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FBI arrests 24 carders in online sting, UGNazi leader is among them
The FBI arrested 24 hackers from across the globe, including the leader and members of the global hacking group UGNazi on Tuesday. The people arrested were all men and ranged from 18 to 25-years old Hackers from the US, Norway, Australia, Japan, Italy and the UK were included in the massive operation. Eleven people were arrested in the United States, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the ...read more
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Lulzsec pair plead guilty to hacking, two more deny charges
Ryan Cleary and Jake Davis are two individuals who were suspected to be involved with hacking group Lulzsec, an outfit claiming responsibility for several high-profile attacks in the gaming industry in 2011. Lulzsec is perhaps best known for its attack against Sony as retaliation for legal actions against George Hotz, the guy who rooted the PS3. Cleary, who is 19, and Davis, the younger of the ...read more
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Malware causing printers to create "garbled printouts"
If you work in an office and recently have seen your printer suddenly start creating documents out of the blue, you are not alone. According to an update on the Symantec web site this week, a recent outbreak of a PC malware program called Trojan.Milicenso might be to blame. The malware is supposed to target PCs. Symantec says that for the past two weeks, the trojan has made itself known mostly ...read more
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Did this 1985 film coin the phrase 'information superhighway'?
While Al Gore may not have "invented the Internet", he did claim to introduce the term "information superhighway" in a 1978 presentation to computer industry officials (at least according to Wikipedia). One of the first printed references to the phrase came from the Jan. 3, 1983, issue of Newsweek, in which it referenced "… information superhighways being built of fiber-optic cable will link ...read more
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Rumor: Assassin's Creed 3 PC delayed to November
Assassin's Creed 3 for PC will allegedly launch in November, according to a Eurogamer publishing informant. Eurogamer reports it was tipped about the delay by a source, who provided a promotional image for the Czech Republic featuring the November date. Ubisoft told Eurogamer in follow-up, "The Windows PC release date is still to be announced." Awkward. Okay, we asked Ubisoft to clarify the PC ...read more
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Dreamworks is making the Need for Speed movie
Back in April, we heard that EA, script in hand, was courting several film companies (Paramount, Warner Bros. and Sony, specifically) over the prospect of making a movie based on the Need For Speed franchise. As it turns out, Dreamworks has taken the bait and will be fastracking the project for a 2014 release, the company announced today. The screenplay, penned by brothers George and John ...read more
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BT now blocking the Pirate Bay in the UK
Customers of BT's Internet service in the UK are the latest to get a notice stating they can no longer access The Pirate Bay. News.com reports that today BT started to block access to The Pirate Bay website. Users who try to check out the main web site now get a message that says simply, "Error - site blocked". A court decision back in April ruled that a number of ISPs in the UK had to keep their ...read more
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Microsoft announces Surface tablet at Los Angeles event
The Microsoft Big Announcement Speculation Game can finally come to an end, as the company announced a new tablet device called Microsoft Surface this afternoon during a Los Angeles press event. Microsoft calls it the "companion hardware innovation" for Windows 8, an OS that was designed to work on mobile devices specifically. The Surface includes a kickstand built in to the device, as well as ...read more
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EA, Wooga pulling games from Google Plus
PopCap and Wooga-developed games will disappear from Google's social media platform, Google+. Wooga shut down Monster World prior to May 1, issuing their own "goodbye" to Google+. Electronic Arts will remove Bejeweled Blitz from the service on Monday in order to "redeploy our resources to other adaptations of Bejeweled," a PopCap spokesman told All Things D. A Wooga customer care ...read more
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