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With only a week left before the Con, I just wanted to jog everyone's memory. Be sure to check the official thread for the schedule and to pre-register if you want to save some money on the tickets. We have a great line-up. A few speakers, a few competitions, and probably a lot of "break out" sessions. PM me if you have any questions, comments, or concerns.

--samurai

As we do every year, HBH hosts a small hacking and security convention in Brighton UK.

This year the event will be held on Saturday 26th July 2008.

Tickets will be on sale for £15. It will be a one day event. There will be 20 places up for grabs, on a first come first serve basis. So make sure you get your ticket asap!

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Well, i promised didn't i?

Tracking 2 is fixed now, althou there might be some bugs in the code so if it won't work for you then please submit it as a bug and i'll see if i can fix it permanently.

~root_op

Its a Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) Competition, which should prove quite fun for you to play around with, and a great learning opportunity.

System_meltdown won this competition. Reaching number ranking on google at the time the competition ended. He has been awarded 100 points. He won the competition with the entry: http://www.elites0ft.com/hbh.html

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The government is planning a massive database to hold the details of citizens' phone calls, e-mail messages and internet sessions, reports the Times, as part of the fight against crime and terrorism.

ISPs and telecoms companies would be forced to hand over the records to the Home Office under the plan, says the paper.

The information would be held for at least 12 months and the police and the security services would be able to access it after getting permission from the courts.

Critics of the proposed scheme say having the information all in one place will make it more vulnerable to data breaches.

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Users are being offered an unofficial Microsoft software fix to address boot up problems on HP machines that been updated with Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3).

HP users have complained that XP machines powered by AMD processors have encountered problems once SP3 has been downloaded.

Users have seen their machine repeatedly boot up once they turn on their machines. The problem is caused by rogue code in the operating system which is designed for machines powered by Intel processors instead.

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BT is to start public trials this month of controversial new advertisement-serving technology from AIM-listed Phorm.

Phorm, which serves adverts to people browsing the web, based on the contents of sites they vist, has been criticised by privacy campaigners, including the Foundation for Information Policy Research (FIPR) think tank, which said it believes Phorm's technology breaks the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act.

The BT trial will test a system to allow BT internet customers to opt out from receiving advertisements based on their online activity, a BT spokesman said.

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Malware has been identified on pro-Tibet websites that could be politically motivated, according to security supplier ScanSafe.

Malware was found on the www.FreeTibet.org website and the problem has now been rectified.

The human rights groups were targeted by a Trojan, according to Spencer Parker, director of product management at ScanSafe.

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A federal judge in Texas sentenced a Washington man to 30 months in prison for using spoofed telephone numbers and social engineering to convince police SWAT teams to show up at victims' doors.

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People who illegally download films and music will be cut off from the internet under new legislative proposals to be unveiled next week.

As of April 2009, UK Internet service providers (ISPs) will be legally required to take action against users who access pirated material.

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Polish police yesterday arrested a 14-year-old schoolboy for endangering public safety when he hacked the Lodz tram system and disrupted traffic.

Using a TV-style remote control he built himself, Adam Dabrowski allegedly changed the points on the city's tram system. This derailed some tram cars, causing them to crash and injure up to 12 passengers.

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