The silly dispute over the provenance of Facebook landed in federal court once again yesterday, this time over allegations that ConnectU hacked Facebook to gather information that could be used to lure its members to ConnectU’s competing social-networking site.
In a motion hearing, ConnectU disputed Facebook’s allegations and asked U.S. Magistrate Judge Richard Seeborg to dismiss [...]
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Turns out “irreparable damage” was a fairly apt description for what Apple’s latest iPhone firmware update does to modified or unlocked iPhones. Issued yesterday afternoon, iPhone 1.1.1 update does indeed play havoc with modified iPhones, particularly those that have been hacked to work on non-AT&T networks. It wipes out all unsupported third-party applications and [...]
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“A-Space,” the Central Intelligence Agency’s social network for agents and analysts, may have seemed a grand idea when it was first announced. A tool that would improve the sharing of information across the traditionally stove-piped intelligence community. A SpySpace.
Doesn’t seem so ingenious now, though. Not when a “View All Friends” command might reveal People’s [...]
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