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EcoATM rolls out automated phone recycling machines across the US in 2012

Submitted by Andre Timokhin on Mon, 01/16/2012 - 16:58
EcoATM is preparing to rollout a fully automated phone recycling machine across the US during 2012. The machine, which pays cash for a variety of portable electronic devices, was displayed at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas and is already available at a number of locations in California.
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House Kills SOPA

Submitted by Andre Timokhin on Mon, 01/16/2012 - 16:54
In a surprise move today, Representative Eric Cantor(R-VA) announced that he will stop all action on SOPA, effectively killing the bill. This move was most likely due to several things. One of those things is that SOPA and PIPA met huge online protest against the bills. Another reason would be that the White House threatened to veto the bill if it had passed. However, it isn't quite time yet to celebrate, as PIPA(the Senate's version of SOPA) is still up for consideration.
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Massive Increase in Boot Time Malware is Reported by Researchers

Submitted by Andre Timokhin on Wed, 08/24/2011 - 11:12
In the August 2011 Symantec Intelligence Report, the company noted there have already been as many new boot time malware threats detected in the first seven months of 2011 as there were in the previous three years. Also known as MBR (master boot record) threats, the malware infects an area of the hard disk that makes them one of the first things to be read and executed when a computer is turned on. This enables the threats to effectively dodge many security defenses.
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Google Aquires Motorola Mobility for 12.5 billion

Submitted by Andre Timokhin on Mon, 08/15/2011 - 14:18
Google and Motorola Mobility have announced an agreement whereby Google will acquire Motorola for $12.5 billion. The acquisition price equates to $40 per share of Motorola stock, or a premium of 63% over Friday’s closing price. The move is considered in part to be an effort that will better-align Google to compete with Apple’s iPhone, which owned two-thirds of profits among the world’s top-8 smartphone vendors in the second quarter.
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DEFCON - 4G and CDMA Hacked

Submitted by Andre Timokhin on Wed, 08/10/2011 - 10:24

At the DEFCON 19 hacking conferencea full man-in-the-middle (MITM) attack was successfully launched against all 4G and CDMA transmissions in and around the venue at the Rio Hotel in Las Vegas. This MITM attack allowed hackers to gain permanent kernel-level root access to Android and PC devices using a rootkit in some, and non-persistent user space access in others. In both cases, this attack on CDMA and 4G devices was able to steal data and monitor conversations.

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Thousands of compromised WordPress blogs infect Google Image Search

Submitted by Andre Timokhin on Tue, 08/09/2011 - 18:59

Google Image Search has for a while now been littered with images that lure users to compromised sites that serve as doorway pages to other malicious sites.
Part of the problem is that these compromised sites often use the WordPress publishing platform, which is infamous for the great number of security bugs that make it such a preferred target.

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15 Ubuntu Power User Tips and Tricks

Submitted by Andre Timokhin on Tue, 08/09/2011 - 12:45

Here are a few tips you should try out if you are an avid Ubuntu Linux user:

1. Get lightning fast and clever at the command line
You can use keyboard shortcuts and other command line tricks to make entering commands easier and faster. You might already know about the ‘tab’ key which completes partial commands and even file and directory names.

Here are some other keyboard shortcuts you can use within terminal:

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Macs More Vulnerable Than Windows For Enterprise

Submitted by Andre Timokhin on Tue, 08/09/2011 - 11:07

[b]Black Hat[/b] Apple may have built its [url=http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/07/21/mac_os_x_lion_security/]most secure Mac operating system yet[/url], but a prominent security consultancy is advising enterprise clients to steer clear of adopting large numbers of the machines.

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North Korea Accused of Hacking Online Games For Profit

Submitted by Andre Timokhin on Tue, 08/09/2011 - 00:18

According to South Korean authorities, North Korean computer experts were tasked with raising money by attacking the servers of popular online games
and using automated software to accumulate in-game enhancements they
could sell to legitimate players. "In a little less than two years, the
police said, the organizers made $6 million. The North Korean computer
experts were each required to send at least $500 a month back to the

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Ubuntu Oneiric Ocelot Alpha 3 Released

Submitted by Andre Timokhin on Mon, 08/08/2011 - 23:46

Welcome to Oneiric Ocelot Alpha 3, which will in time become Ubuntu 11.10.

Pre-releases of Oneiric Ocelot are *NOT* encouraged for anyone needing a stable system or anyone who is not comfortable running into occasional, even frequent breakage. They are, however, recommended for Ubuntu developers and those who want to help in testing, reporting, and fixing bugs.

Alpha 3 is the second in a series of milestone images that will be released throughout the Oneiric development cycle.

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