" Ernesto on November 9, 2015 C: 89 Breaking The MPAA has submitted an overview of international "trade barriers" to the U.S. Government, which they see as harmful to the video and movie industries. Online privacy is listed as a serious problem, as it prevents copyright holders and local authorities from going after online pirates."

"But is the decline reason for alarm? That is harder to decide until you start looking at other evidence. Diversity vs. Sufficiency"

" Andy on November 8, 2015 C: 79 Opinion How does YTS, one of the most organized and notorious public torrent sites, strike a deal with Hollywood despite being listed as a notorious market by the U.S. government? We're all curious to know more, but spare a thought for Kim Dotcom. He's in the same country as the YTS operator but faces decades behind bars."

" Is it possible that Linux can be infected with viruses? Probably, you heard of this in some debates. But here are some facts that you need to know to better understand how Linux is secured and what things can damage a Linux system. See how "

"Powered by radios in trees, home-grown network serves 50 houses on Orcas Island. by Jon Brodkin (US) - Nov 2, 2015 11:31am CET"

"Security researchers have discovered "backdoored" versions of an ad library embedded in thousands of iOS apps originally published in the Apple App Store."

"Welcome to the FirewallD project homepage! FirewallD provides a dynamically managed firewall with support for network/firewall zones to define the trust level of network connections or interfaces. It has support for IPv4, IPv6 firewall settings and for ethernet bridges and has a separation of runtime and permanent configuration options. It also supports an interface for services or applications to add firewall rules directly."

"Fast, flexible and free, Linux is taking over the online world. But there is growing unease about security weaknesses."

"Nov. 6th, 2015 12:48 am mjg59 The Washington Post published an article today which describes the ongoing tension between the security community and Linux kernel developers. This has been roundly denounced as FUD, with Rob Graham going so far as to claim that nobody ever attacks the kernel. Unfortunately he's entirely and demonstrably wrong, it's not FUD and the state of security in the kernel is currently far short of where it should be."

"from the GNU-Emacs-for-DNA dept Techdirt readers hardly need to be reminded that, far from promoting innovation, patents can shut it down, either directly, through legal action, or indirectly through the chill they cast on work in related areas. But not all patents are created equal. Some are so slight as to be irrelevant, while others have such a wide reach that they effectively control an entire domain. Patents on a new biological technique based on a mechanism found in nature, discussed in a long and fascinating piece in the Boston Review, definitely fall into the second category. Here's the article's explanation of the underlying mechanism, known as CRISPR-Cas: "

"When the songs you write are downloaded or streamed worldwide, you may be earning royalties you don't even know about. TuneCore Music Publishing Administration finds & collects these royalties for you."

"Summary: Informed (GNU/Linux-centric) journalists who looked beyond the misleading press releases and the distracting marketing campaign have managed to find out and highlight the patent issues associated with the Red Hat-Microsoft deal"

"Summary: Informed (GNU/Linux-centric) journalists who looked beyond the misleading press releases and the distracting marketing campaign have managed to find out and highlight the patent issues associated with the Red Hat-Microsoft deal"

" Ernesto on November 2, 2015 C: 26 Breaking The fifth episode from season four of the popular TV-series "Arrow" leaked online a few hours ago. The leak comes from a preview copy that was sent out for review by Warner Bros."

"It is heartening to see that someone has noticed how most of our court documents and decisions are locked up behind a paywall and is willing to do something about it."

"It is heartening to see that someone has noticed how most of our court documents and decisions are locked up behind a paywall and is willing to do something about it."

"Short for denial-of-service attack, a type of attack on a network that is designed to bring the network to its knees by flooding it with useless traffic. Many DoS attacks, such as the Ping of Death and Teardrop attacks, exploit limitations in the TCP/IP protocols. We will review some of the best and free DoS attack tools in this post."

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" Ernesto on October 31, 2015 C: 34 Breaking The RIAA is asking a New York federal court to issue a default judgment against the 'reincarnation' of the defunct Grooveshark music service. The record labels are demanding more than $13 million in piracy damages plus another $4 million for willful counterfeiting. "

" Linux Foundation's Jim Zemlin talks secure code and community spirit By Chris Merriman"

"Germany wants to become global encryption leader -- but the reasons for its stance are complex."