Archive for November 12, 2009
Command & Conquer 4: Tiberian Twilight gets a launch date
Nov 12th
Forget Modern Warfare 2, the real action is coming out on March 16 when C&C 4 is released. Teasers and trailers have been slowly filtering out over the last few months but EA finally let released the launch date. I’m already making my construction paper chain to count down the days. Oh, and there’s good news if you’re going to pre-order the game.
http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/11/12/command-conquer-4-tiberian-twilight-gets-a-launch-date/
Xbox console ban is ‘permanent’
Nov 12th
Thousands of Xbox 360 owners who have been cut off from Microsoft’s Xbox Live service will have to buy a new console if they want to play online again. Microsoft told BBC News that banned machines will be permanently barred and “unable to connect to Xbox Live”
Pre-Release Music Piracy: Further Arrests, Exec Loses Job
Nov 12th
During the summer, TorrentFreak learned that major online music piracy group DV8 suffered a serious setback after a music industry investigation led to arrests. In September our sources leaked information that a label executive had also been arrested. Now fresh details have emerged concerning his fate and news of yet more arrests.
http://torrentfreak.com/pre-release-music-piracy-further-arrests-exec-loses-job-091112/
Intel and AMD settle legal rows
Nov 12th
US chip maker Intel has agreed to pay rival AMD $1.25bn as part of a deal to settle all outstanding legal disputes between the two companies
Flash Vulnerability Found, Adobe Says No Fix Forthcoming
Nov 12th
The basic policy for Actionscript is very close to the Javascript same-origin policy: A Flash object can only access content from the domain it originated from. There are exceptions, which I’ll get into another time, but they actually aren’t particularly important. This flash behavior is known and documented, but is not particularly well-understood, even within the Web Application Security community. The important difference, of course, is that flash objects are not web pages. A flash object does not need to be injected into a web page to execute- simply loading the content is enough. Let’s consider the implications of this policy for a moment: If I can get a Flash object onto your server, I can execute scripts in the context of your domain.
http://www.foregroundsecurity.com/MyBlog/flash-origin-policy-issues.html
Confirmed: Latest OS X won’t work on Atom netbooks
Nov 12th
Apple’s latest build for Mac OS X has been changed to not run on Intel’s Atom processors, much to the dismay of the ‘hackintosh’ community that specialise in running the operating system on PCs.
Some types of technology are about to bite the dust, says study
Nov 12th
DVD players, satnavs, smartphone chargers and dongles could all end up obsolete and dumped by the wayside as soon as next year, according to the latest research from Pixmania, the largest electronics retailer in Europe.
http://www.geekwithlaptop.com/some-types-of-technology-are-about-to-bite-the-dust-says-study
MPAA Shuts Down Town’s Municipal WiFi Over 1 Download
Nov 12th
“The MPAA has successfully shut down an entire town’s municipal WiFi because a single user was found to be downloading a copyrighted movie. Rather than being embarrassed by this gross example of collective punishment (a practice outlawed in the Geneva conventions) against Coshocton, OH, the MPAA’s spokeslizard took the opportunity to cry poor (even though the studios are bringing in record box-office and aftermarket receipts).”
http://www.boingboing.net/2009/11/12/mpaa-shuts-down-enti.html
Top 10 horror movies to watch on Friday the 13th!!
Nov 12th
- Oh snap!
Depending on where you are in the world, today or tomorrow, is Friday the 13th, as many of you may have realized.
This is a great time to rip out your old horror DVD’s and scare yourself silly.
I went on a little trip to IMDB and found the top 10 horror movies, to watch today. Read the rest of this entry »
Apple's Soaring Pile Of Cash
Nov 12th
Apple brought Steve Jobs back to the company in December 1996. Since then, he’s been building a massive pile of cash, rolling out new product after new product.
