Nintendo LulzSec attacked by the blackmailer?

Nintendo has confirmed to the Wall Street Journal that had been hacked, but no important information has been stolen or compromised. The video game maker says it does not know the identity of the attackers, but the group claimed the attack LulzSec. The Pirates have just published LulzSec configuration file servers Nintendo.

They claim however that it is mainly because they like the Nintendo 64 and they do not want to hurt the firm. They therefore call on to fill the flaw they exploited. The group is becoming more of him. The identity of its members and so far unknown, but they caused a stir by hacking PBS.

1 million accounts hacked Sony Pictures

Sony Pictures servers were hacked using a simple SQL injection, according LulzSec, a group of hackers claiming the attack and released on the Internet the personal information of more than one million users. According to the message they posted on Pastebin "SonyPictures. com was conquered by a very simple SQL injection vulnerabilities one of the most primitive and basic.

From a simple injection, we ALL (sic) gained. " "The worst is that every bit of data that we took were not encrypted. Sony stores over one million (sic) passwords of its customers in a text file, which means that it is simply a matter of taking it. Shame and a lack of security: they (the employees SonyPictures.

Cloud: an instant translation in Windows Azure

Microsoft and start-up Canadian Ortsbo resurrect the Tower of Babel in the Cloud! An example of services in the cloud that illustrates the strengths of public clouds. Ortsbo is not really a new service. Born in July 2010, it instantly translates in 50 languages written messages on instant messaging services like Facebook, Twitter, Live Messenger, GTalk or Google TencentQQ.

Here, no need to copy-paste using machine translation services of Google or Bing. Through a client (Silverlight), we chooses its service, it connects, it selects the destination language and start to discuss with friends: Any message written in your language is automatically translated into the language of caller, and any message written by your correspondent in his language is automatically written in your language.

Lady Gaga gives a boost to the Amazon Cloud

By marketing the new album by Lady Gaga at the price of a single, Amazon beats records and imposes its Cloud music when Apple will launch its own. Amazon launched its music Cloud earlier this year and has been seeking to snatch market share to Apple and iTunes. For its part, Apple has signed partnership agreements and is expected to launch his own musical cloud associated with iTunes in the coming weeks or the coming days.

The encryption method of iOS 4 is Cracked

ElcomSoft, a Russian company specializing in computer security, has released a statement saying he had broken the encryption method of iOS 4. It provides a tool to access data encrypted by the phone, like the historical system of geolocation, Google Map, Internet browser, the incoming and outgoing calls, images, emails, text messages, names of users, passwords and even deleted data.

Recognizing the significance of this discovery, ElcomSoft promises not to sell its software to certain police forces, intelligence services or government agencies. The phone stores a lot more personal information than this backup in iTunes. It is thus possible to discover the keys that the user has typed and open the cover of the phone that even includes screenshots of applications, according ElcomSoft.

Tom's Guide: the worst scams of the Web

Our colleagues and neighbors at Tom's Hardware recently put online a feature on the worst scam that can be encountered on the Internet. Inheritance of fake antivirus surprise through the beautiful Russian and miracle products, here is a selection of scams that can easily meet the web ...

• Pires regrets Villa 'failure' (25/05/2011)
• JDM In'S'pired (02/05/2011)
• Robert Pires says Thierry Henry wants him in MLS (18/05/2011)
• Red Bulls should sign Pires: Henry (18/05/2011)
• Henry in moves to lure Pires to US (19/05/2011)

World Wide Web (wikipedia)  Eric Schmidt at Bloomberg on the Future of Technology (youtube)  

Cisco accused of helping China to block Internet

11 members of the religious movement Falun Gong filed a complaint against Cisco U.S. courts, according to the Associated Press. They accuse him of providing equipment that the Chinese government used to spy on them, which led to their arrests and torture. The complaint will even argue that Cisco offers technical support for this purpose and marketing presentations that tout the schools' Policenet ", a system able to track the Internet activities of members of this religious cult, according to Cnet.

The revolution will have to wait streaming

A study shows that the NDP Blu-ray and DVD media are choices for consumers who prefer to streaming media such widely. The study is limited to the United States, but appears to reflect a trend that is found everywhere. 78% of the money spent by households for watching movies at home is going to buy Blu-ray or DVD and only 15% is allocated to streaming.

Contrary to what the signs gave the impression a few years ago (see "Samsung and Netflix: the end of Blu-ray?"), The revolution will take time streaming and disks still have a bright future ahead of them. Although it is still largely dominated by DVD, Blu-ray is still relevant for several reasons.

In fact, what looks like the French user?

Impossible to draw a portrait of the French user without a major survey. It is the purpose of the large national survey conducted by IPSOS on the Internet that Tom's Hardware is partnering again this year. As in previous years, this survey includes a long questionnaire that may discourage some. Fortunately it is possible to fill in several times.

