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Hack of Google, Adobe Conducted Through Zero-Day IE Flaw
Editor’s note: This story has been updated with a link to a Microsoft advisory about the new vulnerability as well as a Microsoft blog post discussing ways for users to reduce their risk of attack. The recent hack attack on Google, Adobe and other companies occurred through exploitation of a zero-day vulnerability that affects many versions of Internet Explorer, according to Microsoft and a security researcher with a leading anti-virus firm. Microsoft learned about the vulnerability only Wednesday evening, said the researcher, who asked not to be identified because he’s not authorized to speak with the press.
Continue reading »Memory maker to sell films on Flash
Kingston Technology partners with Paramount Memory specialist Kingston Technology is to sell movies on memory cards.… ?
Continue reading »In Industry First, Voting Machine Company to Publish Source Code
Sequoia Voting Systems plans to publicly release the source code for its new optical scan voting system, the company announced Tuesday — a remarkable reversal for a voting machine maker long criticized for resisting public examination of its proprietary systems. The company’s new public source optical-scan voting system, called Frontier Election System, will be submitted for federal certification and testing in the first quarter of next year. The code will be released for public review in November, the company said, on its web site.
Continue reading »Net neutrality, Pirate Bay, Michael Jackson
“Frankly, I’m genuinely dismayed that TPB is percieved as being that important to the p2p/bittorent ecosystem,” says Henry emrich in one of his rare actual post (instead of comment ) posts. Couldn’t agree more. “One of the biggest technological — and cultural — advantages of the p2p phenomenon, is decentralization: instead of the traditional client/server architecture, every p2p’er is — at least in principle — capable of fulfilling both roles, to varying degrees of effectiveness,” he says, going on »»» Some observations: Net Neutrality I stayed out of the thing between Koltai and Surfer, but I do have a few things to say on this topic.
Continue reading »Tiananmen Square massacre, 10 years on
It’s June 5, today. On the same date 10 years ago, a lone Chinese man — the Unknown Rebel – stood alone, barring the advance of tanks as they paraded in Tiananmen Square. The Tiananmen Square protests, as they came to be known, also meant the deaths of, at the very least, 300 people.
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