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News Story’s For This Week

Hacker gets biggest prison time to date
A skilled San Francisco computer intruder was sentenced here Friday to 13 years in federal prison for stealing nearly two million credit card numbers from banks, businesses and other hackers — in what is the longest hacking sentence in U.S. history.
Max Ray Vision, 37, was also ordered to pay $27.5 million in restitution, and to serve five years under court supervision following his release, during which time he’ll be allowed to use computers only for legitimate employment or education

China Jails Man 13 Years For Running Porn Site
A man in southern China was sentenced to 13 years in jail for running a pornographic Web site, a state news agency reported Sunday, amid a national crackdown on lewd online content.The court in the Guangdong province city of Jiangmen handed down the sentence to Huang Yizhong and fined him 100,000 yuan ($14,600), the official Xinhua News Agency said.

Google to offer ‘ultra high-speed’ broadband in US
Google is spreading its wings in yet another direction – this time as a network provider, offering super-fast broadband to thousands of US homes. It plans to build a fibre-optic network offering speeds of up to 1Gbps (gigabit per second) to up to 500,000 homes.
http://www.google.com/appserve/fiberrfi/public/options

FCC Wants 100Mbps Broadband in 100 Million Homes
Almost a year after the FCC first announced their National Broadband Plan, some new details have started to emerge. Specifically: A plan to give 100 million households 100Mbps broadband.

Arizona school bus gains WiFi, students suddenly chill out and get productive
Nearly three years after an Arkansas school launched a trial that delivered laptops, iPods and wireless internet to a bus, an Arizona school district is discovering the merits of such a system — though with this one, there stands a good chance for it to go well beyond the “pilot” phase. Students in Vail, Arizona have been able to handle school assignments, engage in research and even update their Facebook status on the lengthy rides to and from school, and the suits responsible for hooking Bus No. 92 up have stated that mischief has all but subsided and the bus has magically morphed into something of a “rolling study hall.”

Olympic luge tragedy used by malware to exploit you
With the interest in the video of Nodar Kumaritashvili’s fatal luge accident at the Winter Olympics has remained high over the past few days, dominating Google Trends. But malware peddlers have quickly caught wind, and are using the video as an opportunity to spread malware to unsuspecting users.Like similar scams that spread via video, you arrive at what appears to be a YouTube embed, but are then asked to install new software in order to watch it That software is actually malware, and can wreak havoc on a victim’s computer.
Hardware anti-virus patent awarded to Russian lab
The Russian Kaspersky Lab has itself a shiny, new U.S. patent for a “hardware-based anti-virus system.” The basic idea is to run an anti-virus mechanism at a level lower than what a rootkit can penetrate.

The full patent description is as follows:

An anti-virus (AV) system based on a hardware-implemented AV module for curing infected computer systems and a method for updating AV databases for effective curing of the computer system. The hardware-based AV system is located between a PC and a disk device. The hardware-based AV system can be implemented as a separate device or it can be integrated into a disk controller. An update method of the AV databases uses a two-phase approach. First, the updates are transferred to from a trusted utility to an update sector of the AV system. Then, the updates are verified within the AV system and the AV databases are updated. The AV system has its own CPU and memory and can be used in combination with AV application.

Are your passwords protected?
Analysis of the 32 million passwords exposed last month in the breach of social media application developer RockYou – who’s applications can be used on Facebook and Myspace – provides further proof that consumers routinely use easy-to-guess login credentials.

Google says No to AU censorship
Google says it will not “voluntarily” comply with the government’s request that it censor YouTube videos in accordance with broad “refused classification” (RC) content rules.
University of Sydney associate professor Bjorn Landfeldt, one of Australia’s top communications experts, said that to comply with Conroy’s request Google “would have to install a filter along the lines of what they actually have in China”.

