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Trojan targets World of Warcraft gamers

May 12th, 2006

Security watchers have discovered a Trojan that’s designed to steal user names and passwords from World of Warcraft players.

Wowcraft, which also attempts to disable security software packages on compromised PCs, has been planted on maliciously constructed websites. Unprotected Windows users visiting these sites can get infected through malicious browser pop-ups. The malware also spreads through infectious email attachments or as files downloaded from P2P networks.

Sony ends PS One production

April 12th, 2006

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Sony has stopped manufacturing the PSOne - the redesigned version of the original PlayStation aka the SCPH-100 - it has emerged. With the PS3 due to ship in November, the PS2 is set to become the entry-level system, so there’s little need to keep making PSOnes.

However, Sony will continue to promote and sell the system while stocks run down. The PS2 can run PSOne games, as will the PS3 and - thanks to an upcoming games download service - the PSP.

Nintendo vs Sony

April 12th, 2006

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Who exactly is winning the handheld wars? Sony says it is, and Nintendo says it is. Sony says the PSP is selling faster, from launch, than the PSOne or PS2. The PSP is selling neck-and-neck in the US and Europe with Nintendo’s DS. In Japan, however, the DS is clearly trouncing the PSP. Whatever the reality is of who is edging out who, Sony’s learning some tough lessons in the handheld market. For the first time in a while it isn’t a clear market leader. And, worse, not only are the fanboys not with Sony, but key software corporations aren’t either.

‘Nut Case’ gang rampage - GTA cited

April 12th, 2006

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A member of the Oakland, California “Nut Case” gang who allegedly indulged in an orgy of murder, attempted murder, robbery and kidnapping could face the death penalty if the jury at his trial finds him guilty on commission of a robbery and multiple murder raps.

Demarcus Ralls is the first Nut Case to stand trial for a six-week crime spree in late 2002 and early 2003 which “terrorized Oakland residents”, ktvu.com reports.

Prostitutes demand GTA ban

April 12th, 2006

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Ladies of the night have jumped on the pop a cap in GTA bandwagon by demanding that “all parents and all gamers boycott Grand Theft Auto“, GameSpot reports.

That’s the call emanating from the Sex Workers Outreach Project (SWOP) USA website, which says that “as concerned parents ourselves, we wish to inform other parents of the potential danger extremely violent video games pose to children”.

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Free Limewire / P2P

A peer-to-peer (or P2P) computer network relies primarily on the computing power and bandwidth of the participants in the network rather than concentrating it in a relatively low number of servers. P2P networks are typically used for connecting nodes via largely ad hoc connections. Such networks are useful for many purposes. Sharing content files (see file sharing) containing audio, video, data or anything in digital format is very common, and realtime data, such as telephony traffic, is also passed using P2P technology.A pure peer-to-peer network does not have the notion of clients or servers, but only equal peer nodes that simultaneously function as both "clients" and "servers" to the other nodes on the network. This model of network arrangement differs from the client-server model where communication is usually to and from a central server. A typical example for a non peer-to-peer file transfer is an FTP server where the client and server programs are quite distinct, and the clients initiate the download.