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Written by Irfan
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A Briton accused of hacking into top secret military computers has lost a Law Lords appeal against being extradited to stand trial in the US. Glasgow-born Gary McKinnon could face life in jail if convicted of accessing 97 US military and Nasa computers. He has admitted breaking into the computers from his London home but said he was seeking information on UFOs. The 42-year-old's lawyers said they would apply to the European Court of Human Rights to prevent his removal. Mr McKinnon first lost his case at the High Court in 2006 before taking it to the highest court in the UK, the House of Lords. He was arrested in 2002 but never charged in the UK. |
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Written by Irfan
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I saw an interesting article on Inquirer website. According to the article, it seems that UBISOFT seems to have been caught distributing a 'no-CD' crack produced by a pirate group for one of its own games.
A user named Twingo on the site Fileforums.com pointed users in the direction of a crack made available by Ubisoft for the PC game Rainbow Six Vegas 2.
This was meant to help users around problems experienced by the copy protection problems caused by the Direct2drive download service.
The file has since been removed, but not before many users confirmed that the download was in fact a no-CD crack distributed by pirate group 'Reloaded'.
The 'UK Community Manager' of Ubisoft attempted to address the issue by stating: "We're looking into this further as this was not the UK Support team that posted this, however if it is an executable that does not need the disc I doubt it has come from an external source."
Yet various users posted proof it was from an external source, using a standard hex viewer.
Read full article @ Theinquirer.net
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Written by Irfan
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 The time has come to break records for most number of download in a day and people are trying to rush to get FireFox3. But at the time of writing this post ( 18:35 BST ), All the sites relating to Mozilla FireFox are down. These includes mozilla.com , getfirefox.com & www.spreadfirefox.com. Mozilla.com is displaying "Http/1.1 Service Unavailable" error while other two sites just refuses to load. Lets hope the sites come up soon or else the dream of breaking download record will end up being just a dream
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Written by Irfan
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Yahoo has agreed a deal with Google which will see Yahoo use the search engine giant's advertising technology.
Under the agreement, Google ads will appear alongside some Yahoo search results in the US and Canada.
The announcement came after Yahoo said it had failed to persuade Microsoft to renew its bid to buy all of the internet company.
Recent talks concluded after Yahoo rejected a Microsoft proposal to buy just its online search business.
Potentially lucrative
Yahoo said the agreement with Google could be worth up to $800m (£410m) in additional revenue every year.
"This commercial agreement provides Yahoo with the opportunity to deliver more relevant ads to users and provide advertisers and publishers with better advertising technology," said Eric Schmidt, Google chairman and chief executive.
"We believe that the convergence of search and display is the next major development" in online advertising industry, said Yahoo chief executive Jerry Yang.
The partnership will initially last for three years, but could last up to 10 if Yahoo decides to renew.
Google said the deal did not need regulatory approval but that it would delay its implementation by up to three and a half months to give the US Department of Justice a chance to review it.
However, the deal is likely to attract attention from competition regulators in Washington, according to the BBC's technology correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones.
"Alarm bells were already ringing on Capitol Hill over Yahoo's 'limited' trial in April of Google's technology," he said.
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Written by Irfan
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Virgin Media and the British Phonographic Institute (BPI) are to send warning letters to customers they believe are downloading or distributing music illegally.
The announcement represents the first such public deal between the BPI and an ISP.
The pair hope that the new campaign will avoid users risking disconnection and possible legal action.
"Virgin Media's fibre optic broadband is a great platform for people who want to download lots of music," said Virgin Media in a statement.
"But we want them to do so without infringing the rights of musicians and music companies."
Customers whose accounts appear to have been used to distribute music in breach of copyright will receive "informative letters" from Virgin Media and the BPI.
Both letters will be sent by Virgin Media and the BPI will not be given customer information.
The BPI believes that many customers are not aware that their account is being used in this way, particularly in the case of parents whose children are indulging in unlawful file sharing.
"Education is absolutely key to reducing the extent of illegal downloading, and we are pleased to be working with Virgin Media on this campaign," said Geoff Taylor, chief executive of the BPI.
Read full story @ Vnunet.com |
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