Reuters - Sarah Ruhl’s “Dead Man’s Cell Phone,” in its West Coast premiere, is wildly clever and very funny, like a frothy opera (without music, that is) by Rossini, tinged by campy overtones of Edward Gorey.
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"Cell Phone" rings with comic invention (Reuters)
Amazon plugs video leak flaw
Adobe handkerchief solves streaming snafu
Amazon has plugged a potentially revenue-draining flaw in its video streaming service by incorporating content encryption.…
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Ransomware author tracked down, but not nicked
Is Russia soft on cybercrime?
The Russian VXer who created the infamous Gpcode ransomware Trojan has been identified - but an early arrest isn’t likely.…
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UK banking fraud losses rise to £301.7m
More financial jollity
UK banking losses due to fraud in the first half of 2008 hit £301.7m compared to £263.6m in the same period last year, according to the latest figures from UK banking association APACS.…
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Elvis has left the border: ePassport faking guide unleashed
Not good enough to work - probably
The Hacker’s Choice (THC) has released details of a procedure that allows you to “create a backup of your own passport chip(s)” - or, if you were that way inclined, use a modified chip to build a fake ePassport that will not be detected by at least some passport [...]
UCSniff - VoIP eavesdropping made easy
Press 1 for CEO wiretap
A security consultant with expertise in protecting phone conversations as they travel over the internet has unveiled a new tool that demonstrates just how vulnerable voice over internet protocol, or VoIP, calls are to interception.…
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IBM Offers Free Lotus iNotes for Apple’s iPhone (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - IBM has launched an iPhone-specific version of the company’s popular Lotus Notes collaboration software. Called Lotus iNotes ultralite, the free download gives mobile business users the ability to securely connect to Lotus Notes and Domino e-mail accounts.
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Apple drops secrecy pledge for iPhone developers (AP)
AP - Apple Inc. will no longer force iPhone software developers to sign a nondisclosure agreement that many had said was hampering their ability to work.
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Fans to build own radio as Slacker takes on iPod (Reuters)
Reuters - Is it an iPod? Is it an old-fashioned transistor radio? These are the questions the Slacker portable digital music player will have to answer when it hits U.S. stores this month in time for the lucrative holiday season.
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