30 de novembro de 2012
29 de novembro de 2012
Father Of Raided 9-Year-Old Pirate Bay Girl Settles Case For 300 Euros
Father Of Raided 9-Year-Old Pirate Bay Girl Settles Case For 300 Euros:
After being accused of illicit file-sharing earlier in the year a man from Finland was presented with an unsettling letter.
Anti-piracy group CIAPC (known locally as TTVK) said they’d tracked the man’s Internet account to the unlawful sharing of a single music album by local artist Chisu. To stop matters progressing further all he had to do was pay a settlement of 600 euros and sign a non-disclosure document.
However, he chose not to pay and true to their word, last Tuesday CIAPC escalated the matter. The police turned up at Aki Nylund’s house and upon discovering that the man’s 9-year-old daughter (now 10) had done the sharing, confiscated her Winnie the Pooh laptop.
“I got the feeling that there had been people from the MAFIA demanding money at the door,” Nylund explained.
There was outcry. Everyone from the girl’s father, the artist in question, the general public, and even Finland’s Minister of Culture had complaints to make about the heavy-handed and disproportionate action.
General feeling was that this mess could be an opportunity for a more sensible look at copyright enforcement, but today those hopes have been pushed aside.
The father of the now-10-year-old has agreed to pay a cash settlement to CIAPC of 300 euros, exactly half the original demand.
“We are very happy,” says CIAPC chief Antti Kotilainen. “In a way, we just continued the original negotiations from where we left off.”
In return CIAPC have withdrawn their request for a pre-trial investigation and the police have closed the file.
“We reversed the call for an investigation because we reached an agreement with the girl’s father,” Kotilainen said.
While Aki Nylund will be glad that the case is closed and his daughter’s property will soon be returned, the payment of a cash settlement effectively puts this case back to square one.
Little wonder that CIAPC are pleased with the outcome. Over a single instance of petty file-sharing their demand for cash has been satisfied, via the use of the police and public purse, and despite the outcry.
With this victory under their belt CIAPC will almost certainly be back with more cash demands in the future. Alternatively, we could see them insist that the government seriously considers a three-strikes style infringement system. This settlement has almost guaranteed that.
Source: Father Of Raided 9-Year-Old Pirate Bay Girl Settles Case For 300 Euros
After being accused of illicit file-sharing earlier in the year a man from Finland was presented with an unsettling letter.Anti-piracy group CIAPC (known locally as TTVK) said they’d tracked the man’s Internet account to the unlawful sharing of a single music album by local artist Chisu. To stop matters progressing further all he had to do was pay a settlement of 600 euros and sign a non-disclosure document.
However, he chose not to pay and true to their word, last Tuesday CIAPC escalated the matter. The police turned up at Aki Nylund’s house and upon discovering that the man’s 9-year-old daughter (now 10) had done the sharing, confiscated her Winnie the Pooh laptop.
“I got the feeling that there had been people from the MAFIA demanding money at the door,” Nylund explained.
There was outcry. Everyone from the girl’s father, the artist in question, the general public, and even Finland’s Minister of Culture had complaints to make about the heavy-handed and disproportionate action.
General feeling was that this mess could be an opportunity for a more sensible look at copyright enforcement, but today those hopes have been pushed aside.
The father of the now-10-year-old has agreed to pay a cash settlement to CIAPC of 300 euros, exactly half the original demand.
“We are very happy,” says CIAPC chief Antti Kotilainen. “In a way, we just continued the original negotiations from where we left off.”
In return CIAPC have withdrawn their request for a pre-trial investigation and the police have closed the file.
“We reversed the call for an investigation because we reached an agreement with the girl’s father,” Kotilainen said.
While Aki Nylund will be glad that the case is closed and his daughter’s property will soon be returned, the payment of a cash settlement effectively puts this case back to square one.
Little wonder that CIAPC are pleased with the outcome. Over a single instance of petty file-sharing their demand for cash has been satisfied, via the use of the police and public purse, and despite the outcry.
With this victory under their belt CIAPC will almost certainly be back with more cash demands in the future. Alternatively, we could see them insist that the government seriously considers a three-strikes style infringement system. This settlement has almost guaranteed that.