Like every year, the questionnaire allows you to participate in a lottery winning of 100 lots, valued at between 20 € and 600 € and will give you the right to know the results of the study. Note that the survey is anonymous: the personal details of respondents will only be used "to prevent and send the lot to win, as stipulated in the regulations.

• What a Research Associate union contract looks like. / À quoi ressemble une convention collective d'associé-e-s de recherche. (30/03/2011)
• Parait qu'on s'habitue à tout... - Dunedin, New Zealand (22/03/2011)
• A sharp lookalike / Une nette ressemblance! (20/02/2011)
• Le train - Mumbai (Bombay), India (30/03/2011)
• Frustrations comptables: banques et logiciels, c'est pas encore ça! (08/03/2011)

Tom's Hardware enhances Gmail with gadgets

Our colleagues and neighbors at Tom's Hardware recently put online a feature on Gmail and gadgets for optimizing the webmail, one of the most popular on the Internet. Google Calendar converter currency through the calculator or the chat module, discover a selection of gadgets improving the interface of Gmail ...

• Gmail allows you to turn-off contact saving amongst other new tweaks (07/04/2011)
• Remember The Milk - Services / Remember The Milk for Gmail / Gadget (10/02/2011)
• Gmail Contextual Gadgets: Your inbox on steroids! (06/04/2011)
• Gmail Lets You Disable Auto-Adding Contacts (07/04/2011)
• Gmail Lets You Disable Auto-Adding Contacts (08/04/2011)

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Microsoft accuses Google of abuse of dominant position

Very symbolic! Microsoft will file a complaint today with the European Commission against Google for abuse of dominant position. Microsoft was the target of the same committee on the same grounds and fined a record amount resigned to return the weapon against one of its biggest enemies. Involved? The market for search engines.

Brad Smith, Microsoft's general counsel, detailed practices that Microsoft accuses Google: Finally, if you're wondering why bring the battle to Europe rather than in the U.S., Microsoft points out that Google has about 25% market share in the USA but nearly 95% in Europe. More than the fund's complaint is its very existence is an event.

MySQL.com victim of SQL injection

Fills out the awkwardness of certain directors and MySQL. com was hacked last weekend by a SQL injection. The hackers were able to extract usernames and passwords footprints they have not failed to post on pastebin. com. Two Romanian hackers have claimed the act with the release of identifiers on the Internet.

Hackers have also attempted to use the same attack on the Oracle site, but they left empty-handed. They were nevertheless able to decrypt passwords using simple table rainbow sky that can find a password from its footprint. Thus the world has discovered that the director responsible for the account in Wordpress MySQL used only as a four-digit password (the code of his bank card?).

The iPhone also Pwn2Own 4 falls, but not iOS 4.3

On the second day of competition Pwn2Own, experts have managed to topple the iPhone 4 and a BlackBerry. However, IOS 4.3 already prevents this attack. Charlie Muller, already known to have penetrated the iPhone 2G and 3G, took advantage of a security flaw in the system to access data from the device and take control.

iOS 4.3 does not fix the flaw, but adds an extra layer of protection that is blocking the attack passed by Safari and requested the establishment of a malicious site. Indeed, the latest update brings the ASLR or the random distribution of the address space. Specifically, the data are randomly placed in the address space of virtual memory.

Safari and IE fall Pwn2Own

The famous competition Pwn2Own saw Safari and Internet Explorer dropped from the first day. The system at the apple was hacked by a French company that has exploited a flaw in WebKit. This contest is part of the CanSecWest conference that brings together experts in computer security. The first to force the browser to execute arbitrary code with the machine wins.

This year, they were also forced to escape the sandbox and other limits imposed by the operating system. Clearly, they must be able to take full control of the system through the browser. As usual, the first machine was struck by a falling apple. It must be said that experts like to harp on the MacBook and this year was no exception.

HTML5 completed in 3 years

The W3C has released the new schedule for the HTML5 with the deadline for final review in May 2011 and set the standard for completion of 2014. "Last Call" (final call in French) is the phase where the W3C invites communities to confirm the format specifications. It is a kind of final reading to ensure consistency.

It was not until engineers determine that all features (feature complete), but it will already be possible to have a first look at all facets of the language. To be finalized and be recommended by the W3C, HTML5 needs a set of tools to ensure interoperability with various media supposed to support.

Eric Besson does not grow in the net neutrality

In his speech at the parliamentary meetings and that the minister has on his Facebook page, Eric Besson advocates to charge the websites consuming the most traffic. The leitmotif of his speaking was a picture of a highway where the truckers, that is to say the biggest consumers of bandwidth demand to be treated the same way as individuals in their car and requesting an ambulance traffic faster.