Police terror trainers lose USB stick in street
The curse of the unencrypted memory stick has stuck Manchester Police, which has suffered embarrassment as a drive containing apparently sensitive information was found lying in the street.
The unsecured data on the drive related to training information on coping with riots, violent suspects, and public disorder. According to the Daily Star, the red top newspaper to which the drive was handed in by a passer-by, some of the information has bearing on terrorism training, including blast control, firearms handling and
Wave open source next steps: Wave in a Box
Since the announcement that we will discontinue development of Google Wave as a standalone product, many people have asked us about the future of the open source code and Wave federation protocol. After spending some time on figuring out our next steps, we d like to share the plan for our contributions over the coming months.
We will expand upon the 200K lines of code we ve already open sourced (detailed at waveprotocol.org) to flesh out the existing example Wave server and web
More GPL enforcement work again.. and a very surreal but important case
Right now I m facing what I d consider the most outrageous case that I ve been involved so far: A manufacturer of Linux-based embedded devices (no, I will not name the company) really has the guts to go in front of court and sue another company for modifying the firmware on those devices. More specifically, the only modifications to program code are on the GPL licensed parts of the software. None of the proprietary userspace
Read more: More GPL enforcement work again.. and a very surreal but important case
Fair, Reasonable And Non-Discriminatory...Aint
At first blush, Fair, Reasonable and Non-Discriminatory sounds great. After all, how could anyone argue with something that promises
Show File Size Adds File Size Information To Firefox Save As Downloads
The size of a download is not always visible before initiating the download. Many websites, especially download portals, displays file size and extension information on their download pages, while others may not display any information about the download on the download page. This leaves the user guessing, and sometimes even surprised at the size of [...]
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Buzz Lawsuit to cost Google $8.5m
Google has proposed payments totalling $8.5m (£5.5) to settle a lawsuit brought over the Buzz social network. Back in February the new social networking beta from the company caused controversy when users could see the contacts information for everyone they were already connected to. Several GMail users who were affected by the glitch sued Google [...]
Sharon Angle faces copyright infringement lawsuit
"Righthaven LLC vigorously enforces the copyrighted work of Review-Journal reporters, columnists and editors," said Mark Hinueber, the newspaper s vice president and general counsel. "We expect everyone to comply with the copyright laws of the United States. It is never appropriate to utilize entire Review-Journal articles or columns without prior, express written permission of the newspaper." [PJ: I think it s hilarious when legislators are faced with the reality of the laws they and their partners have passed. It would be
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Security Software Downloader
One of the first tasks after the installation of an operating system is the installation of security software to protect the computer from viruses and other forms of attack. Windows users can select programs from a huge available selection. They can install all-in-one solutions, often called security suites that combine antivirus, firewall and other security [...]
DLLHijackAuditor, Check Programs For DLL Hijack Vulnerability
A new Windows vulnerability was made public in the end of August, which could allow remote code execution on a computer system. The issue is caused by programs and applications that use insecure programming practices. According to various researchers at least 40 popular applications are affected by the vulnerability. New users who want to read [...]
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Report: Oracle Offers HPs Former CEO Mark Hurd a Position
Oracle Chief Larry Ellison has been supportive of Mr. Hurd throughout the embarrassing drama
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