Topic: Phone - on October 18, 2007 at 12:28:00 PM CEST
Viruses, Trojans and Remote Snooping: Hackers Release Their Own iPhone SDK
Apple CEO Steve Jobs announced Wednesday that his company will release a software-development kit for the iPhone in February, to allow programmers to produce third-party applications for the device. But hackers have already come up with their own software-development kit. It allows them to deliver any code they want to the iPhone, including viruses, Trojan horses and the ability to snoop on audio and video.
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Topic: Phone - on October 18, 2007 at 12:27:00 PM CEST
Apple Could Face Lawsuit Over 'Toxic' iPhone Report
A consumer watchdog group is considering a lawsuit against Apple, after the release of a Greenpeace report that alleges the company's iPhone contains toxic chemicals, though some critics have labeled the study a publicity stunt.
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Topic: WEB - on October 18, 2007 at 12:25:00 PM CEST
Usenet.com May Find Safe Harbor From RIAA lawsuit
Ars Technica has some interesting analysis of the RIAA's lawsuit against Usenet.com. There's reason to believe that Usenet.com — and most other Usenet providers — could qualify for protection under the DMCA's Safe Harbor provision.
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Topic: WEB - on October 18, 2007 at 12:24:00 PM CEST
RIAA aims lawyers at usenet newsgroup service
The Recording Industry Ass. of America has now attacked a company that provides access to internet newsgroups.
Last Friday, RIAA lawyers chucked a federal lawsuit at Usenet.com, claiming that the Fargo, North Dakota newsgroup service "enables and encourages" people to swap copyrighted music.
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Topic: WEB - on October 18, 2007 at 12:23:00 PM CEST
Usenet Newsgroups / Mailing List Relationship
The Usenet is founded on a pull paradigm, while mailing lists are founded on a push paradigm.
The Usenet and mailing lists are similar message sharing technologies, enabling one person to share information with many others. For example, the BITNET was a long-standing community of mailing lists that shared their message traffic with the Usenet under the "bit." hierarchy.
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