Topic: Glaubensfragen - on April 24, 2009 at 11:53:00 AM CEST
American Atheists Convention 2009 with Richard Dawkins (video)
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Topic: STRANGE - on April 24, 2009 at 11:49:00 AM CEST
Brain Wave of The Future
What If You Could Move Objects With Your Mind? Well, That Time Has Come.
Coming Soon to a Store Near You: Mind Control The Washington Post's Joel Garreau takes a look at an upcoming Star Wars-themed toy that uses new technology to allow the user to levitate an object...with their mind.
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Topic: WEB - on April 24, 2009 at 11:48:00 AM CEST
RIP, Geocities
Yahoo is closing Geocities "later this year". Yahoo bought the service in 1999 for $3.57 billion.
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Topic: WEB - on April 24, 2009 at 11:47:00 AM CEST
Cyber-Gang baut Behörden-Botnet
Fast zwei Millionen PCs sollen Kriminelle aus der Ukraine unter ihre Kontrolle gebracht haben. Die meisten davon stehen in Behörden und könnten bald Millionen Spam-Mails täglich verschicken. Ein US-Forscher glaubt, mit Technik allein seien solche Attacken nicht zu bekämpfen.
Die Entdeckung präsentierte das Sicherheitsunternehmen Finjan auf der IT-Sicherheitskonferenz RSA in San Francisco. Insgesamt 1,9 Millionen PC seien mit einer bestimmten Schadsoftware infiziert worden, die sie von außen steuerbar mache, heißt es in einer Mitteilung des Unternehmens. Im Rahmen einer Studie hatten Mitarbeiter von Finjans Malicious Code Research Center (MCRC) einen sogenannten Command-and-Control-Server untersucht, über den die Cyberkriminellen das Zombie-Netzwerk steuern. Den Server selbst lokalisierten die Experten in der Ukraine.
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Topic: WEB - on April 24, 2009 at 11:45:00 AM CEST
New Mega-Botnet Discovered
According to the DarkReading article, 'Researchers have discovered a major botnet operating out of the Ukraine that has infected 1.9 million machines, including large corporate and government PCs mainly in the US. The botnet, which appears to be larger than the infamous Storm botnet was in its heyday, has infected machines from some 77 government-owned domains — 51 of which are in the US government. Researchers from Finjan who found the botnet say it's controlled by six individuals, and includes machines in major banks.
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Topic: Online-Fahndung - on April 24, 2009 at 11:40:00 AM CEST
Germany Institutes Censorship Infrastructure
Germany's government has passed a draft law for censorship of domains hosting content related to child pornography. A secret list of IPs will be created by the BKA, Germany's federal police; any attempted access to addresses on this list is blocked, logged (the draft seems to contradict press reports on this point) and redirected to a government page featuring a large stop sign. The law has not yet passed the assembly, however five of the largest ISPs have already agreed to voluntarily submit to the process even without a law in place.
google.com Major German online companies agree to block child porn websites spreeblick.com
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Topic: SECURITY - on April 24, 2009 at 11:38:00 AM CEST
Take That! High-Tech Ways To Fight Off Pirates
Modern pirates are creating a market for modern pirate repellents.
The owners of ships that ply the dangerous waters near Somalia are looking at options including slippery foam, lasers, electric fences, water cannons and high-intensity sound.
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Topic: COPYRIGHT - on April 24, 2009 at 11:36:00 AM CEST
Pirate-Bay-Prozess: Lobby-Vorwürfe gegen den Richter
Kann ein Richter, der Mitglied in Lobby-Vereinigungen ist, in einem Verfahren unabhängig urteilen, das Interessen dieser Lobby-Vereinigungen berührt? Diese Frage stellt sich offensichtlich nun im Verfahren gegen die Betreiber des Torrent-Trackers Pirate Bay. Anzeige
Ein schwedisches Gericht hat vier Verantwortliche von The Pirate Bay der Beihilfe zur schweren Urheberrechtsverletzung für schuldig befunden und zu einjährigen Haftstrafe sowie Schadensersatz in Millionenhöhe verurteilt. Der Schadensersatz in Höhe von 30 Millionen Schwedischen Kronen (2,75 Millionen Euro) soll verschiedenen Film- und Musikunternehmen zugutekommen.
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Topic: COPYRIGHT - on April 24, 2009 at 11:28:00 AM CEST
Judge In Pirate Bay Case Appears To Have Ties To The Copyright Lobby
Via Martin Thornkvist, we find out that Swedish Public radio has discovered that the judge in The Pirate Bay case apparently has some ties to the copyright lobby (that's a Google translation -- if you know Swedish, the original is here). Apparently, he's a member of a few organizations that work towards strengthening copyright laws, and even holds a board position in one of those organizations. The lawyers representing the entertainment industry also belonged to one of the pro-copyright organizations in which the judge is a member.
torrentfreak.com techdirt.com Pirate Bay Lawyer Calls For Retrial Judge In Pirate Bay Trial Biased ghacks.net Pirate Bay judge and pro-copyright lobbyist accused of bias
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Topic: COPYRIGHT - on April 24, 2009 at 11:27:00 AM CEST
Swedish Pirate Party Doubles in Size After Bay Verdict
Membership in the Swedish Pirate Party has more than doubled in the wake of last Friday's verdict against The Pirate Bay, dramatically increasing the copyright-reform party's chances of winning a seat in the European Parliament.
Over 22,000 new party members have joined the Pirate Party since a panel of judges sentenced a financier and three administrators of the torrent-tracking site to a year in prison. The explosion of support has swelled the party's membership from 15,000 on Friday morning to more than 37,000 on Wednesday, according to party officials.
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