iPhone developers still bound by an Apple gag order are paying each other $1 to share coding tips. That way, if challenged by Apple’s legal department, they can argue that they are subcontractors and therefore free to discuss the software.
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Almost everyone forgets a Web site password once in a while. When you do, you click on the familiar Forgot your password? link. As an experiment, Thompson recently asked a few friends for permission to “hack” into their bank accounts. Using only information gathered from Web sites such as Facebook, he found his way in to each account within minutes
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A computer worm that ferrets out passwords managed to stow away on laptops aboard the International Space Station, NASA has confirmed. It is not the first time a NASA computer has become infected.
Personal details of more than 1 million customers of Royal Bank of Scotland, American Express and NatWest are found on a computer sold on auction site eBay.
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New experiments using Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle extend the range of quantum cryptography, an advanced method of communicating in unbreakable code. Finding a way to keep snoops from tapping into other people’s information is a challenge that has gone to the subatomic level. First proposed in 1984, quantum cryptography (QC) promises to send
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One of the most closely watched copyright infringement lawsuits brought by the RIAA appears to have come to a screeching halt, much to the music industry’s delight.
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Meet the Space Cube — the world’s smallest fully functional PC. Primarily designed for use in space, it somehow manages to cram a working PC with USB ports, card readers, audio outputs and proprietary interfaces into a tiny cube chassis measuring just two inches square. It runs a basic Linux front-end.
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Much to the disappointment of more than 100,000 users, Latvia’s largest BitTorrent tracker has been shut down by the authorities. Following a joint operation by Lativa’s Economic Police and a local IFPI-affiliated anti-piracy agency, two administrators were placed under arrest.
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Over the last year, UK residents accused of sharing games like Dream Pinball have been threatened by lawyers Davenport Lyons. Stuck in a trap of not having enough money to defend themselves, many choose to pay compensation demands - guilty or not - fearful of a much bigger punishment if things go bad.
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Next year’s 10.6 reference release of Mac OS X promises to deliver technology updates throughout the system without focusing on the customer-facing marketing features that typically sell a new operating system. Here’s a look at what those behind-the-scenes enhancements will mean to you, starting with new 64-bit support.
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Attorneys for embattled computer maker Psystar Ltd. on Tuesday alleged the rules for buying Apple Inc.’s (AAPL) Macintosh operating system software involve “anticompetitive tactics.”
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Xbox 360 Fanboy, citing “a tip from a source close to Microsoft’s marketing department,” says the price cut to $199 for the Arcade system is meant to position that bundle against the Wii. So it’ll get a huge family-friendly marketing push and title support.
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