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U.S. to Fund Hacking Projects That Thwart Cyber-Threats
Former L0pht hacker known as "Mudge" discussed a new government initiative to fund hacking projects designed to help block cyber-threats at the Black Hat security conference. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency will fund new cyber-security proposals under the new Cyber-Fast Track project, Peiter Zatko, currently a program manager for the agency's information innovation office, said in ...read more
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AntiSec releases 10GB of confidential government data
After the disbanding of LulzSec, a new formation was created with members from LulzSec and Anonymous with the same goal, to wreak havoc on the Internet and take down governments that don't agree with Wikileaks. As the Internet seeks for open governments around the world, other members are hacking into government systems and stealing confidential data. Today, the largest cache of law ...read more
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Notch on EA’s meeting with Mojang
“EA came to see us. I think they had plans, but picked up the vibe. Nothing’s been said since – it’s all very high politics. I play their games, and they make great games, but we are too far from each other. They can make their games, and I’ll buy them. We’ll make ours, and they can buy them. Not the property – that’s ours. But they can play it like everyone else.” – Minecraft ...read more
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Minecraft studio being sued by Bethesda over 'Scrolls' title
Not exactly unexpectedly, about four hours ago Markus "Notch" Persson -- creator of Minecraft and head of Mojang Specifications -- received a letter from a Swedish law firm representing Bethesda Softworks. It claimed that his company's trademark of the word "Scrolls" for use with a currently-in-development game was infringing on Bethesda's own trademark, "The Elder Scrolls," and requested "a pile ...read more
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New Android malware records phone conversations
People should always be wary of installing any new software, even if its for your mobile phone. Google's Android Market has been proven to be highly susceptible to have software available that, if not caught quickly by Google, can turn out to be malware. Last May, 26 Android based malware programs were removed by Google; even more malicious files were found and deleted in June and yet again in ...read more
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EA confirms Battlefield 3 not heading to Steam
Earlier last month Gamestop revealed that Battlefield 3 might not be coming to Steam as originally expected. This news was somewhat clouded by rumors that had the game releasing on Steam at some point after the initial launch of Battlefield 3, but had not been confirmed. Today, EA has revealed that Battlefield 3 will not be releasing on Steam. The feud between Electronic Arts and Valve seems ...read more
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Minecraft surpasses 3 million sales
Minecraft has been putting up some staggering numbers as of late. Just last month, Notch reported that there were around 2.7 million paid copies of Minecraft out and about in the world, and now this month, his report is that the game has gone over 3 million sales. Now please bear with me while I try to do the math on this, but if my calculations are correct, that means the developer is moving ...read more
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Call of Duty: Black Ops has sold 25M, Modern Warfare 2 at 22M
While gaming still looks for its Citizen Kane, it has already found its McDonalds: Activision Publishing CEO Eric Hirshberg said on an earnings call today that the last two entries in the Call of Duty series, Modern Warfare 2 and Black Ops, have sold 22 and 25 million units respectively. The numbers may look impressive on the outside, but they don't answer the big question. Namely: What's the ...read more
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Data of Sun website users stolen
Thousands of people who entered competitions on The Sun website have been warned that their personal information may have been stolen. The paper's publisher, News Group, said the data was taken when the site was hacked on 19 July. Some of the details, including applications for the Miss Scotland contest, have been posted online. The company said it had reported the matter to the police ...read more
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Windows XP finally used by less than half of Internet users
In 2001, Microsoft launched Windows XP, the latest version of its Windows operating system. The OS launched at a time when the PC was at its peak in terms of sales for both consumers and businesses and it didn't take long for the majority of PCs to have Windows XP running things inside. Microsoft took six years before it released its successor, Windows Vista. However Vista had lots of launch bugs ...read more
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