Vista, Leopard, Linux to compete in hack contest

Apple’s OS X, Microsoft Windows, and Linux operating systems are to be pitted against each other in an ethical hacking contest in Vancouver next month.

Run by the organizers of the CanSecWest Vancouver 2008 security conference, the competition is a repeat of the “PWN to Own” contest at CanSecWest in 2007, when security researchers competed to win a MacBook Pro and $10,000. The prize was shared between security researchers Dino Dai Zovi and Shane Macauley for their successful use of a zero-day QuickTime vulnerability, which they used to compromise the MacBook. The vulnerability was subsequently found to also affect Windows platforms.

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The backers of the Blu-ray high definition DVD system have received a twin boost in their ongoing format war with HD DVD.

BBC NEWS | Technology | Double boost for Blu-ray backers.

After a couple of experiences dipping a toe into the mobile market, Mozilla Corp. said it plans to get serious about developing a mobile browser.

Mozilla has recently hired two new developers to help work on the project and plans to release Mobile Firefox some time in the next year or two.

PC World - Mozilla Working on New Mobile Browser.

Jaiku is joining Google. While it’s too soon to comment on specific plans, we look forward to working with our new friends at Google over the coming months to expand in ways we hope you’ll find interesting and useful. Our engineers are excited to be working together and enthusiastic developers lead to great innovation. We look forward to accomplishing great things together. In order to focus on innovation instead of scaling, we have decided to close new user sign-ups for now.

But fear not, all our Jaiku services will stay running the way you are used to and you will be able to invite your friends to Jaiku. We have put together a quick Q&A about the acquisition.

Jyri Engeström and Petteri Koponen, Jaiku Founders

Jaiku | Google Q&A.

MOUNTAIN VIEW, CALIF. - September 17, 2007 - Mozilla today announced a new initiative to stimulate innovation in Internet mail and communications. Mozilla plans to develop Internet communications software based on the Thunderbird product, code and brand. The new initiative also aims to nurture a robust developer ecosystem in order to drive improvements through open source and community innovation, in the tradition of the Firefox web browser

Mozilla Launches Internet Mail and Communications Initiative.

The Karnataka Government’s ban on the sale of cell phones to children below the age of 16 may have aggravated many teens who have accused the government of acting as a “moral brigade” , but interestingly,this has triggered off a debate on how the latest gadgets and equipments pose a threat to people who can’t live without them. Various concerns about cell phone usage amongst children causing cancer, brain disorders and impacting the nervous system have been raised by health experts. Rather than debating as to what the karnataka government did was right or wrong we’ll see what are the possible ways this technology affects people and ways to prevent them by adhering to strict measures;

The Big Story | NettingNews.

“We can see this being something that… becomes a bigger and more exciting event in the future” Said Jamie Byrne, head of product marketing at YouTube.YouTube one of the greatest Video-sharing website is to present awards for the best user-generated videos of 2006.According to reports users will be able to vote for their favourite clips in seven categories: most creative, most inspirational, best series, best comedy, musician of the year, best commentary and “most adorable video ever”.”We wanted to call out some of the most popular videos and let the users choose which ones deserve some additional recognition,” said Jamie Byrne, head of product marketing at YouTube.

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“Speech is universal, simple and holds incredible promise as a key interface for computing,” Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer said.Microsoft has bought a voice-recognition software firm,California-based Tellme Networks,for a reported $800m (£413m).

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” A White House privacy board is giving its stamp of approval to two of the Bush administration’s controversial surveillance programs _ electronic eavesdropping and financial tracking _ and says they do not violate citizens’ civil liberties. ”

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Google chief executive Eric Schmidt said Monday that Google and Apple are continuing to collaborate on many new initiatives. “Chief Executive Eric Schmidt said Monday that Google and Apple Inc.
are working together on “many more” new projects, which he did not identify. Schmidt made his comments at a technology conference in San Francisco. Schmidt was addressing a question concerning rumors that Apple and Google were working on a tablet-style personal computer. Without commenting specifically on the rumor, Schmidt said Google and Apple are “doing more and more things together. We have similar goals, similar competitors.” Already, Google’s search features are to be standard on the iPhone, a cell phone Apple plans to release soon. Schmidt is also on Apple’s board of directors “
Source:www.marketwatch.com

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Here is the full list of Oscars presented at the 79th Academy Awards, with the winners listed in bold:

Best picture

Babel

The Departed

Letters From Iwo Jima

Little Miss Sunshine

The Queen

Best director

Clint Eastwood, Letters From Iwo Jima

Stephen Frears, The Queen

Paul Greengrass, United 93

Alejandro Gonzales Inarritu, Babel

Martin Scorsese, The Departed

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