Surveillance cameras get smarter

"Researchers and security companies are developing cameras that not only watch the world but also interpret what they see. Soon, some cameras may be able to find unattended bags at airports, guess your height or analyze the way you walk to see if you are hiding something."

Rerouting the Router

"Researchers have found a new way for attackers to change critical settings on home routers. " You may have your wireless all encrypted and stuff, but your router can still be pwned from within your own home.

Hard disk test 'surprises' Google

"The impact of heavy use and high temperatures on hard disk drive failure may be overstated, says a report by three Google engineers. "

Steel Run-As

"Steel Run-As enables administrators to create standalone executables that allow users to access a specific application with administrator privileges... "

Nice Talking to You, Machine

"Research indicates that the most successful artificial voice is that which is similar to the user, but systems will need to be capable of detecting and recognizing human moods in order to furnish such a voice."

Control days and times computer is off limits

In Windows XP you can set certain accounts to be active at specific times. Kim Komando tells us all about this relatively unknown and poorly documented (in Windows itself) feature.