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    Facebook simplifies privacy settings, calls them too complex 02/07/2009 05:48:00

    The social-networking site is also getting ready to let members share content with anyone on the Internet
    Facebook will simplify the way in which it offers privacy options to its users, as it gets ready to give its members for the first time the option to make the content they post on their profiles available to anyone on the Internet.
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    Internet cafe company offers $US7.8 million for The Pirate Bay 30/06/2009 22:40:00

    Users cry foul, and label founders as sell-outs
    The owners of The Pirate Bay have agreed to sell the site to a Swedish Internet cafe operator for 60 million Swedish kronor (US$7.8 million), the company said on Tuesday.Global Gaming Factory X (GGF) said it wants to find ways to pay content providers and copyright holders when their content is downloaded via The Pirate Bay, which tracks who is sharing files over the BitTorrent peer-to-peer service.
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    Blind phone hacker gets 11-year sentence 30/06/2009 08:24:00

    Known as 'Little Hacker,' he'd use the 911 system to send SWAT teams to victims' houses
    A blind Boston-area teenager was sentenced to more than 11 years in prison Friday for hacking into the telephone network and harassing the Verizon investigator who was building a case against him.
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    Michael Jackson death spurs spam, viruses 27/06/2009 09:20:00

    Michael Jackson spam and malware appeared minutes after news of his death
    Less than 24 hours after Michael Jackson's death, fraudsters are exploiting public interest with their attempts to spread spam and malware. Security researchers say they've observed hundreds of cases of malicious messages masquerading as information about Jackson's death. Some of them, they say, popped up within minutes of the news.
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    iPhone 3GS is jailbreakable. Does it matter? 27/06/2009 03:10:00

    The new phone is susceptible to the same jailbreak and unlock techniques used on earlier iPhone models.
    The hack masters at the iPhone Dev Team earlier today announced the iPhone 3GS is officially jailbreakable. The news comes less than a week after Apple released the latest iteration of its wonder gadget featuring new toys like video capability and a digital compass. The Dev Team said that while the iPhone 3GS jailbreak poses some extra technical difficulties, the new phone is susceptible to the same jailbreak and unlock techniques used on earlier iPhone models.
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    Post-acquisition, MessageLabs harmonizes with Symantec 25/06/2009 04:21:00

    Symantec is tapping MessageLabs' expertise in software as a service to develop more hosted products
    Symantec has taken a relatively hands-off approach with its integration of hosted messaging provider MessageLabs since its acquisition of the company in November 2008, according to MessageLabs' former CEO.
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    EC proposes creation of centralized security data agency 25/06/2009 04:04:00

    Passport, visa and fingerprint data are to be housed under one roof for starters
    The European Commission took a big step toward creating an enhanced pan-European system of security and surveillance Wednesday when it launched a proposal to set up a new independent agency to manage massive IT systems used by border control authorities.
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    Dutch antipiracy organization takes aim at Pirate Bay 25/06/2009 04:34:00

    The Pirate Bay founders were summoned using Facebook and Twitter
    The Pirate Bay is the target of yet another legal case -- the Dutch antipiracy organization BREIN wants to close the file-sharing site in the Netherlands, and wants to see its founders appear in the Amsterdam district court on July 21, it said Tuesday.
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    Antivirus testing outfit: Windows Security Essentials makes the grade 25/06/2009 08:04:00

    Rivals ding Microsoft's free antivirus software, but AV-Test.org says it's 'very good'
    Microsoft's free security software passed a preliminary antivirus exam with flying colors, an independent testing company said today.
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    Adobe issues update for Shockwave Player 25/06/2009 06:16:00

    The patch fixes a vulnerability that is remotely exploitable
    Adobe Systems has released a patch for its Shockwave Player to fix a critical vulnerability, the company wrote on its security blog on Tuesday.
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    Fraudsters try to scam security expert on eBay 23/06/2009 03:23:00

    The first buyer of his laptop used a hacked account, the second tried to trick him into sending it without payment
    When security expert Bruce Schneier tried to sell a used laptop on eBay, he thought it would be easy. Instead, a sale was aborted twice -- first by a scammer using a hacked eBay account and then by a buyer who tried to trick Schneier into sending her the laptop after she cancelled payment.
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