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Spammers break BlogSpot CAPTCHA, load up on garbage sitesOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by MargaretM 60 days ago (http://www.betanews.com)
Category: software | Tags angela gunn, spammers, captcha, computers, blogspot, email, mobileme,
Angela Gunn writes " Spammers have figured out a way to get around certain implementations of CAPTCHA (Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart) and thus abuse Blog read more »
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Old musicians want their download moneyOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by marthajoan 146 days ago (http://www.betanews.com)
Category: other | Tags old, musicians, download, money, , , ,
"Four Allman Brothers band members sued Universal Music Group for more than $10 million in royalties from both hard-copy sales and downloadables." read more »
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Security Issue with Default Pligg CaptchaOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 155 days ago (http://www.pligg.com)
Category: development | Tags security, issue, default, pligg, captcha, , ,
Pligg reports on a security issue that can allow exploit software such as Auto-Pligg to bypass Pligg's default captcha and submit stories without registration. read more »
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Microsoft’s CAPTCHA successfully brokenOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 220 days ago (http://feeds.feedburner.com)
Category: security | Tags microsofts, captcha, successfully, broken, , , ,
"Jeff Yan and Ahmad Salah El Ahmad, at the School of Computing Science, Newcastle University, England recently published a research paper entitled "A Low-cost Attack on a Microsoft CAPTCHA..." read more »
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Microsoft ends digitizing partnership with British LibraryOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 221 days ago (http://www.infoworld.com)
Category: internet | Tags microsoft, ends, digitizing, partnership, british, library, ,
"The British Library's ongoing projects to make thousands of books and other resources available digitally won't slow down significantly, despite the ending last week of a partnership with..." read more »
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Old Windows exploits dominate hack attack trafficOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 221 days ago (http://go.theregister.com)
Category: security | Tags old, windows, exploits, dominate, hack, attack, traffic,
"China and US are the leading sources of hacking attacks, which are overwhelmingly targeted against Windows systems...." read more »
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Split on support for 'old' Java in next EclipseOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 223 days ago (http://go.theregister.com)
Category: development | Tags split, support, old, java, eclipse, , ,
"A summit on the next version of Eclipse platform - E4 - has exposed fundamental disagreements between those who want to update the platform and those wanting to..." read more »
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Old Media Still Needs to Get Over its Control IssuesOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 224 days ago (http://feeds.feedburner.com)
Category: internet | Tags old, media, control, issues, , , ,
Erick Schonfeld writes about the need for "old media" to overcome its "control issues" when it comes to content. read more »
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