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In a blow to the republican vice presidential candidate’s privacy, hackers have taken over and copied all the e-mails out of Governor Palins e-mail account on Yahoo. The best part is that no one knows if the account was hacked via a Yahoo Zero day or a bad password choice.

The IPod Nano and Nike TM shoe was a great idea for people to listen to music as they walk, and get information on how much they walked during the time the two systems were synched. Apple has decided to declare war against sneaker hackers, and have a patent to work out if the system of nano and sensor is an “authorized garment”.

Hackers are in the early stages of targeting voice-over IP telephony accounts according to one VoIP equipment maker.Private information, including usernames and passwords from VoIP phone accounts are being sold online for more than stolen credit cards Newport Networks says. The information lets hackers use the telephone service for free.

In what could be a bad day for United Kingdom pen testers, stress testers, and other systems security folks, the UK is getting ready to ban the creation and distribution of tools that could be used by hackers. This generally unpleasant concept could make it not only impossible to create the next nessus or nmap by anyone in the UK, it could also send them to jail for distributing the tools they make as well. This ought to set back UK computer security by decades.

People have this silly notion that when they buy something, it belongs to them and they can do what they want with it. Silly people. Apple's been relatively quiet about threats to sell software and tools to unlock the iPhone, and AT&T hasn't made any public statements, but a few lawyer warning shots have been fired in private.

GayGamers.net isn't so gay lately. (Look, if you want me to avoid the gratuitous puns, you're going to be severely disappointed.) The site was hate-hacked over the weekend.

Three Indian nationals have been charged as part of the Securities and Exchange Commission's investigation into pump and dump stock schemes the boosted prices for fourteen stocks, including Google and Sun Microsystems.