NASA Hacker Garry McKinnon Is Off the Hook, the UK Will Not Prosecute Him

After ten years of legal battles, it seems that NASA hacker Garry McKinnon is finally off the hook. UK authorities decided that they would not commence a criminal investigation against him.

In a joint statement, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) and the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) reveal that the decision comes after consultations with the US authorities.


Back in 2002, the US Department of Justice, the UK police and the CPS decided that McKinnon should be tried in the United States because

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Serbia Google, Gmail, Microsoft, OVI, And More High Level Domains Defaced By Pakistani Hackers

Serbian Google, Gmail, Microsoft, OVI and more high level domain were defaced by Pakistani hackers with the names 1337, H4x0rl1f3, ZombiE_KsA, Invectus, and Shadow008
Those names might be familiar to you from other attacks defacing Israeli MSN, Bing and more high level domains as well.
Mirrors of the website can be found here

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iPad mini – Apple’s Best iPad Yet

If you’re deciding between several gadgets to put something under the Christmas tree this year, you might want to consider the iPad mini. For all the inches it shaves off, it offers a truly compelling tablet experience.

Apple had to jump over many hurdles to get where it is today in the tablet space (and not only). Launching the first iPad in 2010 took a tremendous amount of prototyping over several years.

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Nokia Looking to Hire Linux Engineer, Might Plan Android Devices

Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia is focused on the release of Windows Phone devices as part of its partnership with Microsoft, but it seems that the company is also looking into other platforms out there.

In fact, the handset vendor has already published a job listing on LinkedIn, announcing that it is looking for a Linux software engineer.

According to the post, which is dated November 29, Nokia is looking into embedding Linux software and drivers into its new products, which would suggest that Android might soon arrive on its devices.

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