More security problems bite Apple
The flaw could give malicious attackers a back door into Mac computers if users visit carefully crafted websites and download booby-trapped files.
Although no attackers were known to be exploiting the bug, experts said it was easy to write code to take advantage of the flaw.
Separately, three concept viruses for Apple computers [...]
Euro cops seize Razorback P2P servers
The action was instigated by the global Motion Picture Association (MPA), which claimed Razorback allowed around 1.3m computer users to access pirate copies of movies, music, TV recordings, games and applications.
The move follows an aggressive programme begun in November 2004 to shut down major eDonkey servers, first in the US and now Europe. [...]
Seized waiters of Razorback!
Published Tuesday February 21, 2006, with 13H58 (+0100 GMT)By Guillaume Champeau
Avec plus d’un million d’utilisateurs, le plus gros serveur eDonkey/eMule du monde, Razorback, s’est est allé ce matin dans les mains de la police fédérale belge. Deux de ses administrateurs restent injoignables à l’heure où nous écrivons ces lignes.
Nous n’avons que très peu d’informations. L’ensemble [...]
Razorback: no fears for the users
Published Tuesday February 21, 2006, with 16H57 (+0100 GMT)By Guillaume Champeau
Alors que beaucoup d’internautes s’inquiètent quant aux données saisies par les autorités belges avec le serveur Razorback, nous avons eu l’assurance qu’aucune donnée nominative n’y était stockée.
Avec un million d’utilisateurs et des dizaines de millions de fichiers échangés, Razorback n’aurait pas pu techniquement tenir un [...]
IBM saves chipmaking kit from an early bath
It looks like 193nm chipmaking kit will be able to remain on the field of play for a little while longer
IBM Research has come up with a way to draw lines in silicon 29.9nm apart with existing chipmaking machines, far closer than on today’s chips, a development that could help cut the cost of [...]
RIAA targets Santangelo’s kids
The Big Four record labels are escalating their attack on Patti Santangelo, the New York mother who’s so far the only person to stand up to them. And they’ll be using her children as weapons against her.
On Tuesday judge Mark D. Fox presided over a discovery hearing in Elektra v Santangelo and, [...]
Sony PSP gets AOL AIM messenger
AIMOnPSP is an AOL Instant Messenger client for the Sony Playstation Portable. The purpose of this project was to make a web-based AIM client that can be used in almost any browser that supports JavaScript (such as the one included in the new PSP firmware); it uses no Java or Flash.
AIMOnPSP is a free [...]
uTorrent releases version 1.4.2 (buid 427)
The new beta of the ever popular uTorrent has been released, shortly following yesterday’s release of 1.4.2-beta (build 426).
The fixes for each are as follows:
— 2006-02-19: Version 1.4.2-beta (build 427)
Fix: Hashfails on torrents with piecesize >1MB (new bug since 426)
2006-02-18: Version 1.4.1-beta (build 426)
Feature: Added active/inactive categories in [...]
Hands off Kazaa, say online advocates
source: ABC Science Online
Anna Salleh
Record companies are being given the power to veto the design of new digital communication technologies, say advocates of online civil liberties.
The claim, by Electronic Frontiers Australia (EFA), comes on the eve of an appeal against a landmark ruling last year against providers of the internet file-sharing software Kazaa.
Kazaa is one [...]
Govs and net users prepare for Geneva showdown
For the next two days, in the grand surroundings of the Palais des Nations, a United Nations meeting will decide the formation of a new Internet Governance Forum (IGF).
The meeting gathers together the most powerful, important and knowledgeable people in the world concerning the internet and push them toward a single consensus [...]
