“I am thankful for the strong mentorship, guidance, and support, which is empowering me to follow my dreams and show that you don’t have to be an engineer to be a hacker.”
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/08/04/randi_zuckerberg_quits_facebook/
Archive for 2011/08/04
Randi Zuckerberg: “My goal is to launch my own innovative programming and work with media companies to develop their programming in new, and more social ways. In attacking this challenge, Facebook will clearly be a central element in all of my projects. I plan to demonstrate that ANYONE can do groundbreaking media work on the platform. And to the extent it makes sense for you, I’d be happy to advise Facebook on media projects, ‘Facebook Live’ or other initiatives if it is desired.”
Posted: 2011/08/04 in Education / Awareness, Tech EvolutionCybercrooks exploit interest in Harry Potter ebook site – a variety of scams designed to either defraud, infect or otherwise con would-be victims
Posted: 2011/08/04 in Cybercrime, Education / Awareness- Cyber-tricksters are offering to pre-register users as well as buying or selling accounts via eBay
- Scammers are punting supposed account access as a “download” via YouTube
- Interest in the Pottermore site is getting abused as part of a search engine poisoning scam designed to trick Potter fans into scareware portals that run bogus scans of surfers’ PCs in an effort to fool them into buying fake anti-virus software
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/08/04/pottermania_scam_fiesta/
See also:
http://sunbeltblog.blogspot.com/2011/08/pottermore-expecto-riddikulus.html
Book release – Free Ride: How the Internet Is Destroying the Culture Business and How the Culture Business Can Fight Back
Posted: 2011/08/04 in Copyright, Education / Awareness, File Sharing, Illegal File Sharing‘On the one hand information wants to be expensive, because it’s so valuable. The right information in the right place just changes your life. On the other hand, information wants to be free, because the cost of getting it out is getting lower and lower all the time. So you have these two fighting against each other.’
So said the influential technologist Stewart Brand at a 1984 hacker convention. Not only did his words evolve into a media business mantra that has shaped the internet as we know it today but the conflict which he predicted has led to a revolution in the way that our culture is disseminated and consumed.
More: http://www.randomhouse.co.uk/editions/9781847921482
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Video of the Keynote conversation “Taking control of the digital challenges” with Robert Levine
US author and business journalist Robert Levine offers some food for thought in this keynote conversation. In his forthcoming book Free Ride – How the Digital Parasites Are Destroying the Culture Business, and How the Culture Business Can Fight Back (Random House) Levine provides an alternative view to the ‘internet-is-free’ discourse and delivers a call-to-action to content owners.
http://www.copyrightsummit.com/2011/06/08/video-of-the-keynote-conversation-taking-control-of-the-digital-challenges-with-robert-levine/
Pathé Cinemas to introduce VOD services. Will stream movies to TVs, tablets, phones and PCs
Posted: 2011/08/04 in Education / Awareness, New Business ModelsNew service will be called Pathé at Home.
Dutch language news article: http://www.emerce.nl/nieuws/path-begint-verhuur-films-via-tv-computer-pads
ALDI 4-in-1 device spreads conficker
Posted: 2011/08/04 in Cybercrime, Education / Awareness, Network Security, Privacy / Data Protection‘iSpy’ software leads cops to stolen iPad
Posted: 2011/08/04 in Education / Awareness, Tech Evolutionaims to create the “largest online marketing solutions company
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/webcom-picking-up-network-solutions-for-405-million/53999
Intel invests $50 million in cloud, Chinese firms
Posted: 2011/08/04 in Education / Awareness, Tech Evolution“In the future, [new] capabilities could enable a digital personal handler via a device wired into your glasses…[it would see] what you see [and] constantly pull data from the cloud and whisper information to you during the day–telling you who people are, where to buy an item you just saw, or how to adjust your plans when something new comes up,” Intel said in a statement.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13924_3-20087687-64/intel-invests-$50-million-in-cloud-chinese-firms/
A new study by researchers from Copenhagen Business School and the University of Waterloo explores the magnitude of game piracy on public BitTorrent trackers. The researchers tracked 173 new game releases over a three-month period and found that these were downloaded by 12.7 million unique peers
Posted: 2011/08/04 in Education / Awareness, Illegal File Sharing, Stats / reportsSenior executives have told Music Week the music industry has been refining its strategy as it followed the case, brought by the Motion Picture Association. The music industry’s strategy is now decided and Music Week understands the BPI will now use the 97A precedent as part of its arsenal against illegal websites
Posted: 2011/08/04 in Copyright, Education / Awareness, Enforcement, Illegal File Sharing, JurisprudenceThe first likely step, which could be just days away, will be to ask ISPs to block some of the biggest illegal websites.
http://www.musicweek.com/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=1046130&c=1
We found a way now to give everybody the ability to extract software out of smartcards. The software recognizes structures on chips, traces the connections between them, and pieces together the algorithms implemented by the circuits
Posted: 2011/08/04 in Education / AwarenessNohl said the tools are intended to make it easier for software experts to assess the security of chips stored on credit cards and other types of smartcards
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/08/04/smartcard_hacking_tools/
Google publicly accuses Apple, Microsoft, Oracle of patent bullying
Posted: 2011/08/04 in Education / Awareness, Google, Litigation“Keep the girls under 13, in fact, I really need to see 12 or younger to know your [sic] a brother,” and “Don’t avoid nudity in previews. I will NOT accept you, if theres [sic] no nudity.”
Posted: 2011/08/04 in Cybercrime, Education / Awareness, EnforcementIn addition, the most exclusive area of the site was reserved for members who could provide content that showed children suffering. “If the girl looks totall [sic] comfortable, she’s not in distress, it does NOT belong I [sic] this section.”
“Using sophisticated methods to evade detection by law enforcement, Dreamboard members allegedly used the power and anonymity of the Internet to motivate each other to commit their horrific acts of sexual abuse of minors and trading in child pornography,” announced Attorney General Eric Holder in a speech today. “No matter how savvy online predators think they are, we will find them, dismantle their networks, and bring them to justice.”
