Dan Goodin / The Register:
Researchers spy on BitTorrent users in real-time — User uploads and downloads revealed — Researchers have devised a way to monitor BitTorrent users over long stretches of time, a feat that allows them to map the internet addresses of individuals and track the content they are sending and receiving.
Cade Metz / The Register:
Google Research head dubs holy PageRank ‘over-hyped’ — Norvig mum on ‘Caffeine’ search shot — Google research head Peter Norvig says that the search giant’s hallowed PageRank link analysis algorithm is overrated. And always has been. — “One thing that I think is still over-hyped is PageRank …
Dan Goodin / The Register:
Hackers declare war on international forensics tool — Microsoft’s COFEE decaffeinated — Hackers have released software they say sabotages a suite of forensics utilities provided for free by Microsoft to hundreds of law enforcement agencies across the globe.