Symantec offered hackers $50k to delete stolen code in alleged "sting"
Hackers claiming to have the source code for Symantec's PCAnywhere and Norton Antivirus software attempted to extort $50,000 from the company, according to e-mail transcripts posted on February 7.
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Journalist recovers video of his arrest after police deleted it
A Miami journalist has recovered video of police officers arresting him after it was deleted from his camera. The man was covering a police effort to evict Occupy Miami protestors. He plans to file a...
Whatever happened to that "six strikes" P2P notice system? It’s coming soon
Whatever happened to the "six strikes" system that was to help civilize the American Internet?
Three years ago, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) gave up its mass litigation strategy of targeting tens...
A license to link? Lowe’s has one
In the course of building a large framed mirror last month—a process which cemented my belief that doing pro-quality wood staining is a black art best left to necromancers—I visited the website for hardware gian......
Over 3 years later, "deleted" Facebook photos are still online
Facebook is still working on deleting photos from its servers in a timely manner nearly three years after Ars first brought attention to the topic. The company admitted on Friday that its older systems for...
In annual tradition, advertisers cowed by NFL trademark bullying
Every year in late January or early February, two teams take to the field to play a football game that's watched by tens of millions of Americans. And every year, businesses launch ad campaigns to...
Week in tech: acting out over ACTA, Firefox 10, and a new KDE tablet
Kindle Fire dwarfs other Android tablets in market share after just three months: After three months, the Kindle Fire has an equal share of the Android tablet market with the Samsung Galaxy Tab, and has already outstripped the Mo......
Indiana backing away from bill allowing creation "science" into classrooms
Earlier this week, we reported on efforts by an Indiana state legislator who was interested in getting creationism inserted into the state's science classrooms. He managed to get a modified bill, one that was less sectarian but ......
FDA whistleblowers say government retaliated with spyware
A group of former FDA scientists who spoke out against the agency's allegedly flawed device-approval process are suing the feds for intercepting Gmail and Yahoo Mail messages by installing spy programs on their work compute......
"I was punched in the face": Kim Dotcom says police used excessive force in raid
Megaupload boss Kim Dotcom (read our in-depth profile) was denied bail on Thursday by a New Zealand court. Dotcom insisted that he had no desire to flee the country and merely wanted to be with...
ACTA on the edge in Europe? Poland suspends ratification, Greece gets hacked
Anger at last month's decision by the European Union and 22 of its member states to sign the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) has led to widespread protests, hacked Web sites, and legislators backing away from...
