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A Norwegian politician said he called Wikileaks for the Nobel Peace, referring to the site's contribution to "democracy and freedom" around the world. Nominations for the price of peace is closed Tuesdays. Any beneficiary legislator, academic or award in the world can nominate anyone for the price, according to the website of the Prize. Storting parliament Snorre Valen Wikileaks said on condition that contributed to "draw a map of the freedom of information." "Xiabao Liu was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize last year, fought for human rights, democracy and freedom of expression in China," Valen wrote on his blog. "Similarly, Wikileaks took part in the battle those same values throughout the world, exposing (among many other things), corruption, war crimes and torture." Wikileaks is a site that publishes documents concerning its business and neglect of the government. Critics have accused of endangering national security, while the defen...

The online accumulation Anonymous said Wednesday that it had bedridden the Egyptian government’s Web sites in abutment of the antigovernment protests. Anonymous, a about authentic accumulation of hackers from all over the world, aggregate about 500 supporters in online forums and acclimatedcomputer application accoutrement to accompany bottomward the sites of the Ministry of Information and President Hosni Mubarak’s National Democratic Party, said Gregg Housh, a affiliate of the accumulation who disavows any actionable action himself. The sites were bare Wednesday afternoon. The attacks, Mr. Housh said, are allotment of a added attack that Anonymous has army in abutment of the antigovernment protests that accept confused the Arab world. Aftermost month, the accumulation shut bottomward the Web sites of the Tunisian government and banal barter in abutment of the insurgence that affected the country’s dictator, Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali, to flee. Mr. Housh said that the accumulation ...

In a case of Internet espionage that makes the antics of double agent Cold War operatives seem like frivolous child play, Bing has been caught stealing search results from Google with its Bing toolbar and IE8's Suggested Sites feature. Google first suspected foul play in May 2010. By October 2010, with Bing results beginning to look uncannily like Google's, it knew something had to be done about it -- and so, in true, nerdtastic style, Google set up a sting to prove that Microsoft was actually behind the wholesale mimicry of Google's search results.   One of Google's 'sting' queries A few days later, the same result on Bing Google injected "synthetic" results into its search engine -- fake queries and results that no real user or engine would ever generate. Then, on D-Day, December 17, about 20 Google engineers were asked to run the test queries with Internet Explorer 8, Bing Bar and Suggested Sites. By December 31, some of these fake results beg...

How to get FREE CEH V7 Training? EC-Council is going to be selecting 125 information security professionals from all over the world to be part of the inaugural CEH V7 launch for FREE ! That’s right, you heard it right. It is Absolutely Free ! You can be one of the 125 Information Security Professionals who would be granted FREE Seats for the upcoming Launch Class of CEH v7. All you need is register at https://eccouncil.wufoo.com/forms/ceh-v7/. In 50 words, tell us why you should be selected ( Tip : Tell you the certifications you hold, the job you do, the company you work for and how this class will benefit you) Only the BEST would be selected, so make sure your application stands out from the crowd. As only 125 profesionals from all over the world will qualify, make your application early! Applications are open until 12 p.m. EST, on the 6th of February, 2011. All successful candidates shall be notified by February 14th, 2011. Benefits: The winners are entitled to other benef...

The Indian Army believes that arch amusing networking armpit Facebook has played a key role in annoying abandon in Jammu & Kashmir. According to the Army, Facebook and some added amusing networking sites are actuality acclimated to advance abrogating attack adjoin the Army and added aegis agencies. S A Hasnain, General Officer Commanding of the Srinagar-based 15 Corps bidding his apropos while acclamation the mediapersons at an Army action at Khanabal in South Kashmir. The acceleration of amusing media has already brought anarchy in abounding countries, including Egypt. The Army believes that these amusing media sites may afflict the accord and accord in the basin in future.