MSBlast.b hacker gets 18 Months in jail Citing neglectful parents and an internet that she said was a "dungeon" for lonely people, a US federal judge last week sentenced Jeffrey Lee Parson, a teen hacker who created 2003's MSBlast.b worm, to 18 months in prison, less than half the time prosecutors had requested. More...
Firefox 1.1's release pushed back to June The next version of the popular open-source Firefox will likely show up in June of 2005, not March as earlier expected, the browser's lead engineer wrote this weekend in his blog. More...
Russians say Windows XP SP2 vulnerable A little-known Russian security firm this week claimed that it's spotted vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows XP SP2, and has taken the unusual step of producing its own patch for the bug. More...
MIT's Media Lab Europe to fold Media Lab Europe, initially established as a partnership of the Massachusetts of Technology and the Irish Government, will be phased out over a period of months. More...
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