Source: Father Of Raided 9-Year-Old Pirate Bay Girl Settles Case For 300 Euros
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Company Sues Kickstarter Over 3D Printer Patent, Maligns 'Hackers And Makers'
Company Sues Kickstarter Over 3D Printer Patent, Maligns 'Hackers And Makers':
We've been pointing out for a while that one of the reasons why advancements in 3D printing have been relatively slow is because of patents holding back the market. However, a bunch of key patents have started expiring, leading to new opportunities. One, in particular, that has received a fair bit of attention was the Formlabs 3D printer, which raised nearly $3 million on Kickstarter earlier this year. It got a ton of well-deserved attention for being one of the first "low end" (sub ~$3,000) 3D printers with very impressive quality levels.
22 de novembro de 2012
21 de novembro de 2012
Texan schoolgirl expelled for refusing to wear RFID tag
Texan schoolgirl expelled for refusing to wear RFID tag:
A plan by a San Antonio school district to continuously monitor its students using RFID has run into legal problems after one of them took a stand against being forced to use the tracking technology.
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AuthenTec sells encryption business, suggesting Apple's interest lies in fingerprint sensors
AuthenTec sells encryption business, suggesting Apple's interest lies in fingerprint sensors:
With Apple rumored to be attempting to acquire a security solutions provider, a new move by AuthenTec to sell a portion of its business suggests Apple is most interested in its fingerprint scanning technology.
AuthenTec has reached a deal to sell its embedded security solutions division to another company, Inside Secure, NFC World reported on Monday. The deal means that AuthenTec has retained ownership of its combined fingerprint and wireless near-field communication solution, which is part of a separate division.
AuthenTec has reached a deal to sell its embedded security solutions division to another company, Inside Secure, NFC World reported on Monday. The deal means that AuthenTec has retained ownership of its combined fingerprint and wireless near-field communication solution, which is part of a separate division.
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Senate bill rewrite lets Feds read your e-mail without warrants
Senate bill rewrite lets Feds read your e-mail without warrants:
A Senate proposal touted as protecting Americans' e-mail privacy has been quietly rewritten, giving government agencies more surveillance power than they possess under current law.
CNET has learned that Patrick Leahy, the influential Democratic chairman of the Senate Judiciary committee, has dramatically reshaped his legislation in response to law enforcement concerns. A vote on his bill, which now authorizes warrantless access to Americans' e-mail, is scheduled for next week.
CNET has learned that Patrick Leahy, the influential Democratic chairman of the Senate Judiciary committee, has dramatically reshaped his legislation in response to law enforcement concerns. A vote on his bill, which now authorizes warrantless access to Americans' e-mail, is scheduled for next week.
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DDoS Takes Down The Pirate Bay
DDoS Takes Down The Pirate Bay:
Over the past few days a person that goes by the nick “Zeiko” has caused quite a bit of trouble in the BitTorrent world.
After being denied an invite to the private BitTorrent tracker What.cd, he or she went on a rampage, hitting half a dozen BitTorrent sites with DDoS attacks.
The initial targets were private BitTorrent trackers and these have all since come back online. However, it appears that the DDoS attacks are not over yet. A few hours ago Zeiko shifted his aim towards public BitTorrent sites.
On Twitter thepiratebay.se was announced as the new target and not long thereafter the most-visited BitTorrent site did indeed go offline.
The first attack started about 9 hours ago, and The Pirate Bay eventually recovered, but went offline again after the second attack was announced.
The Pirate Bay team confirmed to TorrentFreak that they are indeed suffering from a SYN flood that originates from a small botnet. Nothing new for the BitTorrent site, who have decided to make use of the unexpected downtime by doing some maintenance on The Pirate Bay’s backend.
“It’s just a normal SYN flood from a small botnet,” The Pirate Bay team told TorrentFreak
“We’re taking the break to do some much-needed database upgrades. The site will come back as soon as we’re done with that.”
Last month The Pirate Bay moved its operation to the cloud so it’s better able to withstand outside attacks. Although cloud hosting does makes it easier for the site to recover from hardware failure and even a police raid, it is still hard to withstand DDoS attacks.
Despite the occasional downtime The Pirate Bay continues to expand its user base. It’s nearing the list of 50 most visited sites on the Internet and is currently ranked 13th in Sweden.
