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Video: Great, big Apple expectations - June 27, 2008

In two weeks, Apple fans will finally be able to get their hands on the iPhone 3G. In Friday's edition of the Daily Debrief, CNET News.com's Kara Tsuboi and Tom Krazit discuss the phone's new activation process and other rumors swirling around out there in the blogosphere.
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A great day for individual freedom - June 27, 2008

The US Supreme Court this week affirmed the original intent of the Second Amendment to the US Constitution with regard to personal self-defense. The decision is a rare triumph for individual rights, but further cases will be needed to remove the remaining
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Datto: Off-site backup made easy - June 27, 2008

A NAs device that automatically syncs its content to a remote server.
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Black Hat launches Webinar series - June 26, 2008

First broadcast previewed five presentations to be made in full in August with future Webinars perhaps once a month.
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London transit cards cracked and cloned - June 26, 2008

Researchers clone public transit cards in London to demonstrate vulnerabilities in the Mifare Classic smartcard used for transit and work access systems worldwide.
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Woman accused of hacking Houston organ bank indicted - June 26, 2008

Former director of information technology is alleged to have deleted donor information and other files after being fired from a Houston organ bank.
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Facebook suspends app that permitted peephole - June 26, 2008

Holes in Facebook had allowed anyone to see your birthday, relationship status, gender, and other personal information on the Top Friends application.
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iRobot military robots emigrating - June 26, 2008

Unmanned robots sold to allied nations such as Israel and the United Kingdom are set to make up approximately 15 percent of the U.S. manufacturer's industrial-division revenues for 2008.
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Whatever happened to Microsoft's DRM plan - June 25, 2008

From DRM to disk encryption--the sordid tale of how Microsoft's plans to appease Hollywood were derailed.
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Microsoft tools address SQL injection attacks - June 24, 2008

Advisory helps Web sites that use Microsoft ASP and ASP.NET technologies against recent Web-based attacks.
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