9th October 2010 Archive

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• French cops claimed to hold secret, illegal gypsy database

  Les gendarmes deny ethnic minority tracker

  The French national police force – la Gendarmerie – yesterday stood accused of operating a secret and illegal database of Roma and other travelling minorities. The existence of this database was reported in great detail in yesterday's Le Monde. It came to light by chance, when a 48-page powerpoint presentation, prepared by a …

  ID 9 Oct 06:00

• Reg Hardware Reviews Digest

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  In the past seven days, Reg Hardware has looked at many products from the worlds of consumer electronics, gaming and computing. If you missed anything, here are those products again. Lifestyle Audio Chi W-series headphones Virtuoso performance on the cheap Brasso Gadgetcare Txt Take Panasonic TY-CC10W …

  Hardware 9 Oct 08:00

• Stuxnet 'a game changer for malware defence'

  EU agency warning

  The Stuxnet malware is a game changer for critical information infrastructure protection, an EU security agency has warned. ENISA (European Network and Information Security Agency) warns that a similar attack of malware capable of sabotaging industrial control systems as Stuxnet may occur in future. The worm, whose primary …

  Enterprise Security 9 Oct 13:00

• Google shuts down GOOG-411 voice data honeypot

  It took your phonemes. And now it can die

  Google is pulling the plug on 1-800-GOOG-411, the free voice-powered directory assistance service that began connecting callers to local businesses in 2007. According to a Google blog post, the service will be shutdown on November 12. After it launched in the US and Canada, the service was heavily advertised – Google even put …

  Music and Media 9 Oct 22:22