Firefox Update Patches Critical Security Flaws

Mozilla has pushed out a new version of Firefox with fixes for a number of security flaws, two of which were rated as critical. The new version also includes some accessibility improvements.If you’re running Firefox 3, you should download this update now. At the moment, you’ll need to grab it by hand from the Mozilla site.

The update brings Firefox to version 3.0.2 and patches two critical security flaws: a memory corruption bug and a privilege escalation bug, which involved the XPCnativeWrapper component of Firefox. This privilege escalation bug is of particular note, as an attacker could use the exploit to run scripts inside your browser. Users running NoScript, or those surfing with JavaScript turned off aren’t likely to find themselves compromised, but this update contains a good number of fixes, so we’d recommend downloading it anyway. For a complete list of all the bug fixes, see Mozilla’s release notes.

Mirror’s Edge ‘Proof of Concept’

See an exclusive look at an early test of first-person movement in EA and DICE’s Mirror’s Edge. This was before Faith became the main character. Mirror’s Edge is coming to PC, PS3, and Xbox 360.

Amazing this game is Looking really Good 🙂

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Europeans may soon be paying less for “Texting and Calling”

The European Commission has proposed legislation to limit the price of sending a text message, or SMS, from one EU country to another to no more than 11 euro cents, a drop of up to sixty per cent on current prices.

The proposals still have to receive the backing of the European Parliament and of the EU’s 27 member states before they can come into force, possibly as early as next summer. However, mobile operators complain that this will eat too sharply into their revenues and they will lobby to soften the plans.

The GSM Association, which includes companies such as Orange, Telefonica, and Vodafone, says previous regulation to limit prices has led to a 26 per cent fall in revenues.

ATM Hackers Busted

Jordan Eske and Nicolas Foster, both 21, are in Lancaster County Jail pending an October 1st arraignment. They’re each charged with four counts of theft by deception, and one count of computer fraud, for allegedly pulling cash from privately owned ATMs at four stores in the area.

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“UFO’s and a UK hacker” US changes law to bust him

McKinnon is still facing six months to six-and-a-half years in prison under federal sentencing guidelines

The mystery deepens when one tries to track down this legislation, which has proven as elusive as the UFOs McKinnon claims he was hunting for in Pentagon computers.

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New witness in Holloway disappearance

A new witness has emerged in the disappearance of US teenager Natalee Holloway on the holiday island of Aruba in 2005

Dutch student Joran van der Sloot, walk past his house in one shoe and a stained shirt followed by his father in a red car on the night the girl disappeared.

Aruban prosecution department chief Hans Mos told the AD the new witness statement is ‘interesting’ but ‘one of many’. Van der Sloot and his father Paul have always sworn they were not together that night.

Joran van der Sloot has admitted being with Holloway on the beach the night she died. He told an undercover tv reporter that a friend had dumped her body at sea.

Mos confirmed earlier reports that he hopes to have the case finally wrapped up by the end of the year. Van der Sloot has twice been arrested and released because of a lack of evidence.

John de Mol saves Hammer Films

A consortium led by Dutch tv tycoon John de Mol’s investment company Cyrte has bought legendary horror film studio Hammer Films for an undisclosed sum

The acquisition includes its 295 film library which includes classics starring Christopher Lee.

Production has begun on the first film, The Wake Wood, which is due for release in 2009.