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Today's Topics:
1. TJX breach shows that encryption can be foiled (Monty Solomon)
2. iTunes Introduces Complete My Album (Monty Solomon)
3. Apple TV Now Shipping (Monty Solomon)
4. Apple to Offer Major League Baseball Video Highlights on the
iTunes Store (Monty Solomon)
5. Google "Aibrushing History" with Pre-Katrina Images
(George Antunes)
6. Suspected Movie "Pirates" Arrested (George Antunes)
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Message: 1
Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2007 09:38:56 -0400
From: Monty Solomon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Medianews] TJX breach shows that encryption can be foiled
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TJX breach shows that encryption can be foiled
By Ross Kerber, Globe Staff | March 31, 2007
The Boston Globe
Encryption alone is no panacea for threats to consumer data,
according to specialists who say the technology's limit can be seen
in the problems reported by TJX Cos. of Framingham.
The notion of using complex math formulas to scramble electronic
information is gaining steam as a way to protect individuals'
privacy, an area of growing concern for retailers and banks as data
thefts become more brazen.
But recent details to emerge on how hackers accessed the parent of
stores including T.J. Maxx and Marshalls show how encryption can be
defeated by clever thieves -- and suggest the breach may have been an
inside job.
A securities filing by TJX on Wednesday disclosed that the incident
may have compromised more than 45 million credit and debit card
numbers, the most in any single incident. In the filing, TJX also
stated that "we believe that the intruder had access to the
decryption tool for the encryption software utilized by TJX."
TJX spokeswoman Sherry Lang declined to elaborate on the document,
but outside security consultants say the language hints that a
company employee or contractor, or someone known by an employee or
contractor, was able to gain access to TJX's computers and obtain the
formula needed to unscramble data.
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http://www.boston.com/business/globe/articles/2007/03/31/tjx_breach_shows_that_encryption_can_be_foiled/
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Message: 2
Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2007 09:41:53 -0400
From: Monty Solomon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Medianews] iTunes Introduces Complete My Album
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iTunes Introduces Complete My Album
Turns Individual Songs Into Complete Albums at Reduced Prices
CUPERTINO, California-March 29, 2007-Apple today announced Complete
My Album, a groundbreaking new iTunes service that allows customers
to turn their individual tracks into a complete album at a reduced
price by giving them a full 99 cent credit for every track they have
previously purchased from that album.
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http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2007/03/29itunes.html
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Message: 3
Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2007 09:44:34 -0400
From: Monty Solomon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Medianews] Apple TV Now Shipping
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Apple TV Now Shipping
Watch Internet-Delivered Movies, Movie Trailers, TV Shows, Music,
Podcasts & Photos on Your Widescreen TV
CUPERTINO, California-March 21, 2007-Apple? is now shipping Apple
TV?, an easy to use and fun way to wirelessly play all your favorite
iTunes? content from your PC or Mac? on your widescreen TV, including
movies, TV shows, music, photos and podcasts. With Apple TV's
stunning new interface, anyone can quickly browse and view their
entire collection of digital media from across the room using the
simple and intuitive Apple Remote. Apple TV easily connects to almost
all modern widescreen televisions.
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http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2007/03/21appletv.html
http://www.apple.com/appletv/
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Message: 4
Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2007 09:45:28 -0400
From: Monty Solomon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Medianews] Apple to Offer Major League Baseball Video
Highlights on the iTunes Store
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Apple to Offer Major League Baseball Video Highlights on the
iTunes Store
CUPERTINO, California-March 30, 2007-Apple today announced it will be
offering Major League Baseball video highlights for the 2007 season
on the iTunes Store (www.itunes.com), giving baseball fans the
ability to catch all the action of their favorite teams anywhere,
anytime. MLB video on iTunes will include a daily 25 minute "MLB.com
Daily Rewind" highlight show and two weekly "Games of the Week,"
featuring full versions of the best games from the National and
American Leagues. Customers will be able to download individual
episodes of "MLB.com Daily Rewind" and each "Game of the Week" for
$1.99, or purchase a Multi-Pass for a month of Daily Rewind shows for
$7.99 or a Season Pass for every "Game of the Week" at just $19.99.
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http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2007/03/30itunes.html
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Message: 5
Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2007 18:12:54 -0600
From: George Antunes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Medianews] Google "Aibrushing History" with Pre-Katrina
Images
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Google "Aibrushing History" with Pre-Katrina Images, Subcommittee Says
Written by Jason Kobely
Associated Press Internet News Producer
03/31/2007
http://www.news10.net/display_story.aspx?storyid=26124
NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- A congressional subcommittee wants to know why Google
is using outdated satellite imagery of New Orleans on its site.
The pictures show the city before Hurricane Katrina struck and replace post
hurricane pictures that were there. The House committee chairman said the
use of old imagery does an
"injustice" to Katrina's victims by "airbrushing history."
Google's director for maps and satellite imagery said a combination of
factors, including resolution and clarity, goes into deciding what imagery
to use.
He said efforts to post more current imagery are under way.
The House committee has given Google until April 6 to disclose who made the
decision to replace the imagery and to reveal whether the company was
contacted by any government entity about changing the pictures.
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George Antunes, Political Science Dept
University of Houston; Houston, TX 77204
Voice: 713-743-3923 Fax: 713-743-3927
antunes at uh dot edu
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Message: 6
Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2007 19:03:03 -0600
From: George Antunes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Medianews] Suspected Movie "Pirates" Arrested
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Suspected Movie "Pirates" Arrested
Written by C. Johnson
Associated Press
03/30/2007
http://www.news10.net/display_story.aspx?storyid=26094
A Stockton, California couple arrested for illegally distributing
copyrighted movies, DVDs and music CDs from locations in Stockton entered
guilty pleas to criminal copyright infringement charges Friday.
Jesus Huerta, 49, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit criminal copyright
infringement and criminal copyright infringement. Rosa Isela Huerta, 40,
pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit criminal copyright infringement.
An investigation by the Sacramento Valley High Tech Crimes Task Force
determined the Huertas distributed counterfeit movies and music between
September 2005 to about October 5, 2005 from a Stockton storefront. Law
enforcement recovered more than 50,000 counterfeit DVDs and CDs from the
location.
The movie DVDs seized were films still playing in theaters and not yet
legally released on DVD. The titles included "The Wedding Crashers, "The
40-Year-Old Virgin" and "Hustle and Flow." The DVDs were being sold for $2
each.
The Huertas also admitted to running a similar operation from a store in
San Jose. Three Bay Area residents also pleaded guilty to criminal
copyright infringement and conspiracy charges.
Sentencing for the Huertas is scheduled for June 15. They face a maximum
sentence of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
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George Antunes, Political Science Dept
University of Houston; Houston, TX 77204
Voice: 713-743-3923 Fax: 713-743-3927
antunes at uh dot edu
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