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US subway card hackers targeted with lawsuit
Las Vegas, Nevada (AFP) Aug 9, 2008Operators of a US city transit system were in court Saturday trying to stop hackers from showing thousands of their peers how to get free rides by cracking its fare "smart cards." Massachusetts Institute of Technology students Zack Anderson, Alessandro Chiesa and RJ Ryan are slated to give an "Anatomy of a Subway Hacking" presentation on Sunday at a notorious annual DefCon conference. ... more Outside View: Strategic lessons -- Part Two 
Washington (UPI) Aug 8, 2008 Though privately as pro-British as his cousin President Theodore Roosevelt almost 40 years earlier, U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt had no intention of declaring war against Germany on behalf of another state, including Britain. More important, he would not make Woodrow Wilson's mistake and commit millions of Americans to an ideological crusade that promised no tangible strategic ... more Georgia to withdraw all of its troops from Iraq 
Kut, Iraq (AFP) Aug 9, 2008Georgia will withdraw its entire 2,000-strong military contingent from Iraq within three days to help battle South Ossetian separatist rebels, a senior Georgian military official said on Saturday. "We were ready to leave today, we are ready to leave immediately but we are waiting for the green light from Tbilisi," said Emzar Svanidze, a major with the Georgian military operation in ... more Georgia must withdraw troops before talks can begin: Russian envoy 
Brussels (AFP) Aug 9, 2008Georgia must withdraw its troops from South Ossetia if it wants to begin negotiations, Russia's ambassador to NATO, Dmitry Rogozin, told AFP on Saturday. "Before the negotiations commence, Georgia must withdraw its forces from the zone of conflict," Rogozin said. By burning several villages in South Ossetia and allegedly killing 1,500 civilians in the course of one day, he said Georgia ... more Georgia fears 'annihilation' after Russian assault 
Tbilisi (AFP) Aug 9, 2008Russian warplanes staged bombing raids across Georgia on Saturday as the conflict over South Ossetia escalated and diplomatic efforts mounted to halt what Tbilisi called a policy of "annihilation." "What they are doing is nothing to do with conflict, it is about annihilation of a democracy on their borders," Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili said in an interview with the BBC. ... more |
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Washington (UPI) Aug 8, 2008 Since the start of President George W. Bush's first administration in 2001, while remaining shrunken, the overall U.S. Air Force inventory has aged further. The negative trend that analyst Franklin C. "Chuck" Spinney found in the late 1990s has not reversed; it has worsened, and, even assuming flawless execution, the current trend is for it to worsen further -- and at a dramatic rate. ... more ITT Receives Follow-On Order For Systems To Defeat IEDs 
White Plains NY (SPX) Aug 11, 2008ITT has announced it has received a follow-on fixed price award, valued up to $1 billion, for its CREW 2.1 Vehicle Receiver Jammers (CVRJs), vehicle-mounted systems designed to prevent the detonation of improvised explosive devices (IEDs). Under the contract, ITT will build and deliver up to 15,000 additional CREW 2.1 devices, plus spares and related equipment. An order was issued for ... more Google "gadgets" called gateways for hackers 
Las Vegas, Nevada (AFP) Aug 8, 2008Hackers turned computer security specialists accuse Google of setting users up for online disasters by letting them personalize home pages with applications that could be tainted. Software that hackers can trick people into installing on "iGoogle" home pages can track users' activities and control their machines, SecTheory chief executive Robert Hansen showed AFP on Friday. "I could ... more German minister says Georgia 'breaking international law': report 
Berlin (AFP) Aug 9, 2008The number two at the German foreign ministry on Saturday said Georgia is breaking international law by launching military action to reclaim South Ossetia. Gernot Erler said Tbilisi had breached a 1992 ceasefire agreement struck with Russia over the renegade Caucasus enclave, monitored essentially by Russian peacekeepers. "In this sense, it is also a question of a violation of ... more French reporters booted from US computer security conference 
Las Vegas, Nevada (AFP) Aug 7, 2008Reporters from an online French magazine were booted from the world's premier computer security conference Thursday after reportedly hacking a press room network and stealing peers' passwords. An accused trio from Global Security Magazine said they intended to teach reporters about how easily Internet transmissions could be intercepted while covering the Olympics in China, according to ... more |
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Tbilisi (AFP) Aug 9, 2008Russian warplanes on Saturday staged a raid near a major international oil pipeline that runs through Georgia but did not damage it, Georgia's prime minister said. The 1,774-kilometre (1,109-mile) Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) oil pipeline is the world's second longest and takes oil from Azerbaijan to Western markets. Prime Minister Lado Gurgenidze told Georgian television: "The area of the ... more Outside View: Going green in Europe 
Moscow (UPI) Aug 7, 2008 In August, Spain introduced Europe's first plan for saving gas, diesel fuel and electricity, imposing stringent limits on speed and energy consumption. It is a logical starting place. Spain is the most hydrocarbon-dependent country in Europe, and imports 84 percent of its petroleum and coal. Spanish Industry Minister Miguel Sebastian, who was charged with explaining the energy fast to ... more Oil prices turn bearish, but the bulls may yet return 
New York (AFP) Aug 8, 2008In less than a month crude oil, which some saw hitting 200 dollars a barrel by year-end, has plunged 32 dollars but a rebound could happen, for example, over the Iranian nuclear crisis, analysts say. From a record-high 147.27 dollars on July 11, the New York futures contract slid to about 115 dollars Friday, losing almost 22 percent in the course of four weeks. In its wake, most other ... more Duke Energy Carolinas Signs Deal To Turn Landfill Gas Into Energy 
Charlotte NC (SPX) Aug 11, 2008Beginning in 2009, gas produced from a landfill in Durham, N.C., will be turned into power to serve customers of Duke Energy Carolinas. The company has announced that it has signed an agreement with Methane Power Inc. to purchase two megawatts of renewable energy generated from the city of Durham landfill, which was closed in the mid-1990s. "This is a great opportunity for the city ... more Bush confident China's future to reflect universal aspirations 
Washington (AFP) Aug 9, 2008US President George W. Bush expressed confidence Saturday that China's future will reflect "the universal aspirations of mankind," despite criticism of a lack of freedom in the world' most populous country. "The China of the future will reflect its own culture and traditions, but it will also reflect the universal aspirations of mankind -- and there's no deeper human desire than liberty." ... more
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