The US revealed its "International Strategy for Cyberspace" (PDF) yesterday. It's mostly blather about how terrific "cyberspace" is, but it gets more specific on a few key issues like national defense. Could our next war start because of a hack? The government says it's possible.
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The French government has temporarily suspended its reliance on the company designated to monitor file-sharing networks for copyright scofflaws following reports that a hack on its servers may have leaked sensitive information.
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While the US enthusiastically celebrated the execution of Osama bin Laden, one advantageous coder began building a Counter-Strike map based on the bearded bomber's compound. It has been causing quite a stir since its release last week.
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Sony has outlined details of the ‘Welcome Back’ pack offered to PlayStation Network (PSN) customers affected by the massive security breach which occurred last month. Customers get to pick two old games from a list of five, while hackers get your details.
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Yes, this is a rumor, and by golly it strains the limits of credulity, but take note of its source. Firstly, the details: according to Eldar Murtazin, Microsoft and Nokia will enter talks next week to discuss the potential for the American software giant to purchase the Finnish company's mobile arm, meaning the part that makes all those delectable smartphones.
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Unable to convince legislators to extend levy to MP3 players, Canadian Private Copying Collective (CPCC) has petitioned the Copyright Board to classify electronic media cards as a form of recordable media and tax them based on their storage size; 50¢ for 1GB or less; $1 for more than 1GB but less than 8; and $3 for 8GB or more.
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Sony may be busy flipping the PlayStation Network switch back to the "on" position around the globe, but one locale where it won't be doing so just yet is its homeland of Japan.
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After having there share of copyright woes, action against downloaders, imposing account limits and loosing users, Rapidshare is doing another effort to win back its lost audience by announcing that they have removed all restrictions which applied to its subscribers until now. The change also affects unregistered users, so basically there is no upload & download limit on Rapidshare, nor is the storage space and upload file size restricted.
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SERIAL killer Ivan Milat has staged a nine-day hunger strike after being refused permission to play Sony Playstation games in his cell at the state's toughest jail.
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An application, which allows blokes to find birds offering a sexual favours in exchange for money has achieved Apple's approval for inclusion in its AppStore.
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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is coming Nov. 8, 2011, Kotaku has learned, delivering with it mammoth battles that engulf a dozen cities around the world including New York, Paris and London.
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Hackers might have accessed up to 25,000 e-mail addresses and 350 résumés during an attack on game developer Eidos Interactive’s websites, parent company Square Enix said Friday.
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Pam Bondi, Trump’s biggest cheerleader, seems to be withholding the promised Epstein files. When asked about them recently, she seemed nervous and
megabyteme Yesterday, 08:33 PM