Sony will identify visitors to “hacking” pages

In their struggle to root out  the hackers activity around the consoles,in this case the  piracy of the PlayStation, Sony launched a campaign of harassment and demolition not only against the hackers, but also against users who use “their services “.The company did not hesitate to start a legal battle that so far, seems to lean in their favor.
U.S. Federal Judge Joseph Spero has approved the request to subpoena  a number of sites like  GeoHot page, sites like YouTube, Google and Twitter, to identify anyone who has accessed, discussed or seen information related to hacking. Sony needs this information to provide evidence at the trial that will be held in San Francisco,where the  company will claim the violation of  its terms, an assumption that was previously rejected by another magistrate claiming that under these terms of use, “the entire universe would be subject to their jurisdiction. ”
The company requires all  IP address logs, private account information and forms, as well as “any other identifying information coresponding  to persons  or computers who have  accessed or downloaded files hosted using their service and web sites associated with  “www.geohot.com “, which means that  any visitor of the page is subject to involvement in this case.
In addition, all users who have seen videos about  hacking and the PS3 are likely to be found on the “black list”regardless of why they saw that video or if they made use of the information. Sony’s position against hacking contrasts with Microsoft, which finally surrendered to the enemy after the release of Kinect and decided to join him in preparing a programming kit for developers.

Microsoft Won’t Patch IE8 Before Pwn2Own Hacking Contest

Microsoft is either supremely confident in it’s latest revision of Internet Explorer 8, or they’ve already come to terms with the reality that if you put enough hackers in one room, no amount of patching will save them. Either way the software giant announced on March 4th that it wouldn’t be issuing any security patches before the annual Pwn2Own hacking event which runs from March 9th to 11th in Vancouver Canada. If this holds true, they will be the only major browser contender to do so.
The targeted browsers include Internet Explorer 8, Apple’s Safari 5, Google Chrome 9, and Mozilla’s Firefox 3.6. On the mobile front hackers will also be looking at Windows Phone 7, the iPhone 4, Blackberry OS, and the Nexus S running Android.
Traditionally Internet Explorer and Safari have been the first to fall in these events, with Google Chrome holding it’s own to the bitter end. It will be interesting to see if this holds true this year as well, but it’s a bit disappointing to not see Microsoft putting any extra effort into battening down the hatches before the event.
The timing of the contest seems a bit off this year with IE9, Firefox 4, and Chrome 10 all on the horizon, and unfortunately, completely off limits to the contestants. It will still give us a strong indication as to which companies have been focusing on security, but won’t hold relevancy for long. Over $125,000 in cash & prizes are up for grabs, so expect the competition to be intense.

Twitter, archives and hacking

I really like twitter for random thoughts, conference heckling and geeky discussions. I even have two accounts, one public and a private one where I reserve silly ramblings for close friends.
My first ever “tweet” was in February 2008, and it read “Just signed up for Twitter. I feel dirty.” Now, if it were only for twitter, I would have a lot of trouble coming back to this first tweet. The twitter interface (with all its greatness and faults) is geared towards the moment: instant messaging, passing thoughts, trending topics. I actually agree with this focus, but there is one inconsistency: if twitter cares only about the now, I should be able to access and keep my old tweets, and twitter should only be able to know about my latest entries – not the other way around as is the case with the current system.
So, with the help of David and Karl, I wrote a little script to archive (and delete) all my old tweets. David had done most of the hard work a while ago, a nice clean hack using the tweeter API, and allowing you to delete all your old tweets, minus your favorites. It worked perfectly until tweeter, scared to see so many applications use and store credentials for their users, enforced a strict policy of developer keys and oauth tokens. The policy is right, of course, and I cannot but condone anything going against password antipatterns, but I still struggled through the awful process of developer registration, application registration and key-finding… for a script I just wanted to use on my own accounts?
In a way, I guess that the current trend of forcing users to register applications and using complex authentication methods deters the hackers and amateurs, and leaves only the “developers” who are out to make big apps and hopefully some money too. As a weekend hacker and champion of hacker culture and babystep innovation, this saddens me a bit.
In the meantime, the “oldtweets” script is here. It does have a sharp edge (as would anything with a “delete” feature, but works for me. Use at your own risks, use it, break it, fix it, trash it, change it, mail – upgrade it.

