Archive for July, 2007

German hacker denied entry into U.S. for Black Hat training

Thomas Dullien, a prominent security researcher who has been a fixture at the annual Black Hat security conference, has been denied entry into the U.S. to attend and conduct training at this year’s confab.

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If AT&T Ran the Highway System…

Drivers would have to prepay their tolls, based on the estimated number of miles they expected to drive. Those who drove fewer miles than estimated would get no refund; those who drove more would be charged for the overage at a higher rate. The AT&T-approved Apple iCar would be limited to a top speed of 30 mph.

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Acer has started offering Ubuntu notebooks !! (Ad from Singapore)

Here’s an advertisement from a reputed hardware website. Acer is offering laptops based on Ubuntu. Coming of age finally?

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Google in Danger from Wikipedia

Monopoly of google as the largest search engine in the world is under severe threat by the plan of Wikipedia to launch community based search engine

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ColdFusion 8 Launches!

The newest version of ColdFusion has been released.

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Viva Pinata DS Announced

Who wants Viva Pinata on the DS? Microsoft do. Announced at Comic Con yesterday, Viva Pinata DS will see the original game concept (ie not the party game) ported over to the DS, with the main changes a new top-down perspective and what I’d guess is an improved control scheme.

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Fall TV Shows Already Pirated on The Pirate Bay, Torrent Spy, and Mininova!

At least half a dozen highly anticipated broadcast network fall pilots have been leaked online. Copies of NBC’s “Bionic Woman,” ABC’s “Pushing Daisies,” The CW’s “Reaper” and several other shows were available Friday for illegal download on sites such as Torrent Spy, The Pirate Bay and Mininova.

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Magnitude -20 meteor witnessed in the daylight skies over Croatia [PICTURE]

Link is in Croatian, but has picture and video. This photo makes the rest of the sky look dark in comparison!

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Today iPhone Gets Bejeweled by PopCap For Free!

Many folks waited in line, in the United States, to get their fingerprints on an iPhone. Today, it all becomes worth while for casual gamers and their sleak black Apple designed mobile phone product. PopCap Games announces Bejeweled for the iPhone…

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Xbox 360 Core discontinued at Best Buy

For those hoping that the expected $50 Xbox 360 price cut would bring the Core model down to the Wii-diculously great price of $250, Joystiq has some bad news. According to a source at Best Buy who sent Joystiq these images, the Xbox 360 Core model is dead and remaining stocks are all that’s left of the system.

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