MSNBC Peddling Porn on Blogs Using BlogAds?December 12th, 2005 I was surprised (not in a pleasant way) to find MSNBC, which has rented space on my blog through BlogAds is apparently peddling porn on that space. Their ad reads "Welcome to Porn Valley" followed by "MSNBC 12.14.2005" (look on your right).
Linux Worm Exploits PHP XMLRPC VulnerabilityNovember 9th, 2005 There are few reports of an attack by a new Linux worm called Lupper which exploits a well known PHP XMLRPC implementation vulnerability. PHP XMLRPC implementation is used in a large number of popular web applications such as PostNuke, Drupal, b2evolution, Xoops, PHPGroupWare, TikiWiki etc.
Job Search Site Monster Hacked; 1.6 Million User Records StolenAugust 23rd, 2007 A Trojan horse, with a descriptive name Infostealer.Monstres, was used to steal more than 1.6 million records from several hundred thousand people who posted resumes on Monster.com, Symantec has reported. The personal details of hundreds of thousands of candidates, such as name, surname, email address, country, home address, work/mobile/home phone numbers and resume ID etc.
An Bad Case of Over Design - Designing for ElderlyJanuary 7th, 2006 So your Mom recently handed you the task of replacing your "grandmother's ancient Macintosh with something she could use to connect to the Internet just to send email". Background: Your grandma is 89 years old, has a touch of Alzheimer's, and for the last decade or so, she has been running Macintosh System 7.5 on an old LC II.
Prepare for Google Music Store (GMusic?)May 24th, 2006 Rumors are rife about Google's venture into lucrative online music store market, thereby competing with Apple's highly successful iPod. Declan finds that Google has added /music to its robots.txt file, potentially indicating the site can come up anytime.
YouTube says Warner Music artists to return in the coming months; complete catalog by year-endSeptember 30th, 2009 YouTube says Warner Music videos back in monthsLOS ANGELES — YouTube says music videos from Warner Music Group Corp. will return to the video site in the coming months after a nine-month dispute over deal terms.
Amazon Will Target Apple's iPod With its Portable Digital Music PlayerFebruary 21st, 2006 Amazon is preparing to launch its own portable digital music player in direct competition to Apple's iPod. The plan is interesting for its business model.
Fake Google Toolbar Installs Trojan BackdoorJuly 24th, 2006 Scammers have set up an exact copy of the download page for Google’s Toolbar plug-in in an attempt to lure users to download Trojan backdoor (W32.Ranky.FW), Surfcontrol reports. Some versions of the scam even spoof the correct Google Toolbar web address for Internet Explorer, using Google’s own redirection service in an attempt to hide the real, non-Google address.
Steve Jobs Advocates Abolishing DRMFebruary 7th, 2007 Steve Jobs in his Thoughts on Music article explores the alternatives to DRM going forward. He explores three options - 1.
AIM based Trojan (Oscarbot) installs backdoor on PCMay 9th, 2005 Oscarbot(aka Doyorg), an windows only Trojan, continued to spread on Monday among America Online instant messaging clients. It installs backdoor on the infected PC when users click on a link within lines like "hey check out this" or "i thought youd wanna see this" from a buddy on their AIM contact list.
Intelligent Multiagent Music System (Inmamusys) can compose music by its own!June 2nd, 2009 WASHINGTON - A group of UGR researchers have come up with a software program that can enable a person who knows nothing about musical compositions to create an original one on his/her own. Project leaders Miguel Delgado, Waldo Fajardo, and Miguel Molina have revealed that their prototype Intelligent Multiagent Music System (Inmamusys) can compose and play music in real time.
DRM Free MP3 From YahooJuly 21st, 2006 Yahoo for the first time is offering a popular song for sale unprotected by any anti-copying technology. It's a one-time deal with record label Epic that Yahoo mentioned as significant progress toward its goal of eventually selling all music downloads with no restrictions.
Court: Yahoo's LAUNCHcast music service is not 'interactive'; no separate license deals neededAugust 21st, 2009 Court: Yahoo's LAUNCHcast not 'interactive'LOS ANGELES — A federal appeals court in New York says Yahoo's LAUNCHcast music service is not "interactive" enough to require separate licensing deals with recording labels. The 2nd U.S.
Apple Hits One Billion With iTunesFebruary 24th, 2006 Apple users have downloaded over 1 billion songs from the iTunes Music Store since it was launched in April 2003. The magic number was hit at roughly 12:38am EST on Thursday morning, according to TUAW.
Apple iPod Patent Lawsuit on HorizonDecember 8th, 2005 Apple could be in for a big legal fight with competitor Creative over the navigation technology used in iPod music players. Creative CEO Sim Wong Hoo plans to pursue aggressively a US patent it owns on a system used to navigate music on digital players.