Source: DDoS Takes Down The Pirate Bay
Over the past few days a person that goes by the nick “Zeiko” has caused quite a bit of trouble in the BitTorrent world. After being denied an invite to the private BitTorrent tracker What.cd, he or she went on a rampage, hitting half a dozen BitTorrent sites with DDoS attacks.
The initial targets were private BitTorrent trackers and these have all since come back online. However, it appears that the DDoS attacks are not over yet. A few hours ago Zeiko shifted his aim towards public BitTorrent sites.
On Twitter thepiratebay.se was announced as the new target and not long thereafter the most-visited BitTorrent site did indeed go offline.
The first attack started about 9 hours ago, and The Pirate Bay eventually recovered, but went offline again after the second attack was announced.
The Pirate Bay team confirmed to TorrentFreak that they are indeed suffering from a SYN flood that originates from a small botnet. Nothing new for the BitTorrent site, who have decided to make use of the unexpected downtime by doing some maintenance on The Pirate Bay’s backend.
“It’s just a normal SYN flood from a small botnet,” The Pirate Bay team told TorrentFreak
“We’re taking the break to do some much-needed database upgrades. The site will come back as soon as we’re done with that.”
Last month The Pirate Bay moved its operation to the cloud so it’s better able to withstand outside attacks. Although cloud hosting does makes it easier for the site to recover from hardware failure and even a police raid, it is still hard to withstand DDoS attacks.
Despite the occasional downtime The Pirate Bay continues to expand its user base. It’s nearing the list of 50 most visited sites on the Internet and is currently ranked 13th in Sweden.
Source: DDoS Takes Down The Pirate Bay
Study Shows That iPads Help People With Vision Loss Read Faster, More Comfortably
Study Shows That iPads Help People With Vision Loss Read Faster, More Comfortably:
A study was presented at the 116th annual meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology yesterday that shows the benefit of backlit tablet computers like the iPad help patients with vision loss due to eye diseases read at a comfortable level again.
The study looked at all backlit tablets, scoring the iPad highest in terms of helping readers with low vision due to conditions like macular degeneration or diabetic retinopathy read at their previously higher and more comfortable reading level.
The study looked at all backlit tablets, scoring the iPad highest in terms of helping readers with low vision due to conditions like macular degeneration or diabetic retinopathy read at their previously higher and more comfortable reading level.
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Antivirus Firm Founder John McAfee Accused of Murder, Says He's Innocent
Antivirus Firm Founder John McAfee Accused of Murder, Says He's Innocent:
John McAfee, the founder of the world-renowned security solutions provider, is accused of having murdered his neighbor. McAfee claims that he’s innocent and he even believes that he might have been the killer’s target.
It’s no secret to anyone that John McAfee doesn’t get along with authorities from Belize. Back in April, the Gang Suppression Unit raided his home, confiscated his weapons and his passport, killed one of his dogs, and arrested him.
It’s no secret to anyone that John McAfee doesn’t get along with authorities from Belize. Back in April, the Gang Suppression Unit raided his home, confiscated his weapons and his passport, killed one of his dogs, and arrested him.
12 de novembro de 2012
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DDoS Attacks Take Down What.cd, BTN and More BitTorrent Trackers
DDoS Attacks Take Down What.cd, BTN and More BitTorrent Trackers:
BitTorrent trackers are no strangers to DDoS attacks. Pretty much all sites of a respectable size are targeted on occasion by unknown sources. Today is one such day, but this time the source appears to be rather public.
A person using the nickname Zeiko is claiming responsibility for the DDoS action, which was initially intended to force What.cd staff into giving out an invite.
Zeiko joined IRC (Internet Relay Chat) to convince site staff that he already had an account, but when the admins couldn’t find any record of it in the database Zeiko turned his anger on the site.
“What.cd is now being under DDoS attack until I get my invite,” he wrote in What.cd’s IRC channel.
While these kinds of threats are not uncommon, this one proved to be serious when What.cd became unreachable.
Later the same user started a Twitter account using the handle “Zeiko Anonymous” announcing the “Piracy DDoSes” with What.cd as the first target.
But it didn’t stop there. After a few hours Zeiko was looking to inflict more damage, asking whether PassThePopcorn.me (PTP) or Broadcasthe.net (BTN) should be next.
