'Commitments' Scribes on Trail of 'Thief'
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British writers Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais, whose numerous screenplay credits include "The Commitments," are in negotiations to write the big-screen version of the best-selling book "Confessions of a Master Jewel Thief," by Bill Mason with Lee Gruenfeld.
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The music industry's trying to use the current legal system to get around decisions made by legal systems past, says InfoWorld's Robert X. Cringeley. The upshot? We're all thieves -- yes, you too.
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Say what you want about the recording industry&#39;s take-no-prisoners approach to combating online piracy. At least when the music czars go after someone, they target persons suspected of trading
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One great way to determine whether your digital product is destined for greatness is how many people want to steal it. The same goes for open source.
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When director Kirby Dick wanted to  learn the identities of the most secretive group in the film  industry, he resorted to a time-honored Hollywood tradition. He  hired a private eye to follow them and go through their  garbage.
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A new study shows that convicted ID thieves often avoid jail time, reveals common methods of ID theft.
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PROVIDENCE, R.I.  - One of the joys of the games  in the "Thief" series is the ability to sneak up on opponents,  quietly take them out with a good knock on the noggin, and then  dump their body in the shadows so you can resume your hunt for  loot.
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Assignment Zero looks at "crowdsourced" media sites, which love to equate social editing with democracy. It's as raucous, messy and enthralling as the electoral process, and for proof look no further than the much-debated DVD hack posted at Digg.com.
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You can't cheat an honest person, they say. Like generations of scammers before them, some malware writers are taking that "advice" to heart, releasing their Trojan software and keyloggers as "cracked" versions of Vista oon peer-to-peer service. Who's going to turn them in, after all -- a would-be pirate?
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Sneaky program takes a different tack to capture people's passwords and potentially steal money.
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Â· Police search for evidence of leaks to US authors  Â· Book claims CIA and MI6 failed to halt smuggling
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Â· Stylish appearance and air of affluence fooled staff  Â· Armed raiders take rings, necklaces and diamonds
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Plot lines from recent books are written by a cast of hundreds, even thousands, of often anonymous contributors who congregate online to write, collaborate, read, analyze and edit each other's words in crowdsourced fiction and nonfiction.
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Ronald Harwood, a screenwriter skilled in the art of adapting complicated books for the screen, defies the numbers by keeping busy.
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Want an autograph from Johnny Depp? Chances are, he'll sign something for you Â and not be a jerk about it.
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The new BBC series of Robin Hood is to go ahead despite the theft of the Â£8m show's master tapes.
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DETROITÂ -- Jim Dunne has made a career of stealing automakers' secrets and sharing them with the world. Dunne has the job half the little boys on Earth would kill for: hiding from authority, waiting for the coolest new cars to come by and snapping their pictures.