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Entries from December 2009

TSA Serves Subpoena To Bloggers For Leaking Screening Guidelines

December 31st, 2009 · 10:22 pm

TSA served a subpoena to bloggers Steve Frischling and Chris Elliott for leaking the screening guidelines. The bloggers stated that they were unaware of the identity of the source of the material–as it was sent to them anonymously. The TSA special agents seized Frischling’s laptop.

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Twitter Attack Redirected Domains

December 19th, 2009 · 11:30 pm

A major attack on Twitter brought the social networking website down for about two hours on Friday night. The attackers redirected Twitter’s domains to an alternate website that displayed a graphic image of a group called the “Iranian Cyber Army.” The attackers had managed to steal the passwords of Twitter’s master domain account, which allowed [...]

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FCC Investigating Cable Companies Corner On Set-Top For Digital Cable

December 8th, 2009 · 6:10 am

Only cable companies are distributing set-top boxes that can access all of the digital cable and video on-demand services available through their networks. Consumers can access the internet through many possible devices, yet MVPD’s services are only available through the set-top boxes distributed by cable companies. The FCC may potentially rule against the cable companies [...]

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Nokia To Overhaul Symbian Interface

December 5th, 2009 · 2:47 am

During Capital Market Day, Nokia unveiled plans to overhaul the user interface design for Symbian smart phone. The chief executive of Nokia, Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo, stated “Symbian OS is not the problem, the user interface is.” The new user interface will show up in phones in 2010. The goal of the new design will be to [...]

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