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Harald Welte of gpl-violations.org has successfully sued Skype,on the software portal they selled the SMCWSKP 100 phone based on Gnu/Linux without publishing sources or referring to the GPLv2.

DVD Jon the famous creator of DeCSS has declared the intention to crack the activation process of the iPhone, at the moment he doesn’t have nothing concrete and he seems blocked a the activation certificate.Via MelaBlog

The site of the Italian Order of the Journalist has been cracked, the intrusion seems very heavily.The site is down since last Saturday.At the moment of the news accessing some of the site internal pages the site showed the previous image with this writing “Hacked by Askeriharekat Timi”.Via DownloadBlog

After a long wait the new number of Phrack the famous security e-zine is out,i remember you that this is the first number of the new editorial staff.In number 64 you will find also an interesting article on RDS hacking “Hijacking RDS TMC traffic information signal” that has been written from two italian hackers.

Bob Clark the father of the famous series Porkys is dead in a car accident.Via CineBlog

A french architect claims to have dsicovered the secret of the construction of Cheop’s pyramid.He said that all the big stone blocks have been placed using a spiral ramp.Via SlashDot

Cristopher Tolkien has released the last book of J.R.R. Tolkien “The Children of Hurin” from notes left from his father.Via SlashDot

It is died John W. Bakus IBM developer and team leader of the deam that has invented Fortran (Formula Translator).Via Punto Informatico

Prosegue l’offensiva contro lo sharing in Italia: coinvolti solo grandi uploader di musica, film ed altri materiali. Sequestrati cinque server, decine di computer ed altro materiale.Via Punto Informatico

Has been found a new vulnerability in OpenBSD versions 3.9 and 4.0 in the ICMP6 packets management.We must say that is effectively an important bug but we must also have to say that it is the second in the last 10 years. Via SlashDot

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