Geohot Will Try His Hacking Skills On Windows Phone 7

Geohot has been causing quite a disturbance due to his ongoing legal battle with Sony. Geohot jailbroke the Sony PS3 to run unsigned code. Sony is now suing him, and Geohot is under the tech industry’s spotlight more than ever.
So, what does all this have to do with Windows Phone 7? Microsoft has shown interest in Geohot before, and the company even reached out to him financially for his legal fight against Sony. Geohot will know be using his hacking skills at an upcoming convention to try and jailbreak Windows Phone 7…
George “Geohot” Hotz is renowned for his jailbreak exploits on the iPhone, and he has expanded his hacking interests to other platforms.
Electronista reports,

“At the fifth annual Pwn2Own competition next week, George Hotz (Geohot) will attempt to use his hacking skills that landed him in hot water with Sony to win prizes. This year’s target platform will be Windows Phone 7, though other devices and operating systems will also take part. An attack will be judged successful if little or no user (owner) interaction is required and useful data is taken or a benefit gleaned by the hacker.
This may include listening in on conversations, making long-distance calls from the hacked device and more. Those who successfully do so in the shortest amount of time will $15,000 and the device that was hacked.”

Again, this isn’t the first time that Microsoft and Geohot have crossed paths. In fact, Microsoft extended Geohot the offer to develop for their Windows Phone 7 platform.
Microsoft also allegedly donated a large sum of money to Geohot for his cause against Sony. It appears that the makers of Windows Phone 7 are fans of Geohot’s portfolio. (Perhaps it has something to do with the fact that Geohot represents what Apple hates.)
We hope Geohot wins the competition at Pwn2Own. If he does win, he’ll hopefully use the extra cash to help fund his legal fees.
We’re all for Geohot hacking on other platforms, as long as he doesn’t forget about the platform that made him famous. Remember Geohot, the iPhone still needs you.
What do you think about Geohot hacking Windows Phone 7?
UPDATE: It appears that Geohot has withdrawn from attending Pwn2Own at the last minute. A tweet from the contest’s architect confirmed George Hotz’s withdraw from the hacking convention,

Five New Rocker Mobiles Launched in India | hotklix

Rocker mobiles - a domestic mobile phones provider and an arm of Anand Electronic - has launched a series of new mobile phones in Indian market. The launched mobile phones are namely Rocker S62, Rocker R101, Rocker R73i, Rocker Rx09 and Rocker R786. All the mobiles are having dual SIM facility and priced at affordable range.  | More

New Samsung Champ Dual SIM Mobiles Launched in India

While the Galaxy Fit is already available and the Samsung I9003 Galaxy SL version is up for pre-orders, Samsung has launched two Dual-SIM mobile phones belonging to the Champ series, called the E2652 Duos and E2653W Duos. The W in the latter’s model name stands for the phone’s Wi-Fi capability.

It seems that there aren’t many new features that these two models can boast of. The operating system will be Java based with a TouchWiz Lite User Interface, so it’s quite evident that there’s no Android love. Probably at the same time, these mobile phones might be in the budget-level phones segment. Anyway let’s take a look at the specifications of both phones:

- 2.6-inch Resistive touchscreen

- Wi-Fi (in the E2652W model only)

- Bluetooth 2.1 with EDR

- 1.3 Megapixel camera

- 50 MB internal memory expandable up to 16 GB

- 3.5 mm audio jack

Both phones have social network integration and support MP3, WMA, MP4 and H.263 media formats. Apart from the fact that E2652W has Wi-Fi capability, all the other features are pretty much the same.

There’s no mention of what both phones are priced at, but it’s being said that they will be currently available in Russia and the MEA Region and will launch later in the rest of the countries.

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