to breakdown’

admin — Tue, 19 May 2009 22:55:49 +0000

US government officials are concerned that the quality of the Global Positioning System (GPS) could begin to deteriorate as early as next year, resulting in regular blackouts and failures – or even dishing out inaccurate directions to millions of people worldwide.

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Apple users no longer safe from malware, suggest experts

admin — Thu, 07 May 2009 20:35:34 +0000

In January, Symantec researchers Mario Ballano Barcena and Alfredo Pesoli have gone on to examine two Trojans – the snappily-titled OSX.Iservice and OSX.Iservice.B – and describe the way they can insert themselves on Apple machines to set up a botnet.

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Government Secrets Found on Computer Sold on eBay

admin — Thu, 07 May 2009 20:29:39 +0000

Secret details about the U.S. missle defense system were found on a computer hard drive bought on eBay during an investigation into personal data stored on computers being carelessly discarded, the Guardian reported.

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Giggles Announces Chrysler Bankruptcy and maligns the bond holders

admin — Sat, 02 May 2009 17:15:55 +0000

During the press conferrence at time stamp 6:20, Giggles maligns the bond holders and demonizes them.

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Twitters are boring

admin — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 22:05:46 +0000

It turns out that over 60% of twitters don’t return after a month. The lousy retention rate of under 40% show people have better things to do then to follow someone.

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