Apple looking at Fairplay DRM for its ebooks
Apparently they think that a different medium somehow deserves different treatment. I don’t think they understand that e-books, movies, music, and whatever else gets sold on a digital marketplace are all completely interchangeable as far as DRM strategy goes: you can do it, but people won’t like it, and eventually you’ll have to relent. And the fun part is that the DRM will not be effective — since the people who want to circumvent the DRM will always find a way to do so, and those who don’t want to do it wouldn’t try in the first place.

Steve Jobs to Collaborate on Authorized Biography [RUMOR]
Apple hasn’t officially commented yet, but according to The New York Times, Steve Jobs may finally cooperate on an authorized biography.Other biographers have attempted to tell Mr. Jobs’s life story without his express involvement or even consent, prompting him to respond by yanking books by the same publishers from Apple stores. Now two sources have confirmed to the Times that former Time magazine managing editor Walter Isaacson will get Jobs’s cooperation in producing an authorized biography of the Apple CEO.
iMac burns, melts, survives to tell the gruesome tale
Anders Norman of Sweden recently suffered a major house fire, but has emerged from it with some good humor and a scorched but amazingly still functional computer. He tells us that even the mouse’s scroll wheel is operational and he took a picture of the iMac displaying the local news website’s report of his home’s unfortunate demise.

Even Kingston Knocks Off Kingston microSD Cards?
Kingston appears to buy all the actual flash storage chips inside their microSD cards from Sandisk/Toshiba, yet they often still manage to undercut the microSD prices of manufacturers like Sandisk and Samsung. Of course, Kingston needs to make up the money somewhere, and the controller chip is the only other place that’s possible. So Kingston may be stretching their thresholds of controller chip quality to make profitability possible—at minimum, the impetus is certainly there.

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A keyboard for your grandmother
If Women where Browsers

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• Amazon has all the new Canon cams up for pre-order but don’t believe the sale prices
• More Bars, Less Security, in More Places: AT&T can’t keep out script kiddies UPDATE
• World’s smallest laser cracks open the door to THz CPU race
• Wanna work in a Microsoft retail store?
• The free Win7 RC train ride ends
• Windows 7 runs free without activation for 120 days with simple command
• Snow Leopard shipping August 28th, says Apple’s UK and US online store But not any more
• Lucky Mac mini buyer got Snow Leopard disc in the box?
• AT&T, Apple and Google respond to the FCC over Google Voice and the iPhone App Store
• Google Voice adds free calls to Canada (from the US)
• Download a Copy of The Pirate Bay Before It’s Gone
• Bittorrent banned from Antarctica, and boy, are the penguins pissed
• Guess why the big ISPs have refused broadband stimulus money
• Google suggest proves that a lot of people want Norton, McAffee, and AVG off their PCs
• Real Star Trek Tricorder Media Player Goes Where No PMP Has Gone Before
• Back to School: Buying cheap tech stuff
• Back to School: Wide World of Ramen
• Marvel not doing ‘crappy’ movie games anymore, says exec
• First-of-its-kind Internet addiction treatment center opens in the U.S.

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• steampunk skull mouse for those who are creepy yet classy
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• MacBook Pros with 7200RPM HDDs getting a touch too noisy?
• iPhone 3GS Upstream Speed Limited to 384Kbps [Smartphones]
• Bad batteries: Apple forced to recall 1st gen iPod nano in South Korea
• iPod suspected of setting Saab ablaze
• Google brings Gmail, Docs, Calendar, and Talk out of beta (updated)
• Google Translate now handles uploaded documents
• Google begins using PDF viewer for search results
• Google announces Chrome OS, coming to netbooks second half of 2010
• Google names Chrome OS compatriots, Dell noticeably absent
• Bill Gates Patent Could Save Us From Another Hurricane Katrina
• Mysterious cyber-attacker hits at federal websites, crisis averted?
• Let’s guess each other’s Social Security Numbers, for fun
• ChargePoint electric vehicle charging stations coming to a McDonalds
• Thanko sells (almost) silent keyboard
• Beware, Criminals: Japanese Police Now Equipped With Chintzy, Inaccurate Paintball Guns
• Disney reveals plot and title for new Tron movie But no Date
• Latest Laptop Hunters ad
• Embrace the coming of Chalkbot
• Office 2010: The Movie (or not)