The disgruntled user settled for the latter and announced BTN as Piracy DDoS Project #2. The TV-tracker has been in maintenance mode ever since.
During the day four more attacks were launched against IPTorrents, HDBits, The Vault and SceneAccess.
At the time of writing What.cd, BroadcastTheNet and SceneAccess remain inaccessible. The other sites can be reached but were offline earlier today.
From the looks of it Zeiko (who now hates torrents) is indeed responsible for the downtime at these popular private BitTorrent trackers, but thus far we haven’t been able to get this confirmed by any of the site staff.
One thing’s for certain though, torrent invites are serious business.
Update: The BTN site is back but the tracker remains offline, citing a DDoS attack.
Update: SceneAccess appears to be back online.
Source: DDoS Attacks Take Down What.cd, BTN and More BitTorrent Trackers
BitTorrent trackers are no strangers to DDoS attacks. Pretty much all sites of a respectable size are targeted on occasion by unknown sources. Today is one such day, but this time the source appears to be rather public. A person using the nickname Zeiko is claiming responsibility for the DDoS action, which was initially intended to force What.cd staff into giving out an invite.
Zeiko joined IRC (Internet Relay Chat) to convince site staff that he already had an account, but when the admins couldn’t find any record of it in the database Zeiko turned his anger on the site.
“What.cd is now being under DDoS attack until I get my invite,” he wrote in What.cd’s IRC channel.
Zeiko threatening in IRC
While these kinds of threats are not uncommon, this one proved to be serious when What.cd became unreachable.
Later the same user started a Twitter account using the handle “Zeiko Anonymous” announcing the “Piracy DDoSes” with What.cd as the first target.
But it didn’t stop there. After a few hours Zeiko was looking to inflict more damage, asking whether PassThePopcorn.me (PTP) or Broadcasthe.net (BTN) should be next.
The disgruntled user settled for the latter and announced BTN as Piracy DDoS Project #2. The TV-tracker has been in maintenance mode ever since.
During the day four more attacks were launched against IPTorrents, HDBits, The Vault and SceneAccess.
At the time of writing What.cd, BroadcastTheNet and SceneAccess remain inaccessible. The other sites can be reached but were offline earlier today.
From the looks of it Zeiko (who now hates torrents) is indeed responsible for the downtime at these popular private BitTorrent trackers, but thus far we haven’t been able to get this confirmed by any of the site staff.
One thing’s for certain though, torrent invites are serious business.
Update: The BTN site is back but the tracker remains offline, citing a DDoS attack.
Update: SceneAccess appears to be back online.
Source: DDoS Attacks Take Down What.cd, BTN and More BitTorrent Trackers
10 de novembro de 2012
PME ganham serviço para monitorizar opiniões dos clientes nas redes sociais
PME ganham serviço para monitorizar opiniões dos clientes nas redes sociais: A E.Life lançou na semana passada uma versão da sua plataforma de monitorização e análise de social media para pequenas e médias empresas. O Buzzmonitor permite às PME terem acesso a informação sobre o que se diz sobre si nas redes socais, um serviço que já era disponibilizado pela empresa para grandes organizações e que vem concorrer com outras ofertas que também já cobrem este mercado.
A grande inovação do Buzzmonitor face às ferramentas já disponíveis no mercado, garante a E.Life, está na "capacidade da plataforma para criar uma estrutura de pastas e relatórios customizados, assegurando que os outputs que daí se retiram são de facto orientados a cada um dos negócios".
O preço (que parte dos 390 euros por mês e é definido consoante o número de dados a recolher) será outro fator distintivo da nova oferta, explicou ao TeK Jairson Vitorino, CTO da empresa, que também destaca "o serviço completo de suporte online" associado e o facto de este ser prestado "por uma equipa no país, que já atende clientes portugueses".
"A própria tecnologia, que tem 8 anos de desenvolvimento e já lida com 52 millhões de posts mensalmente" pela empresa a nível global é outro aspecto que a E.Life considera ter a seu favor face à concorrência.
"Em última análise estamos a democratizar um serviço que até agora só estava acessível às companhias globais com algumas dezenas de milhares de euros para pagar pelo software", acredita Jairson Vitorino.
