Bush reported computer attacks on the Pentagon from Russia.

Guide Pentagon this week, President George W. Bush submitted a report on the powerful electronic attack on their computers, reported Los Angeles Times. Presumably, the source of the attack was on the territory of Russia, and its breadth suggests a serious threat to national security.
The Ministry did not name the amount of damage from the attack, but was told that the attack took place on computer networks Commander of U.S. Central Command, responsible for the campaign in Iraq and Afghanistan, and computers in combat zones. In addition, an intrusion in at least one top network.
U.S. military computers are regularly subjected to cyber-attacks, but this attack was particularly intense. According to the Pentagon, attackers used malicious program agent.btz, specifically designed to harm the defense networks.
About historically powerful cyber-attacks on Pentagon computers has been known for another week, but then it masshatab and possible source is not identified. To combat the spread of dangerous programs the U.S. military around the world banned the use of external data carriers.
In recent cyber attack is increasingly cited as a powerful threat to U.S. national security. In particular, we are talking about possible attacks by China and Russia.

Microsoft once again is negotiating the purchase of search engine Yahoo!.

The company Microsoft is interested in acquiring search business Yahoo!, Wrote in a British Sunday newspaper The Times. Assets valued at 20 billion dollars. Leadership of both companies reached an agreement on key items of the deal, said the newspaper.
In addition, Microsoft plans to support the new team of managers Yahoo!. It is expected that key posts in the company will take Jonathan Miller, former general director of AOL, and Ross Levinson, formerly head of Fox Interactive Media.
The Times notes that the Microsoft proposal to buy the search business does not mean another attempt to takeover Yahoo!. In the case of the successful completion of the transaction the company will remain content services, e-mail and instant messaging.
Note that the November 7 general director of Microsoft Steve Balmer said that the company has no plans to return to negotiations on full or partial purchase of Yahoo!.
In May 2008, the Board of Directors of Yahoo! Microsoft refused to acquire the company for 44.6 billion dollars. May 18, Microsoft again sat at the negotiating table and offered to buy back the search business Yahoo!. This round of talks also failed.
Recently, Yahoo! left one of the main developers of search engine Shawn Sachter. Until then, it was announced the departure of the company's general director Jerry Yang.

France will adjust prices for Internet access.

Soon, the French Government will ask providers charge for Unlimited access to the Internet anywhere in the country less than 35 euros, transmits Reuters, referring to the words of Secretary of State, Prime Minister Eric Besson.
The purpose of government, according to the minister, is connected to the 2010 100 per cent of French channel with a capacity of at least 512 kilobits per second. Two of the largest telecommunications operator France, France Telekom and SFR already agreed by the end of 2009 to include broadband access in their package of universal service.
While not known whether these companies during the implementation of these projects rely on the government, but the Minister has promised at the beginning of 2009 conduct a tender for the provision of broadband services throughout the country.
France will be the first member of the European Union, which directly regulates the offer broadband access services. Previously, the country argued that broadband access has been included in the list of mandatory universal service operators throughout the EU. Currently, access to the network does not have seven percent of EU citizens, one third of them live in rural areas.

Sold at online auction site give the child a temporary guardians.

Dutch town of Zwolle Court decided to refer the Belgian baby, purchased at the online auction site local family and known only as J, under the temporary custody, transfers Reuters.
The boy in question was born in the Belgian city of Ghent in summer 2008. His parents already had one child, and they decided to sell a second, because they could not afford to educate just two.
According to Belgian television VTM, the child cost "customers" in an amount of between five and ten thousand euros. Foster parents argue that children are not bought and paid for only the cost of bearing. In turn, the biological mother has already said he wants to return it, said the video Reuters.
The trial was initiated by the Dutch Council for the Protection of Children, said BBC News. The organization found that a Dutch family had violated the rules of adoption, trying to hide from the relevant authorities of the transfer. This, in particular, violates the rights of the child. The Council was in favor of the transfer of a child of a family, not related to the first two.

Best blog in 2008 became the Cuban online diary.

Jury international competition blogs Deutsche Welle The BOBs announced the winners in 16 categories. Best blog has been recognized as a diary Generation Y Cuban Internet journalist Yoani Sanchez, that Fidel Castro has accused of undermining the communist regime. In the category of "Best blog on the Russian" won diary photographer Alexander Popov MetroDream.
The organization Reporters Without Borders awarded at the Iranian blog 4equality, gathering a million signatures against discrimination, and Chinese blog Tszen Tsinen, telling about life under house arrest.
The best podcasts recognized by the draft radio journalist Denis Grincha Radio Grinch. The most unusual blogging has been a comic designer Marat Amareya "Maratochka."
Prize users in the category "Best Blog" received a Chinese blog about the news Science Science Squirrel. Best blog on the Russian version of users has become a diary Denis Klyueva.
Total Company BOBs 2008 brought together more Blogs 8500, an increase of 20 per cent more than in 2007.

Members obyazhut check the license software.

   In the near future, users of pirated computer software, as well as owners of house networks and videohostingov will be fine for violating intellectual property rights, even if they did not know what use kontrafakt. This was on Thursday writes the newspaper Kommersant.
Plenum of the Supreme and Supreme Arbitration courts have prepared a draft decree, which explains entered into force on 1 January 2008 Article 1250 Civil Code ( "Protection of intellectual property rights). The article states that the absence of guilt does not absolve the perpetrator of the need to end the use of It's a also does not preclude the application of the sanctions.
Previously, the penalty would apply only to the innocent legal entities - users It's now the practice extended to ordinary citizens. Supreme and Arbitration courts said that the man who used kontrafakt unconsciously, can only reduce the amount of the fine (if conscious violations range from 10 thousand to five million rubles), but not exempt from it altogether. So now the user can fine, even if he proves that he did not know about the illegality installed on his home computer program.
Also, individuals will be fine for posting and downloading kontrafakta networks and hosting (even if they did not know what post and download pirated copies). True, there are difficulties in tracing the users. However, lawyers believe that these difficulties would be offset by what is now an opportunity to prosecute the owners of networks and hosting. Previously, it was difficult to prove that the owner, for example, Youtube is aware of the appearance of its hosting kontrafakta. Now this is not required.

The jury found no malice in creating a false account on MySpace.

On Wednesday, jurors in the case of Missouri resident Lori Drew, accused of bringing 13-year-old girl to commit suicide were not able to recognize a woman guilty of criminal intent and unauthorized access to your computer to cause emotional suffering, transmits agency Associated Press.
Assessors Los Angeles court nevertheless recognized Drew guilty of three episodes of unauthorized access to a computer. the maximum penalty for the offense is 1 year imprisonment and a fine of 100 thousand dollars for each episode. If Drew is not removed from accusations of more serious crimes, it could get 20 years in prison. <P> Attorney, Drew said that was not satisfied with the decision because the accusations against his client should not have been put forward. The mother of suicide girl reported that Drew deserves three years' imprisonment. "It's not revenge, it is justice," - said Tina Meyer. In turn, the prosecution has not yet determined whether to insist on re-trial proceedings.
Recall, 49-year-old Drew charged that helped create a bogus account daughter in the social network MySpace, allegedly belonging to 16-year-old Joshi Evans. "Evans began to communicate with the 13-year-old Megan Meyer, who friends with the daughter of the accused, but later quarreled with her. Drew wanted to find out what Megan thinks about former girlfriend.
Having talked with Megan a few weeks, "Evans began to insult her. 16 Oct., 2006 virtual companion girl wrote "Without you the world would be better," and after 20 minutes Tina Meyer was the daughter part in the walk-in closet.