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Rootkits in a keyboard? Really?

  • August 6th, 2009
  • Posted in Uncategorized
  • By Shawn K. Quinn

A recent ZDNet blog entry mentions probably the most bizarre type of exploit I have ever run across in about a quarter-century of computer use. Apparently, a firmware update for an Apple keyboard can be infected with such things as keystroke loggers and nearly undetectable rootkits. From the post: Chen, from the Georgia Institute of Technology, said [ READ MORE ]

FCC takes aim at Apple and AT&T re: Google Voice app rejection

  • August 6th, 2009
  • Posted in Uncategorized
  • By Shawn K. Quinn

Fred von Lohmann, writing for the EFF Deeplinks blog, reports on the FCC’s investigation regarding the highly dubious and potentially anti-competitive rejection of a Google Voice app for the iPhone. And my not-so-humble opinion, of course, can be summed up thusly: About damn time. Hopefully, a decision on this will be at least useful as some [ READ MORE ]

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