[infowarrior] - Homeland Security opening private mail

(Note: The USG always had that authority, but this is the first time I've seen it used by DHSrf) Homeland Security opening private mail Retired professor confused, angered when letter from abroad is opened By Brock N. Meeks Chief Washington correspondent MSNBC Updated: 5:55 p.m. ET Jan. 6,

[infowarrior] - Mobile ringtone biz goes off tune as piracy creeps in

Mobile ringtone biz goes off tune as piracy creeps in http://www.blonnet.com/2006/01/09/stories/2006010903370100.htm Nithya Subramanian Thomas K. Thomas New Delhi , Jan. 8 PIRACY is almost synonymous with the music industry and now it is creeping into the flourishing mobile ringtone segment.

[infowarrior] - Qwest Says It Can Charge You If Your Computer Spams Anyone

(c/o IP list) From: Brett Glass [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: January 6, 2006 10:30:22 PM EST Not long ago, Qwest tried to foist upon its customers an agreement allowing the details of their telephone calls -- Customer Proprietary Network Information, or CPNI -- to be sold to all comers. Well, it's

[infowarrior] - TV to iPod, PSP conversion tools spill onto the market

Original URL: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/01/09/faultline_ipod_psp_content/ TV to iPod, PSP conversion tools spill onto the market By Faultline Published Monday 9th January 2006 11:22 GMT It¹s been difficult to predict how Apple will continue to develop the video iPod, given that it had

[infowarrior] - IRS Said to Improperly Restrict Access

IRS Said to Improperly Restrict Access http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-5532353,00.html Sunday January 8, 2006 10:02 PM By MICHAEL J. SNIFFEN Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - The Bush administration has illegally stopped making public detailed tax enforcement data,

[infowarrior] - Slate: Microsoft vs. Computer Security

Microsoft vs. Computer Security Why the software giant still can't get it right. By Adam L. Penenberg Posted Monday, Jan. 9, 2006, at 1:10 PM ET http://www.slate.com/id/2133993/ Four years ago, Bill Gates dispatched a companywide e-mail promising that security and privacy would be Microsoft's top

[infowarrior] - Adobe snaps up document security tools

Adobe snaps up document security tools By Alorie Gilbert http://news.com.com/Adobe+snaps+up+document+security+tools/2100-1012_3-60246 74.html Story last modified Mon Jan 09 11:22:00 PST 2006 Adobe Systems is adding new document protection mechanisms to its business workflow software with an

[infowarrior] - More on Google's friendlier DRM for video

http://thomashawk.com/2006/01/ces-day-four-google-video-kinder-more.html The big Google distinction between how they will offer their pay downloads vs. the other guys is that Google is going to actually let you download your paid download files on to your computer and then allow you total

[infowarrior] - Microsoft to hunt for new species of Windows bug

Microsoft to hunt for new species of Windows bug By Joris Evers http://news.com.com/Microsoft+to+hunt+for+new+species+of+Windows+bug/2100-10 02_3-6024778.html Story last modified Mon Jan 09 12:48:00 PST 2006 Microsoft plans to scour its code to look for flaws similar to a recent serious Windows

[infowarrior] - Even more -- More on Google's friendlier DRM for video

-- Forwarded Message From: matthew patton [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2006 15:32:03 -0800 (PST) IMO it makes a whole LOT more sense to use totally standard encoding schemes but just encrypt the file. Of course nothing is ever not going to get broken but seems to me a 'loadable module'

[infowarrior] - Security flaws on the rise, questions remain

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/01/09/computer_security_flaws_on_the_rise/ Security flaws on the rise, questions remain By Robert Lemos, SecurityFocus Published Monday 9th January 2006 21:38 GMT After three years of modest or no gains, the number of publicly reported vulnerabilities jumped in