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• AOL Tries to Extort Bogus Fees From Wall Street Journal Writer
• Firefox 3.5 arrives
  Free Nickelback track with IE8
• ‘Handwriting’ recognition offers accurate way for dating stone tablets
• Using Gmail as an impromptu drop-box for any file type
• Yes, Windows 7 really will RTM in ten days
• Can we all please grow up and get a real ringtone?
• The Pirate Bay was sold
• Psystar emerges from Chapter 11,
  (and still making Mac Clones)
• Woman was shot today at an Arlington Apple Store
• Coming soon to a theater near you: Asteroids, for God’s sake
• Midway’s assets sold to Warner Bros. for $33 million

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• Simpsons Hulu ads are higher than TV ads
• Bless your Mobile phone
• Windows 7 Now being sold (1) (2) (3)
• 1 Million iPhone 3GS Sold
• Apple Releases MacBook Pro Firmware Update to Address SATA Interface Speeds
• Apple Sued Over Gift Cards That Claim $0.99 Per Song
• Palm Pre Mojo SDK Download Leaked To The Web
• Palm Pre App catalog  hits a million downloads
• Palm OS Tattoo Machine (*not for the squeamish)
• Rogers Back To Inserting Its Messages Onto Others’ Websites
• Panasonic’s Toughbook gets to take a trip to the zoo, smashed and bit
• YouTube Doubles Max File Size on Uploads to 2GB… but what about length?
• This S’mores Keyboard Is Perfect For Nerd Camping
• (DIY)Rain Gutters as Cable Management Tools
• Google asks What is a Browser?
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• MacBook Slow? SATA interface in MacBook Pro drops from 3.0Gbit to 1.5Gbit
• Buy a Mac on or after June 8, get Snow Leopard for $10
• ASUS inexplicably releases a Disney netbook
• Intel’s Braidwood looks to take another stab at Turbo Memory
• Mozilla pushes out Firefox 3.5 release candidate
• Microsoft Security Essentials (Morro) leaked – here it is in action.
• It’s time to say goodbye to Microsoft Money
• Beer in a Pouch: Sure, why the hell not?
• Comcast service chat wins a bit
• One million frames per second? Yes please
• GPS coordinates lead demolition crew to destroy wrong house

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• Quick WWDC Overview
• Is Napster Making an iPhone App? (Like Apple will let that one slide)
• iPhone 3.0 software leaked Along with Snowy Dev edition
• 10 DTV Tips and Tricks
• T-Mobile USA hacked, data up for sale
• BMW working on system that stops vehicles during a medical emergency
• Bad Ass computer from Sager
• The Truth About Life at Microsoft
• IE8 slow? Maybe this tweak will help

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The New Mac Clone Called Quo Computers
A geeks wet dream
49 port usb hub
Palm pre default ringtone leaks out

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• Do we need Sp2 for vista?
• Official Windows 7 Background
• Defcon.org
• CircuitCity.com relauches – kind of
• Mac Clone this time in Russia
  
• Do People thing A PC is the best value?
• Chat room guest David McVay from GeekActually.com
• Sims 3 leaked Thanks EA

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News Of the Week

• Microsoft confirms holiday launch for Windows 7.
• Windows 7 box art leaked.
• Could this be the hardware spec for Microsoft’s Pink phone?
• Zune tv ad.
• A counter from Apple to microsoft ads.
• Apple osx 10.5.7 released.
• Apple Selling iPhone 3G in online.
• Next gen iPhone specs leaked.
• 1 out of 5 households have cell phones.
• Duke Nukem Dead! or is he?
• Psystar to produce and sell a netbook.

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