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Judge Protects YouTube cipher, But Opens User Records
A Manhattan district judge gave Google some partial victories that week in its copyright-infringement battle with Viacom by YouTube. Last year, Viacom sued Google and its YouTube site for $1 billion for what it called unauthorized use of video clips from Viacom properties.
In Wednesday’s decision, …
Suit Seeks knowledge on U.S. Cell-Phone Tracking
The American Civil Liberties Union and the Electronic Frontier Foundation are suing the agency of Justice to obtain official records concerning the U.S. government’s possible use of cell-phone-tracking technology to spy on individuals without first obtaining a court order based on probable cause.
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Openmoko’s Neo FreeRunner Smartphone Really Is Open
Openmoko has taken the wraps off its Neo FreeRunner, a Linux-based smartphone based on the company’s open mobile-computing platform. Before you yawn about reading yet another product-introduction story — particularly about a handset that lacks 3G capability — what sets the Neo FreeRunner apart is …
Firefox Browser Share Tops 19 Percent as Record Set
The Mozilla Foundation has set a world record and achieved new heights in its battle for browser market share. According to the Guinness Book of World Records, Mozilla’s Firefox 3.0 Web browser set a record for the most downloads in a day. It was the first day a browser-maker attempted to set a reco…
Sony PS3 Update Locks Consoles, Web Site Attacked
Sony is feeling some gaming-division woes that week with a double PlayStation 3 whammy. First, Sony’s PlayStation Web site fell victim to SQL-injection attacks. Now Sony’s PS3 firmware update is turning some consoles into bricks.
Sony released Version 2.40 of its firmware on Wednesday with the prom…
Minimizing Problems in a Virtualized Server Environment
To some IT departments, virtualization is at the server level, running multiple operating systems on one server. To others, it enters at the network level, consolidating multiple servers, managed from one logical entity. Still others apply it at the application level, keeping applications isolated f…
Citibank ATM Scam Reveals PIN defense Problems
Hackers broke into Citibank’s network of ATMs inside 7-Eleven stores that year and stole customers’ PIN codes, according to recent court filings that revealed a disturbing safety measure gap in the most sensitive part of a banking record.
The scam netted the alleged identity thieves millions of dol…