Topic: COMPUTER - on August 4, 2007 at 5:03:00 PM CEST
NBC Dateline Reporter flees Defcon 15
NBC Reporter with hidden camera in purse hoping to catch conference attendees committing to crimes (according to Defcon staff) flees Defcon 15 after being outed. Shot by Elizabeth Safran.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on August 4, 2007 at 4:56:00 PM CEST
Defcon 15 & Black Hat Briefings 2007, Hackers In Las Vegas
Los Angeles photographer and geek Dave Bullock is currently in Las Vegas where he has been covering Black Hat Briefings USA 2007, the security convention that takes place right before the notorious Defcon 15, one of the world’s and largest hacker conference, which starts today.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on August 3, 2007 at 5:44:00 PM CEST
Researcher's Analysis of al Qaeda Images Reveals Surprises
Neal Krawetz, a researcher and computer security consultant, gave an interesting presentation today at the BlackHat security conference in Las Vegas about analyzing digital photographs and video images for alterations and enhancements.
Using a program he wrote (and provided on the conference CD-ROM) Krawetz could print out the quantization tables in a JPEG file (that indicate how the image was compressed) and determine the last tool that created the image -- that is, the make and model of the camera if the image is original or the version of Photoshop that was used to alter and re-save the image.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on August 2, 2007 at 1:56:00 PM CEST
Use of web archive was not hacking, says US court
The use of web archive The Wayback Machine did not constitute hacking in the case of a law firm which used the web archive to see pages which owners did not want it to see, a US court has ruled.
The deliberate bypassing or evasion of the archive's protection measures could still be deemed hacking, though, said Judge Robert Kelly, the judge in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. In this case, protection mechanisms put in place by the page owners had failed.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on August 2, 2007 at 1:25:00 PM CEST
Harley Davidson V2 Engine Case Mod
Case mod may be a bit of an understatement here—this monstrosity is really a case fabrication project, done almost entirely from scratch. A huge fan of Harley Davidson motorcycles, a computer geek with a knack for shaping acrylic decided to build a 1:1 scale Harley Davidson V2 engine.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on August 2, 2007 at 1:22:00 PM CEST
Harley Davidson V2 Engine Case Mod
Nach einer kleinen schöpferischen Pause nun mein neues Projekt mit dem vorläufigen Namen HDV2. Warum dieser Name ? Rechtlich warte ich noch auf das OK der Firma Harley Davidson® mein Projekt nach der legendären Marke benennen zu dürfen.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on August 2, 2007 at 1:10:00 PM CEST
'Nasa hacker' McKinnon wins right to Lords hearing
Gary McKinnon, the ex-systems administrator accused of conducting the biggest military hack of all time, has won the right to have his case against extradition to the US heard by the House of Lords.
The decision gives McKinnon and legal team a fresh chance to challenge the extradition, having argued previously that the US authorities acted in an "oppressive" manner to secure his removal from the UK.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on July 3, 2007 at 12:26:00 PM CEST
Microsoft Doesn’t Care About Destroying Linux
Everywhere I turn these days, I continue to hear how “Novell” sold Linux users down the river. And while I partially agree with this perspective, I do differ with those who say Xandros did the same thing. Xandros is simply looking to make sure that fluidity between the Linux desktop and Windows desktop is as smooth as possible. Heck, they did not even share which of these alleged patents were being violated whatsoever to the Linux company. Unfortunately, another company has made a deal with Microsoft, and it is not who you might expect either.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on July 1, 2007 at 5:40:00 PM CEST
A glitch in the Matrix, or a hungry exploit?
Sûnnet Beskerming researchers observed an interesting deviation in global network traffic over the last 24 hours, particularly for South American, Asian, and Australian networks. Normally, global Internet traffic (as observed by the Internet Traffic Report) oscillates around nine per cent packet loss, with global response times of 138 ms, and the internally derived traffic index at around 79.
Sustained over the last 24 hours, the traffic index has dipped almost five per cent, packet loss has climbed to 11 per cent, and the global response time to almost 150 ms.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on June 30, 2007 at 12:27:00 AM CEST
100 Portable Apps for your USB Stick (both for Mac and Win)
This stuff can be installed on any portable drive, i.e. USB thumbdrive, PDA or an iPod. You can use them at work, school, or any other place where you can plugin your device. Check them out, you can either scroll-down for relevant category, i.e office software, email tools, messengers, games, etc. or get a ‘all-in-one’ package (all essential tools) . While there are more apps for windows users, I tried to include a mac version for each essential tool. All free. Enjoy!
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Topic: COMPUTER - on June 30, 2007 at 12:23:00 AM CEST
A PC for Your Wall Power Socket.
U.K. firm Jade Integration has unveiled a computer so small, it fits into a wall socket and is powered via Ethernet. The Jack PC, a rival to the smallest PC in the world, can hook up to a standard monitor, keyboard, and mouse, and runs Windows CE, the stripped-down version of Windows often used in portable devices.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on June 30, 2007 at 12:21:00 AM CEST
The Linux Alternative Project
The goal is to provide an informational and available website for all linux users. The website is currently in beta form. I will be periodically updating the database with Windows software and the Linux equivalents and alternatives.
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