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Anonymous pokes fate bear, leaks FBI conference call about Anonymous

Paul Lilly — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:36:00 +0000

Anonymous has begun taunting its police pursuers in ever-more aggressive ways, upping the ante today by releasing an internal FBI conference call in which agents from across the country and police in the UK share status updates on their investigations of the group—and reveal that major new action is coming soon. Much of the call is taken up by a UK investigator from the Metropolitan Police who comes across as eager to curry favor with the FBI[......]

In Depth: 802.11ac: what you need to know

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:42:00 +0000

802.11ac: next-gen Wi-Fi If you thought Wi-Fi couldn't get much faster than 802.11n, think again. 802.11ac, dubbed 5G Wi-Fi, promises ridiculously fast wireless connections, better range, improved reliability, improved power consumption and a free horse. [......]

Years After Being Dropped, ZFS Finds Its Way Back To The Mac

Gordon Mah Ung — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 12:31:23 +0000

Two weeks ago, the excellent Building Windows 8 blog posted an in-depth look at the upcoming operating system’s new file system, ReFS . It reminded me of the promise of so many years ago that OS X would be changing its file system from HFS+ to ZFS. [......]

New tactic in mass file-sharing lawsuit: just insult the EFF

Michael Brown — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:11:00 +0000

An old legal aphorism says, "If the facts are on your side, pound on the facts. If the law is on your side, pound on the law. If neither is on your side, pound on the table." After reading the latest salvo in the P2P porn copyright wars, it's clear that some poor table has been abused horrifically. [......]

Symantec Stomps Out Anonymous Source Code Threat with a Security Patch

Paul Lilly — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 08:07:48 +0000

Symantec had promised to release a security patch for its pcAnywhere software to neutralize known vulnerabilities arising from the theft of certain source code, and the security firm has now made good on its word. The first patch was actually rolled out on Monday, January 23, 2012 for pcAnywhere 12.5 users, but there's another update now available to support pcAnywhere 12.0 and 12.1. With the patch(s) in place and the ability to follow general security best practices, Symantec says its customers have nothing to worry about[......]

Etc: Megaupload’s US servers won’t be wiped for at least two more weeks.

Ryan Whitwam — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 04:11:31 +0000

Megaupload's US servers won't be wiped for at least two more weeks. Read More: CNet , Ars Technica Read the comments on this post [......]

Hackers put hijacked Web views up for sale for webfraud

author — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 09:44:35 +0000

In the latest twist on website exploits for profit, Web hackers have begun to turn sites they've exploited into sources of fraudulent Web traffic for anyone willing to pay. [......]

Week in tech: Kim Dotcom gets his wish, achieves instant fame

author — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0000

Big Content strikes back after a week of anti-SOPA protests, getting the US government to take down Megaupload and its bizarre founder, Kim Dotcom. Megaupload dominated the news in the week after the takedown, but our top stories in tech also include in depths look at how Amazon and Google handle "big data" and $25 Linux box that "outperforms the iPhone 4S GPU." As an eleventh story bonus, we feature the word "wombat" in a headline[......]

The world’s first computer password? It was useless, too

Michael Brown — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:52:41 +0000

Fernando Corbató at MIT in the 1960s. Was MIT's CTSS computer the first one to use passwords? If you’re like most people, you’re annoyed by passwords. [......]

McAfee, Symantec Squabble Over Market Share Numbers

Paul Lilly — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 07:47:07 +0000

The hardest part about watching a nerd fight is knowing which side to root for. Such is the position we find ourselves in as two security giants squabble over claims the other is making[......]