http://thehardware.net Hardware & Tech News Portal Wed, 01 Oct 2008 21:52:30 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en AP - British band Oasis is joining the music rush to the Internet. Go to Source http://thehardware.net/2008/10/01/british-band-oasis-launching-new-album-on-myspace-ap/ 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. Go to Source http://thehardware.net/2008/10/01/cell-phone-rings-with-comic-invention-reuters/ Adobe handkerchief solves streaming snafu Amazon has plugged a potentially revenue-draining flaw in its video streaming service by incorporating content encryption.… Go to Source http://thehardware.net/2008/10/01/amazon-plugs-video-leak-flaw/ 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.… Go to Source http://thehardware.net/2008/10/01/ransomware-author-tracked-down-but-not-nicked/ 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.… Go to Source http://thehardware.net/2008/10/01/uk-banking-fraud-losses-rise-to-3017m/ 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 ... http://thehardware.net/2008/10/01/elvis-has-left-the-border-epassport-faking-guide-unleashed/ 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.… Go to Source http://thehardware.net/2008/10/01/ucsniff-voip-eavesdropping-made-easy/ 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. Go to Source http://thehardware.net/2008/10/01/ibm-offers-free-lotus-inotes-for-apples-iphone-newsfactor/ 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. Go to Source http://thehardware.net/2008/10/01/apple-drops-secrecy-pledge-for-iphone-developers-ap/ 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. Go to Source http://thehardware.net/2008/10/01/fans-to-build-own-radio-as-slacker-takes-on-ipod-reuters/