Topic: COMPUTER - on May 8, 2004 at 12:40:00 PM CEST
Academics Patent P2P Spoofing
A computer science professor and graduate student have been awarded a patent for a method of thwarting illegal file sharing on peer-to-peer networks by flooding the network with bogus files that look like pirated music.
The software creates bogus files with attributes -- such as file names and description tags -- that make them look like the real thing, but they are in fact white noise, low-quality recordings or advertisements to buy the song. What's more, the software sends out thousands of decoys to frustrate P2P users with fruitless downloads.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on May 8, 2004 at 12:35:00 PM CEST
Wurm von der Wümme
Ein 18-Jähriger aus Norddeutschland soll den Computerschädling "Sasser" programmiert haben, der weltweit Millionenschäden anrichtete. Seit Anfang Mai hatten Polizeiexperten in aller Welt den Erfinder des verheerenden Sabotage-Programms gesucht. FBI und CIA waren eingeschaltet, Experten wähnten den geheimnisvollen Spezialisten irgendwo in Russland. Von wegen: Der mutmaßliche Übeltäter heißt Sven J., hat gerade seinen Realschulabschluss gemacht und den Wunsch, das Abitur nachzuholen und Informatik zu studieren.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on May 8, 2004 at 12:32:00 PM CEST
Sasser computer worm suspect held
An 18-year-old high school student has been arrested in Germany on suspicion of creating the Sasser internet worm, police say.
The worm spread through an estimated 18 million computers across the world last week, continually shutting down and rebooting them.
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on May 8, 2004 at 12:19:00 PM CEST
Hookey French policeman arrested in fishnets
A French policeman faces trial in a police court for driving under the influence after he was stopped at the wheel of his car drunk and wearing only a pair of fishnet tights, a prosecutor said on Friday.
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Topic: MUSIK - on May 8, 2004 at 2:43:00 AM CEST
Passerby on Bike Stole $3.5-Million Cello
The Los Angeles Police Department released a videotape showing a young man on a bicycle, probably a teenager from the neighborhood, making off with the cello.
The grainy video shows the thief pedaling away with the silver cello case under his arm, then has the sound of him crashing into trash cans before getting away.
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Topic: HOLLYWALD - on May 8, 2004 at 2:23:00 AM CEST
Disney set to U-turn on Miramax
DISNEY boss Michael Eisner is believed to be negotiating to sell 'independent' film studio Miramax back to its founder, Harvey Weinstein, only months after he failed to renew Walt Disney's lucrative contract with another movie partner, Pixar.
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Topic: W A R - on May 8, 2004 at 2:22:00 AM CEST
More Photos, Videos in Iraq Abuse Scandal-Rumsfeld
The abuse scandal at Abu Ghraib prison includes more photographs and videos that are potentially worse than the photos shown around the world of smiling American soldiers next to naked Iraqi prisoners in humiliating positions, U.S. officials said on Friday.
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Topic: Terror - on May 8, 2004 at 2:07:00 AM CEST
Bin Laden offers gold for killing of Bremer
An audio recording attributed to the al-Qaida leader, Osama bin Laden, today offered gold to anyone who killed the US administrator in Iraq, Paul Bremer, or the UN secretary general, Kofi Annan.
The 20-minute message, the authenticity of which has not been verified, appeared on two websites that have in the past carried messages from militant Islamists.
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Topic: Terror - on May 8, 2004 at 2:06:00 AM CEST
US lawyer arrested over Madrid bombings
An American lawyer has been arrested in connection with the Madrid train bombings, it was reported today.
Brandon Mayfield, a former army officer, was taken into custody yesterday by FBI agents, who also searched his home in the Portland suburb of Aloha.
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Topic: W A R - on May 8, 2004 at 2:04:00 AM CEST
Two reporters killed in Iraq
The death toll among journalists working in Iraq reached another grim landmark today after gunmen opened fire on reporters, killing two and injuring a third - bringing the number of media fatalities in the Gulf conflict to 30.
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Topic: W A R - on May 8, 2004 at 2:01:00 AM CEST
Iraq 'abuse' contractors go on the offensive
Defense contractor CACI International went on the offensive on Wednesday as it sought to contain the fallout from the alleged involvement of some of its staff in the abuse of prisoners in Iraq. CACI and Titan, another contractor named in accusations, risk becoming an easy target for the US Government as it looks to find someone to blame.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on May 8, 2004 at 1:58:00 AM CEST
Linux MP3 Ripping Tools
Linux command line toolset with options that will create archival quality MP3 files from your CDs, including ID3 metadata tags from CDDB:
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