Researchers at Brown University have made the first wireless, implantable, rechargeable brain-computer interface. Humans might be next in line for testing of the device, after 13 months of successful trials in monkeys and pigs. More »
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The First Wireless, Implantable Brain-Computer Interface Will Help Us Move Things With Our Minds On the Go
angry tapir writes “A court in the U.K. has ordered key Internet service providers in the country to block three torrent sites on a complaint from music labels including EMI Records and Sony Music. The High Court of Justice, Chancery Division, ordered six ISPs including Virgin Media, British Telecommunications and British Sky Broadcasting to block H33t, Kickass Torrents and Fenopy.” Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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UK Court Orders Block of Three Torrent Sites
Nicholas Webber, serving five years for creating a hacker’s forum site, is somehow invited into an IT class in jail. The consequences are difficult. [Read more]
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Jailed hacker allowed into IT class, hacks prison computers
Online and offline sharing of copyrighted music took a nosedive last year, according to NPD. [Read more]
netbuzz writes “Fed up with phishers using Google Forms to commandeer campus email accounts as spam engines, Oxford University recently blocked access to Google Docs for two-and-a-half hours in what it called an ‘extreme action’ designed to get the attention of both its users and Google. ‘Seeing multiple such incidents the other afternoon tipped things over the edge,’ Oxford explains in a blog post. ‘We considered these to be exceptional circumstances and felt that the impact on legitimate University business by temporarily suspending access to Google Docs was outweighed by the risks to University business by not taking such action.’ The move generated widespread complaints from those affected, as well as criticism from outside network professionals.” Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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Oxford Temporarily Blocks Google Docs To Fight Phishing
BlackBerry has released news which warns of a vulnerability that could expose enterprise servers to malware attacks. More »
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BlackBerry Security Flaw Could Compromise Enterprise Servers
We love our pocket routers , because they’re great for both travel and home use. The Satechi Wireless Multifunction Mini Router offers more than just standard internet access over Wi-Fi, however. It also works as a signal repeater, access point, wireless client, and bridge. More »
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Satechi Wireless Multifunction Mini Router Solves Many Wireless Internet Needs with a Tiny Footprint
When you connect a bunch of young college kids together on the Internet, any meeting eventually devolves into a crying mess of memes, Internet hall of fame pictures and a whole lot of trolling. So when students in Stanford’s computer science program realized that e-mailing one address would contact EVERY student, well, you bet it got real fun real fast. People were dropping tubgirl, rickrolls, meatspin and because it’s Stanford and it’s computer science, offering jobs at startups. More »
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When Every Student Realizes They Can Reply All and Spam Every Other Student It’s Fun for Everyone
First time accepted submitter Bitsy Boffin writes “Xtra, the largest ISP in New Zealand, which outsources email provision to Yahoo, has in the last two days been subject to a widespread email compromise, causing potentially thousands of accounts to send spam messages to every address in their webmail address books. Discussion at Geekzone centers around this potentially being a continuation of the Yahoo XSS exploit. While Telecom NZ, the owners of Xtra internet service provider indicate that the problem was “resolved”, reports of spam from its members continue unabated. Telecom NZ are advising those affected to change their passwords.” Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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Widespread Compromise Of Yahoo-Backed Email In New Zealand
Windows: If you need to share your computer’s internet connection with the wi-fi only devices in your house—say, if you don’t have a wi-fi router—Virtual Router Plus will turn your computer into a wi-fi hotspot. More »
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Virtual Router Plus Turns Your Windows 8 PC Into a Wi-Fi Hotspot