The 2011 Pwnie Awards were given for nine categories: Pwnie for Best Server-Side Bug Pwnie for Best Client-Side Bug Pwnie for Best Privilege Escalation Bug Pwnie for Most Innovative Research Pwnie for Lamest Vendor Response Pwnie for Best Song Pwnie for Most Epic FAIL Pwnie for Lifetime Achievement Pwnie for Epic Ownage Judges accepted nominations in each category … [Read more...]
Google Takes on Software Patents In Its Latest Blog Post
NPR has covered software patents and the topic is in the news daily. Proving that point today, Google wrote about software patents and the current on-going patent wars that are plaguing the Google Android system in When patents attack Android. Google is airing out the dirty laundry and spilling the beans that Microsoft and Apple, after forming a group to outbid Google for … [Read more...]
Federal Judge: Renting a DVD, a Player, and Streaming It To The Renter Is Not The Same As Renting A DVD
Chalk up another win for the MPAA as a federal judge has issued an injunction for Zediva. The game-changing service was still in invite-only mode when it was ordered to shut down. Zediva offered streaming movies to its customers by renting them a DVD player and a DVD, and then streaming the video online to the paying customer. This complicated setup was in-place to bypass … [Read more...]
“Main Street Fairness” Act Heads To The Federal Level and Amazon Supports It
Following several cash-strapped states passing laws dubbed the "Amazon Tax" where online retailers with affiliates in a state are considered a physical nexus and have to collect sales tax, those online retailers terminated thousands of affiliate. This resulted in states gaining no additional sales tax revenue, driving some companies across the border, and reducing the income of … [Read more...]
Java 7.0 Now Available For Download
Oracle has announced that Java 7 is available for download. This is mostly news for developers because the new Java 7 features obviously aren't implemented in code that you're likely to encounter for a while. There are some new networking and security features listed briefly but the bigger new features seem to be aimed toward developers. Java SE 7 delivers: Language changes … [Read more...]