September 25, 2006

Internet crime to hit homes hard

"Home computer users are now the favourite targets of hi-tech criminals, reveals research. "

September 24, 2006

Weird Al's 'White & Nerdy' Hits Home (Pages)

"Weird Al Yankovic's latest parody music video "White & Nerdy," has become an instant classic online because the lyrics include a surprising number of very relevant computer-geek references, including MySpace, Minesweeper, "killer apps," JavaScript, Segways, ergonomic keyboards, Wikipedia, "ROTFLOL," and HTML. Here comes the (music) VIDEO! "

September 23, 2006

The Impact of Social Networking on Society

"The latest edition of New Scientist has a series of features on social networking. These include an analysis of the impact on our social attitudes by Sherry Turkle, a feature on the possible privacy implications of using sites like MySpace and Friendster, and a short science fiction piece by Bruce Sterling. It's certainly interesting that so many people post very revealing stuff about themselves on these sites."

Zero-Day Team Launches with Emergency IE Patch

A dark horse security group formed after the WMF attacks in late 2005, the ZERT (Zero Day Emergency Response Team) has released a patch to attempt to slow the malware attacks on Windows attacks.

September 18, 2006

Hotel Minibar Key Opens Diebold Voting Machines

CCTV Cameras In UK Get Loudspeakers

"In January 2004 there were more than 4,285,000 CCTV cameras in the UK (roughly 1 for every 4 households). "

September 13, 2006

Intel Core 2 Duo Vs. AMD AM2

Intel wins.

USB: Wayward Gadgets Find a Port

"The popularity of powering devices via computer has led to such products as USB-connecting toys, vacuums, paper shredders—even a lava lamp."

September 12, 2006

DRM Hole Sets Patch Speed Record For Microsoft

"Fixing this 'vulnerability' is in the company's best interest; never mind the customer.'"

Virginia Spammers Go To Jail, And Pay For It

"Perhaps because of this decision, spammers will soon find themselves on the receiving end of a million dollar class action suit.'"

Consumer Electronics Causing 'Death of Childhood'?

"...'is modern life too fast for the supple human mind? Do children have a rev counter we're red-lining by exposing them to so much input?''"

Are fake videos next?

"Dartmouth Professor Hany Farid already devised software tools to detect when someone has tampered with digital photos. His next challenge: determining whether video or audio files have been retouched. "

September 06, 2006

Will Solve Captcha for Money?

"But what good is this protection when you can hire "data entry specialists" to solve captchas for $0.60 per hour for 50 hours a week?"

September 01, 2006

Gene therapy rids men of cancer

"Two men have been cleared of deadly skin cancer using genetically modified versions of their own immune cells. "