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Hugh Pickens writes “Vice President Joe Biden lauded Hollywood at a gala dinner in Washington, assailed movie piracy, and promised film executives that the Obama administration would pick “the right person” as its copyright czar. Biden warned of the harms of piracy at the private event organized by the Motion Picture Association of America in the sumptuous, newly renovated Great Hall of the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C. “It’s pure theft, stolen from the artists and quite frankly from the American people as consequence of loss of jobs and as a consequence of loss of income,” Biden said, according to a White House pool report. Biden addressed President Obama’s forthcoming decision about who will be named the intellectual-property enforcement coordinator, better known as the copyright czar. Under a law approved by the U.S. Congress last October, Obama is required to appoint someone to coordinate the administration’s IP enforcement efforts and prepare annual reports. Copyright industry lobbyists sent a letter to the president asking him to pick someone sympathetic to their concerns, while groups that would curb copyright law sent their own letter (pdf) urging the opposite approach. We “will find the right person for intellectual property czar,” Biden said.”

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yahoi writes ” According to the DarkReading article, ‘Researchers have discovered a major botnet operating out of the Ukraine that has infected 1.9 million machines, including large corporate and government PCs mainly in the U.S. The botnet, which appears to be larger than the infamous Storm botnet was in its heyday, has infected machines from some 77 government-owned domains — 51 of which are in the US government. Researchers from Finjan who found the botnet say it’s controlled by six individuals, and includes machines in major banks.'”

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Chicago (IL) – Researchers at the Cyber Secure Institute estimate that the nefarious Conficker worm has racked up a staggering .1 billion bill. The Institute also warned against “downplaying” the worm’s significance.

Ubuntu 9.04 will represent the next upgrade from either 8.04 Long Term Release (LTR), which is supported through April 2011; or the 8.10 standard release, which is supported through 2010.

Web browser’s third update this year fixes 12 vulnerabilities–four rated critical–and comes as its open-source developers ready the fourth beta.

“Although we usually wait until a feature is fully baked before showing off the technology behind it, we’re just too excited about this new project to keep it to ourselves.” Schnikes that’s fast!