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[Washington Post] "Microsoft isn't living up to its agreement with the federal government to allow Windows users to remove access to the company's programs and choose competitors' products, a group funded by Microsoft's rivals said Wednesday" [Washington Post]
"Striking back against a computer that is attacking you may be illegal under United States law, but a security researcher says people should be allowed to neutralize one that is unwittingly spreading destructive worms like "Nimda." [Source CNN]
As reported on slashdot there is a article today about some WiFi honey-pots being setup to see what hackers and bandwidth hijackers are doing with the data and tools they are using. Pretty interesting stuff. [Source SecurityFocus]
USATODAY is Reporting "More than 200 Internet-based radio stations have shut down because of a royalty fee that takes effect in September, and more are closing daily."
Geek News Central was offline last night due to our hosting provider having suffered a severe attack on their facilities. They took services offline in order to protect the integrity of all of there customers data. It is sad when people feel propelled to do this type of activity.
The hatchet has dropped and many many more will follow. Enjoy those radio webcast while you can. The idiots of the RIAA probably already have destroyed Net Radio unless something dramatic happens most webasting net radio stations will be extinct before the end of the year. [Source Yahoo] The best weblog article I have seen on this today is over
Well add hacking to the list of things that can get you sent to prison for life. I do not know how one defines Malicious Hacking but apparently the House of Representatives has it all figured out [Source Internet News]