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European Parliament resolution against ACTA secrecy passes

Steve — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:16:28 +0000

A new European Parliament resolution calling for transparency of Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement negotiations was approved Wednesday with 633 votes in favor, 13 against, and 16 abstentions.

European Parliament to force ACTA transparency

Steve — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:42:24 +0000

A new European Parliament resolution calls for further Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement negotiations to be conducted in the open, with negotiating texts made available both to Parliament and to the public.

Flaw discovered in OpenSSL library

Steve — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 22:38:21 +0000

University of Michigan scientists have discovered a bug in the widely used OpenSSL cryptographic library that may allow an attacker to discover the private key of an RSA keypair without physically tampering with a device or the software running on it.

FreeNAS 0.8 to use Django for web interface

Steve — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 19:30:00 +0000

The FreeNAS project has announced the roadmap for version 0.8 of the free software NAS distribution, and plans to switch over to Django for the web interface.

Western Digital enters the SSD market

Steve — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 17:05:50 +0000

Western Digital has decided to take on the established consumer SSD players like Intel and OCZ with their own SiliconEdge Blue line of solid state drives.

Windows 7 RC users, the end has arrived

Steve — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 20:40:10 +0000

If you're still using the Windows 7 release candidate, today is a great day to move to the retail version, because the operating system will soon begin shutting down every 2 hours without warning.

On the recent Microsoft document leak

Steve — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:41:51 +0000

The recent Microsoft document leak serves as an example for everyone, what companies shouldn't do if they want to keep information secret, and what you should know about the information service providers collect and store about you.

China PLA officer urges new Internet control agency

Steve — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 16:56:45 +0000

A Chinese major general has called for a new national body to enforce Internet controls, while China faced fresh claims on Monday about the source of hacking attacks that hit search giant Google.

Competition in the SSD market heats up

Steve — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 20:53:22 +0000

The entire SSD market has become fiercely competitive, threatening Intel's place as market leader. Offerings from Crucial and others are now so fast that the SATA 3Gb interface is limiting speeds.

Califonia plans to tax Amazon sales

Steve — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 19:52:40 +0000

The California state senate passed on Thursday a bill aimed at recovering lost sales tax revenue from online retailers like Amazon and Overstock.