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June 30, 2005
Microsoft Tests Security Tool For PC Classrooms
"The Shared Computer Toolkit would let administrators erase stored passwords and lists of recently used files, restore deleted files, wipe away downloaded software, and turn on accessibility features using simpler controls. "
Next-Gen Console CPUs Not Up to Hype
With good discussion about the way games have changed (discussion on Slashdot).
June 29, 2005
ID Theft: What You Need to Know
Also covers card theft, which is a slightly different beastie. (and also this: make front and back copies of everything in your wallet/purse, twice a year, so you know exactly what you've lost of your wallet/purse gets stolen or lost)
June 28, 2005
Online digital photo printing and sharing
"Fortunately, there are many Web sites that allow you to upload your photos to online albums and other sharing tools and to order prints of them to be mailed to your home."
June 27, 2005
Transparent Screens
"someone got the idea to take a picture of their desk without their computer monitor, then with some adjusting, set that image as their background image. Then, they took another picture of the desk, this time with the monitor showing the previous image. The result? A "transparent" monitor."
GreenDisk Technotrash Pack-IT
"The GreenDisk Techotrash Pack-IT Service is designed to meet the recycling needs of individuals and organizations that accumulate small amounts of technotrash. Concerns about data security and environmental responsibility are met by our well-defined recycling procedures and comprehensive audit trail."
How Savvy Are You About Your Online Security?
"U.S. residents are "dangerously ignorant" of the data that Web site owners collect on them, a study shows."
Seagate Preps Hard-disk Encryption Technology
"Your laptop's data would be automatically encrypted as it was written to the disk."
Ninety Degrees South for your next Antarctic research trip
Now that's a snowmobile! And with an advanced scout as well.
June 24, 2005
Enlisting robots for day care
"Rubi is capable of tracking heads, detecting faces and interpreting basic expressions."
Government Illegally Collected Personal Data On Airline Passengers
"The federal agency in charge of aviation security collected extensive personal information about airline passengers even though Congress forbade it and officials said they wouldn't do it..."
Indian Call Centre Worker Sells Customer Details
"He claimed could sell over 200,000 account details every month. "
June 23, 2005
Applied Minds Think Remarkably
"It's as if Willy Wonka's chocolate factory just yawned wide to welcome us. Only here, all the candy plugs in. "
Another World Is Here: Biomass Chemistry
"A Newly Electric Green – Sustainable Energy, Resources and Design "
June 21, 2005
Shut Down For Pirating Your Own Content?
"... they sent a cease and desist letter to a website owner, claiming he was guilty of copyright infringement for hosting torrents of his own films"
Who Owns Your Wedding Photographs?
"... photo printing studios are refusing to make reprints of photos they think might be professional photographs for fear of breaking someone's copyright."
Security Researcher Fined Again
"Between the two cases, it looks like he's going to have to pay over 15,000 euros for pointing out that this particular software had serious security vulnerabilities."
New report says wireless tech means more work
"...those gadgets are actually making you work longer hours than you would if you were just sitting in the office all day."
DOJ Wants ISPs to Retain All Customer Records
"CNET reports that the Department of Justice is 'quietly shopping around' the idea of requiring ISP's to retain all data of their customer's online activities for at least several months."
The Insecurity of Security Software
"BusinessWeek is reporting that, despite a number of software products meant to safeguard Windows PCs from harm, a rising number of them endanger their hosts because of poor design and flaws."
How To Balance Life And Technology For Kids?
"I hear stories from coworkers how some of their kids/grandkids hating going outside because it is boring and they'd rather stay indoors."
Lost Credit Data Improperly Kept, Company Admits
"Last week, Mastercard announced that up to 40,000,000 credit card numbers may have been compromised by one of their processing companies. Today, the New York Times (registration, along with first born child, required) is reporting that the company in question, CardSystems Solutions, should not have been retaining that data to begin with."
June 20, 2005
Up to 40m credit cards 'hacked'
"A computer hacker may have broken into more than 40 million credit card accounts, US company officials say. "
June 17, 2005
New model 'permits time travel'
"If you went back in time and met your teenage parents, you could not split them up and prevent your birth - even if you wanted to, a new quantum model has stated. "
June 15, 2005
Philips’ Smart Companion is your strange new friend
"It can supposedly recognize facial expressions and body language and respond accordingly..."
The Rise and Fall of Blogs
"When was the last time your favorite blogger talked sense? Have blogs reached a saturation point?"
Half Of Businesses Still Use Windows 2000
"Microsoft will officially stop supporting Windows 2000 by the end of this month, offering one last update rollup later this year. "
June 13, 2005
Best Buy Not Always Best Buy
"The web browsers from within the store show many prices that are $20-$50 higher than the same web page when accessed from outside of the store (like in your house). "
Keyboards are Good; Mouses are Dumb
"... it seems the more I use the mouse, the less output I am making. The keyboard does seem to make much more of a mind-meld than the imprecise mouse."
Microsoft's Security Response Center: How Little Patches Are Made
"...officials ... are using the Tech Ed conference here to provide a rare glimpse at the step-by-step process used to create, test and roll out security patches."
June 08, 2005
Will Next-Gen Consoles Kill Off PC Gaming?
"Will there still be a market for PC games, or are the graphics of the next generation of consoles going to make PC games unnecessary?"
Final Windows 2000 Update
"The Update Rollup comes just one month before mainstream support for Windows 2000 client and server releases expires on June 30."
Double Your Fun with DoubleSight
"If you are looking for another reason to throw out that old CRT and upgrade to LCDs here it is."
NPR Talks Skyhooks
"... plans to develop an elevator that would lift people to an object orbiting in outer space."
3.9 Million Citigroup Customers' Data Lost
""CNN.com is reporting that United Parcel Service has lost backup tapes containing the identies of 3.9 million Citigroup customers."
Message Storm Knocks NYSE Offline
""The New York Stock Exchange is re-examining its network after it was forced to close four minutes early at 3:56pm on Wednesday (1 June) because of a communications glitch."
June 06, 2005
Closed Source -> Charges Dismissed?
"According to the Tampa Tribune, judges in the central Florida county of Seminole are dismissing DUI charges when the defendant asks for information on how the breath test works."
Writing down passwords
"... a reader recently asked me whether it was better to have a complex password that you repeated often or to have several different passwords."
June 02, 2005
Electric Cars as Fast as Ferraris
"The motor is revolutionary in that it contains no bulky permanent magnets."
Israeli Police Uncover Massive, Trojan Horse-Based Industrial Spy Ring
"Spyware aided theft of "tens of thousands" of major business documents from Israeli companies."
June 01, 2005
Stealth virus warning sounded again
"Virus authors are choosing not to create global epidemics--such as Melissa or Blaster--because that distracts them from their core business of creating and selling botnets, according to antivirus experts."
Can You Trust Your Spyware Protection?
"Why Your spyware scanner may not catch some adware programs."
Developing nations losing spam battle
"Developing countries are being overwhelmed with spam--a situation that threatens to widen the global digital divide, according to a new report."
Self-wiring supercomputer is cool and compact
"An experimental supercomputer made from hardware that can reconfigure itself to tackle different software problems is being built by researchers in Scotland."
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