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McAfee have released a report on Operation Shady RAT, apparently the biggest organised hacking campaign ever. The governments of the United States, Canada, and South Korea, as well as the UN, the International Olympic Committee, and 12 US defense contractors were among those hacked in a five-year hacking campaign dubbed "Operation Shady RAT" by security firm McAfee, which revealed the attacks. Many of the penetrations were long-term, with 19 intrusions lasting more than a year, and five lasting more than two. Targets were found in 14 different countries, across North America, Europe, India, and East Asia. More here, but others say it's overblown.
Quakecon 2011 was on this weekend, and there's an interesting, but lengthy, keynote speech from John Carmack. Among other things, he talks about their upcoming game Rage, 6 years in the making. PCPerspective have day 1 coverage too. Quakecon is the largest LAN party in North America and typically draws thousands of gamers from all over the world.
Meanwhile in a move guaranteed to enrage gamers everywhere, Bethesda are lawyering up on Minecraft creator Notch, claiming his new game infringes on their upcoming release. That is referring to Scrolls, the new game in the works from Notch’s company Mojang Specifications – it’s a strategy, fantasy title reminiscent of collectible card games, and it was announced back in March 2011, after being in the planning stages for at least five years.
Megaupload are also being sued, for copyright infringement. The most interesting part of this is the guy allegedly behind it all, the "Kim Dotcom" person who used to have the (now defunct) kimble.org, which I remember as being full of photos of his fast cars etc. More here. Embedded below is the unfortunate ruling from Judge Irma Gonzalez, who mostly ruled against MegaUpload in its motion to dismiss the lawsuit. You can read the whole thing, but the truly scary part for me is where the court says MegaUpload may be guilty of direct infringement.
On the other hand, the British Government seems to be suggesting that copyright has gone too far. The British government today pledged (PDF) to enact significant changes to copyright law, including orphan works reforms and the introduction of new copyright exceptions. And the tone of the comments was surprising: the government agrees that "copyright currently over-regulates to the detriment of the UK." CD (and perhaps DVD) ripping for personal use should become legal at last—and the government is even keen to see that the consumer rights granted by law can't simply be taken away by contract (such as a "EULA" sticker on a CD demanding that a disk not be ripped).
Mars may have liquid salt water on its surface, NASA have announced. At a few spots, the meager warmth of martian summer seems able to coax enough liquid water out of the ground to darken the soil in streaks. The marks, which sometimes number in the hundreds, grow downhill hundreds of meters only to fade with the winter cold. And where there is liquid water, as they say, there could be life.
Bjorn3D have a guide to building a quiet ultimate gaming PC. Building computer systems can be a slightly confusing to those that have never seen or worked with computer hardware. Bjorn3D has teamed up with AcousticPC to bring you a half-hour complete overview of what you will need to build your next quiet high-performance gaming system.
TechWareLabs toured Zotac's factory in China. We were taken through several buildings at the Zotac facilities where we were shown everything from the shipping and receiving department to assembly and finally testing. In addition to these areas we were taken into the more sensitive areas like Q&A and stress testing. What you see below is our photo coverage from several areas.
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