Hackers are a skeptical bunch, but that doesn’t bother Dan Kaminsky , who got a lot of flack from his colleagues in the security research community after claiming to have discovered a critical bug in the Internet’s infrastructure. Kaminsky made

Syria software pirate lives by own code of ethics - Los Angeles Times
Abdul-Rahman Mahaini says he is an ethical software pirate. But if you try to deprive me, I will take it from you, he says. Abdul-Rahman Mahaini says he hacks into programs because U.S. sanctions block their sale in his country. But he is not

The Real iPhone Arrives - Forbes
The lines are shorter. The price is lower. The product is better. Yes, your iPhone is ready. Well, almost. The latest model of Apple’s (nasdaq: AAPL - news - people ) smart phone and digital media player hybrid went on sale at 8 a.m. Friday in U.S

Internet flaw left web traffic open to hackers - News.com.au
COMPUTER industry heavyweights are rushing to fix a flaw in the foundation of the internet that could allow hackers to control traffic on the worldwide web. Major software and hardware makers worked in secret for months to create a software “patch

Ameritrade Hack Settlement: $2 Per Victim, $1.8 Million for Lawyers - Wired
A proposed agreement to settle a class action lawsuit to compensate as many as 6.3 million TD Ameritrade customers whose data was stolen by hackers would cost the Nebraska online brokerage firm less than $2 per victim and at least $1.8 million in

The web is in good health - for now - Gulf News
It’s been a weird week on the web. On the good side, despite continuing worries of economic downturns and rising oil prices, the web and e-commerce in general seem to be doing fairly well, even right here in the UAE. While there are still people in

When hackers converge - Brisbane Times
WHAT happens when you take hundreds of developers, a sprinkling of computers, dollops of greasy food, no sleep - and add a generous helping of Doctor Who? It might sound like a formula for disaster rather than a recipe for success, but that didn’t

Review: Tap Tap Revenge for iPhone - Mac Central
It only makes sense that one of the most popular games to be developed for jailbroken iPhones would see life anew as an official App Store release. That s the story behind Tap Tap Revenge , the first offering from Tapulous, and which iPhone

Computer hackers: Internet flaw sparks biggest security fix in web - Guardian Unlimited
A flaw in the way the internet works has prompted the “largest security update” in the history of the web, and fears of millions of people remaining exposed to criminals and malicious hackers. Microsoft was among net companies yesterday which

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