Fight the U.S., al Qaeda's Zawahri tells Muslims in video

Al Qaeda's second-in-command Ayman al-Zawahri called on Muslims to fight the United States and its allies around the world and praised the operations of Islamist militants in a new video released on Thursday.

Separately, an Islamist Web site said it would carry a new video from al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden in which he declares war on Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf and Pakistan's army. It gave no details and the footage was not available immediately on the site that carried the news.

In a video made to mark the sixth anniversary of the September 11 attacks, Zawahri said: "Stand, o nation of Islam under the victorious banner of the Prophet ... and campaign against the crusader banner of (U.S. President George W.) Bush.

Fight the U.S., al Qaeda's Zawahri tells Muslims in video | U.S. | Reuters

Microsoft Offers $59.95 Office Ultimate 2007 to Students

Microsoft gets generous with Office Ultimate 2007

When it comes to productivity suites, Microsoft's long-running Office almost always gets top billing. Sure, there are alternatives like OpenOffice and StarOffice available to consumers, but Office sets the standard.

The latest version of the software suite, Office 2007, was released to OEMs on November 30, 2006. Retail customers were able to take possession of the software on January 30, 2007.

DailyTech - Microsoft Offers $59.95 Office Ultimate 2007 to Students

Mystery SNAFU exposes email logins for 100 foreign embassies (and counting)

Mystery SNAFU exposes email logins for 100 foreign embassies (and counting)

Underscoring a major susceptibility threatening thousands of high-profile computer users across the world, a Swedish security consultant has published login credentials belonging to some 100 embassies.

The list contains the login credentials for official email addresses belonging to some 100 foreign embassies from countries including Russia, India, Japan and Iran. They are used to conduct official, sometimes confidential business, from sending ambassadors' schedules to transmitting information relating to lost passports.

Mystery SNAFU exposes email logins for 100 foreign embassies (and counting) | The Register

Only for the strong of heart!

You may have watched shows like SciFi’s Ghost Hunter, but you’ve never seen anything like this. Everything you’ve seen up to now is either faked, misinterpreted or worse. But this, obviously, is real. You just can’t fake something this terrifying! People laughed at John’s famous Ghost Car video claiming it was fake. But this is not even in the same league.

Beware. Only for the strong of heart! Don’t try this at home!

Dvorak Uncensored » Astounding Video PROOF Ghosts Exist!!!!

British police closed at least 11 Tesco supermarkets

British police closed at least 11 Tesco supermarkets

British police closed at least 11 Tesco supermarkets across the country Saturday because of a security alert, authorities said.

The manager at a Tesco in Barrhead, near Glasgow, told Britain's Press Association that staff were sent home around 12:30 p.m. (1330 GMT) after a power failure. But an unidentified employee at a neighboring shop said police had told him there had been a bomb threat.

Police in Hertfordshire, where Britain's largest supermarket has its headquarters, said no one had been hurt and that the move was a precaution. Police did not immediately give further details.

"Police are investigating a series of incidents in a number of locations across the country involving Tesco stores," a Hertfordshire police spokeswoman said on condition of anonymity in line with force police. "These stores have been temporarily closed as a precaution for public safety."

FOXNews.com - Police Shut Down Tesco Supermarkets Across UK in Safety Alert - International News | News of the World | Middle East News | Europe News

Did ya know? It's Fair Use Day: July 11, 2007

Did ya know? It's Fair Use Day: July 11, 2007

July 11, 2007, will mark the third-annual global "Fair Use Day," but chances are this is the first you've heard of it. Started back in 2005, "Fair Use Day" (project website) was created by Eric Clifford to raise awareness of the shifting balance in copyright laws around the world. Clifford acknowledges that Fair Use Day hasn't become the biggest advocacy day in existence, but perhaps the third time is the charm, as the Pirate Party of the United States has announced its support of the effort to raise awareness about copyright issues. As Clifford says, "Garbage had a day, taxes have a day, why not fair use?"


Did ya know? It's Fair Use Day: July 11, 2007

Security company launches eBay for bugs

Security company launches eBay for bugs

WabiSabiLabi argues that the computer industry's ethical disclosure policies have led to a raw deal for security researchers, who typically are not paid for disclosing vulnerabilities. "Nobody in the pharmaceutical industry is blackmailing researchers (or the companies that are financing the research), to force them to release the results for free under an ethical disclosure policy," the WabiSabiLabi Web site states. Representatives from WabiSabiLabi could not immediately be reached for comment.

The company bills its marketplace as a way for "security researchers to get a fair price for their findings and ensure that they will no longer be forced to give them away for free or sell them to cybercriminals."

But to David Perry at Trend Micro, it looks like something else. "It's going to be eBay for vulnerabilities," he said.

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Security company launches eBay for bugs - Network World