Deja vu: Sony uses rootkits, charges F-Secure

Recalling the Sony-BMG-Rootkit fiasco, the Finnish security company has found that Sony Microvault USM-F flash drives install files in a hidden folder that hackers can access.Makes you wonder "Who's at the wheel of this behemoth?!">.

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Deja vu: Sony uses rootkits, charges F-Secure

Recalling the Sony-BMG-Rootkit fiasco, the Finnish security company has found that Sony Microvault USM-F flash drives install files in a hidden folder that hackers can access.Makes you wonder "Who's at the wheel of this behemoth?!">.

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Know Your Rights: Is it illegal to unlock my iPhone?

"We thought today would be, well, fitting to start our new technology law series Know Your Rights, written by Engadget's own totally punk copyright attorney Nilay Patel. In it we'll try to answer some fundamental tech-law questions to help you stay out of trouble in this brave new world."And to follow with info related to the previous blog entry...^.^

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Support the iPhone Dev Team to Get the True Free iPhone Software Unlock

There are four methods to 100% unlock the iPhone now and all of them cost money or time. Still, everyone is forgetting about the iPhone Dev Team, whose dirty work has made all this possible. This is a plea for donations of time and money, with a timeline of their achievements, so they can keep working in software to unlock the iPhone for free.Hmm, interesting, thought I'd link here for future followup, and so anyone reading this blog and having an iPhone can read about their options...^.^

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Support the iPhone Dev Team to Get the True Free iPhone Software Unlock

There are four methods to 100% unlock the iPhone now and all of them cost money or time. Still, everyone is forgetting about the iPhone Dev Team, whose dirty work has made all this possible. This is a plea for donations of time and money, with a timeline of their achievements, so they can keep working in software to unlock the iPhone for free.Hmm, interesting, thought I'd link here for future followup, and so anyone reading this blog and having an iPhone can read about their options...^.^

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How Apple can stop stolen iPods forever

It happens all too often. You turn your back, and bam! Your iPod is gone. It's been pinched. Jacked. Stolen. If you're one of the victims of this gadget crime spree, how pissed off would you be if you discovered that Apple has the ability to report, disable, or at least help track these stolen goods?Good thoughts, a friend of mine and I were just talking about this the other day! But they did not quite cover the simplicity of the process that Apple could enact! Every iPod's serial number is digitally encoded and available to their software (take a look at the "Extras/About this iPod" screen on any iPod, right there is the serial number, so why couldn't the iTunes software used to 'load' music on a stolen iPod, during such a load, contact Apple and validate the serial number? I can think of a couple of reasons that the 'privacy police' would use to protest this (don't get me wrong, in most cases the 'privacy police' have valid reasons for their protests/complaints and I support them wholly, but there are times when they take it too far, this would be one such case), which is probably why Apple will never do this, but a 'registered charger' is going to be just as difficult, if not more so, since it means you better have YOUR charger with you at all times, since you will not be 'allowed' to use someone else's! ^.^

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Scientists hail ‘frozen smoke’ as material that will change world

A MIRACLE material for the 21st century could protect your home against bomb blasts, mop up oil spillages and even help man to fly to Mars.Aerogel is cool!^.^

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Skype: What Lies Ahead?

Talk of VoIP and Skype comes to mind. Well, at least it did automatically till the recent past. The word Skype and VoIP almost became synonymous. Skype grew at a breakneck speed in the last 2 years and by the end of 2005 had anything between 2.5 – 3 million paying customers.Hmm, I was a little confused as to just what this was, but after seeing the article and it's screenshots, I 'get it' now, and watch oout folks, when it comes available to the Mac, I may just get rolling in the dough!^.^

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Thoughts on "The Consequences of Skype’s Unavailability?"

A review of the loss of Skype over the last few days and thoughts on what this type of failure might portend for Skype and the VoIP industry in the future.A well written opinion piece (not by me! I would not have misspelled Kazaa! Well written in thought, if not in spelling) I submitted to Digg and am blogging here.^.^

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Engrish --- The iBook

Gotta love those wacky Japanese!^.^

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Therapist 'had sex with split personalities patient's other self'

A therapist has been accused of taking advantage of a patient with a split personality - using one of her alter egos for sex, another to be his cleaner and a third to lend him cash for holidays.This guy was trying for just a little too much efficiency!^.^

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NASA Weather Error Provokes Tempest in a Teapot

Recent corrections made to the temperature data NASA collected over the years is not as big a deal as some bloggers have made it seem...

So there, still room to worry.

Happy now?

>.<

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Lottery player wins twice by mistake

LONDON (Reuters) - A lottery winner doubled his share of the jackpot to nearly 1 million pounds after he mistakenly bought two lucky tickets for the same draw, organizers Camelot said Wednesday. Derek Ladner, 57, from Cornwall, and his wife Dawn,...

Ahh, now there's the luck!

^.^

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