Criminals try to copyright their malware

Sun, 04 May 2008 03:25:36 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Virus writers selling software with a detailed licensing agreement

By Jordan Robertson

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SAN FRANCISCO - Even criminal hackers want to protect their intellectual property, and they've come up with a method akin to copyrighting — with an appropriate dash of Internet thuggery thrown in.

Professional virus writers are now selling a suite of software on the Internet with an unusual attachment: a detailed licensing agreement that promises penalties for redistributing the malicious code without permission.

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20 world geography facts that might surprise you

Sun, 04 May 2008 03:19:58 GMT

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Portland, Oregon, where it rarely snows, is about 130 miles further north than Toronto, and over 200 miles further north than Boston.

On France’s southern Mediterranean coast, Cannes, the sunny summer playground of the rich, which is sometimes incorrectly called ‘tropical’, is about 10 miles further north than Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Sydney, Australia

Buenos Aires, Los Angeles, Cape Town, and Sydney are each thousands of miles apart and are known for having unusually pleasant year-round climates, and they are all almost identical distances from the Equator.

The 49th Parallel, which makes up the long and straight US/Canada border in the west, is about 120 miles north of Estcourt Station, Maine.

The entire country of England, with over 50 million residents, is a wee bit smaller than the state of Louisiana.

France is about 30% larger than the state of California.

About two-thirds of Africa is in the Northern Hemisphere.

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Criminals try to copyright their malware

20 world geography facts that might surprise you