ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Recount efforts after the presidential vote have highlighted major vulnerabilities in the U.S. election system long flagged by computer scientists.
Back in 1997, George Lucas re-released the original Star Wars trilogy in digitally altered “special editions,” and asserted that these were the only “true” editions of the classic films. The original, unaltered versions became rare — you can find them on VHS, and they are included on a DVD release (though the transfer is poor), and there are some original 35mm prints floating around, but fans have been desperate for Lucasfilm to restore and re-release the unaltered versions on Blu-ray. While we wait for something that may never come, one anonymous group has uncovered an original 35mm print and cleaned it up.
A Binghamton man who had been linked to an international computer hacking ring will be sentenced in November after pleading guilty in Federal Court on August 17, 2015 to criminally sending spam.
Prosecutors say 39-year-old Eric Crocker faces up to three years in prison...