Apple released a QuickTime update on Tuesday to block an exploit created to win a Mac-hacking contest launched last month at the CanSecWest conference in Vancouver, British Columbia.To generate interest in the contest, 3Com’s TippingPoint 
division tempted technology gurus with a $10,000 prize in exchange for demonstrating how to breach a Mac through a Web browser vulnerability.
As it turns out, by enticing a user to visit a Web page containing a maliciously crafted Java applet, an attacker can exploit the QuickTime bug, leading to arbitrary code execution, according to an Apple bulletin.
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May 2nd, 2007
Google’s response to Viacom’s $1 billion copyright-infringement lawsuit is stirring debate about Internet freedoms. If Google successfully defends itself against Viacom’s claims that its YouTube property does not qualify for safe harbor protection under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), the court findings could have a dramatic impact on the way information is consumed online.At the center of the debate are Google’s assertions in a 12-page answer to Viacom’s charges. In that statement, Google turned the tables on Viacom, arguing that the media conglomerate’s online copyright perspective “threatens the way hundreds of millions of people legitimately exchange information, news, entertainment, and political and artistic expression.”
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May 2nd, 2007
