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Saturday Afternoon
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Saturday, 18-August-2007 16:28:59 (GMT +10) - by Agg
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A pile of news from Paul:
Apparently content "bought" on Google Video is going away soon. The abrupt change as noted in an AP report should prove illuminating to people who are not familiar with how remote management of DRM works. Content they thought they owned, but didn't under Google Video's terms of service, will simply go away this week. More info here on BoingBoing.
Here's an interesting twist on an online scam: you get invited out to meet somewhere, and while you're gone, your house is robbed. In one case, when the victim went out to meet the fictional woman, his home was robbed while he was gone.
Now you can stay in touch with people via shadow lamps. In the base of the lamp is a projector that takes input from the video camera that users of the Teleshadow system have in their homes. Strange.
Microsoft are having some trouble with their plan to beam internet via unused TV channels. While FCC Chairman Kevin Martin said he wants the white spaces to be utilized, he's facing resistance from TV broadcasters, who fear that it won't work and would cause problems with TV programming and with a federally mandated transition from analog to digital signals in early 2009.
Some French kid is in trouble for allegedly posting a translation of Harry Potter before the official one. The seventh volume of the Harry Potter saga is the fastest selling book in history, publishers say, with about 11 million English-language copies sold in the first 24 hours.
Meanwhile an Australian man is in hot water due to suspicion he recorded the Simpsons Movie with his phone and uploaded it to the internet. "More and more often, international films are being released [on the same] day and date, so this particular film was on in Australia on the same day as the US, but in fact before the screenings in the US." More info here.
Still close to home, QLD Police will be working closer with eBay to help resolve disputes. "Effectively, the Queensland Police Service is acting as the coordinating authority in Australia for complaints about online marketplace transactions," Ms Spence said.
Malware is serious business lately. Selling malware is becoming a real business, complete with advertising, marketing, and service after the sale, a university researcher reported this weekend.
Also ransomware is a new trend. "Hello, your files are encrypted with RSA-4096 algorithm," it began. "To decrypt your files you need to buy our software. The price is $300".
Picking physical locks is a growing sport. I watched a 12-year-old girl bump a high security lock, used in government buildings around the country; one that was supposedly impervious to this type of attack. Who do we blame for this, the young girl, a company who makes claims that are questionable or do we do neither and learn from the experience?
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