O Buzzmonitor foi apresentado na semana passada e será divulgado no mercado português através de eventos, formações gratuitas em associações e em grupos fechados de empreendedores, parceiros e via Web, adianta o CTO do grupo brasileiro, que até final do próximo ano conta angariar 50 clientes em Portugal, um número para duplicar até final de 2014.
Jairson Vitorino sublinha que muitas PME portuguesas já estão no Facebook "até mais do que as grandes empresas, pois é um investimento pequeno e um retorno excelente", defende. "É só passear numa rua no Porto para ver vários negócios com o "Siga-me no Facebook". Estamos muito entusiasmados quanto a sensibilidade deste mercado aos medias sociais", acrescenta.
A E.Life é especializada na monitorização e análise de interações geradas pelo utilizador em media sociais. Comercializa ferramentas que permitem medir a popularidade das marcas nesse tipo de plataformas e, num modelo de outsourcing, presta serviços de relacionamento nos media sociais a empresas. A tecnologia na base do serviço Buzzmonitor, agora lançado, é usada neste momento por 60 clientes nos mercados onde a E.Life opera (Brasil, Portugal, Espanha e México). Neste universo de clientes 12 são portugueses.
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Cristina A. Ferreira
A grande inovação do Buzzmonitor face às ferramentas já disponíveis no mercado, garante a E.Life, está na "capacidade da plataforma para criar uma estrutura de pastas e relatórios customizados, assegurando que os outputs que daí se retiram são de facto orientados a cada um dos negócios".
O preço (que parte dos 390 euros por mês e é definido consoante o número de dados a recolher) será outro fator distintivo da nova oferta, explicou ao TeK Jairson Vitorino, CTO da empresa, que também destaca "o serviço completo de suporte online" associado e o facto de este ser prestado "por uma equipa no país, que já atende clientes portugueses".
"A própria tecnologia, que tem 8 anos de desenvolvimento e já lida com 52 millhões de posts mensalmente" pela empresa a nível global é outro aspecto que a E.Life considera ter a seu favor face à concorrência.
"Em última análise estamos a democratizar um serviço que até agora só estava acessível às companhias globais com algumas dezenas de milhares de euros para pagar pelo software", acredita Jairson Vitorino.
O Buzzmonitor foi apresentado na semana passada e será divulgado no mercado português através de eventos, formações gratuitas em associações e em grupos fechados de empreendedores, parceiros e via Web, adianta o CTO do grupo brasileiro, que até final do próximo ano conta angariar 50 clientes em Portugal, um número para duplicar até final de 2014.
Jairson Vitorino sublinha que muitas PME portuguesas já estão no Facebook "até mais do que as grandes empresas, pois é um investimento pequeno e um retorno excelente", defende. "É só passear numa rua no Porto para ver vários negócios com o "Siga-me no Facebook". Estamos muito entusiasmados quanto a sensibilidade deste mercado aos medias sociais", acrescenta.
A E.Life é especializada na monitorização e análise de interações geradas pelo utilizador em media sociais. Comercializa ferramentas que permitem medir a popularidade das marcas nesse tipo de plataformas e, num modelo de outsourcing, presta serviços de relacionamento nos media sociais a empresas. A tecnologia na base do serviço Buzzmonitor, agora lançado, é usada neste momento por 60 clientes nos mercados onde a E.Life opera (Brasil, Portugal, Espanha e México). Neste universo de clientes 12 são portugueses.
Escrito ao abrigo do novo Acordo Ortográfico
Cristina A. Ferreira
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Skype Illegally handed over data of alleged Anonymous Paypal Hacker
Skype Illegally handed over data of alleged Anonymous Paypal Hacker:
Dutch media report Skype has Illegally (without court order) distributed a 16 years old user's personal information including user name, real name, email addresses and the home address used for payment to a private company consistently a police investigation into Anonymous-sanctioned cyber attacks on PayPal. <!-- adsense -->In 2011 most of the online payment solution companies blocked donations
Dutch media report Skype has Illegally (without court order) distributed a 16 years old user's personal information including user name, real name, email addresses and the home address used for payment to a private company consistently a police investigation into Anonymous-sanctioned cyber attacks on PayPal. <!-- adsense -->In 2011 most of the online payment solution companies blocked donations
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