Friday, August 31, 2007

Germans Avoid Stepping On Terror Toes

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Wolfgang Schaeuble, graphic source: BBC. The Germans owe terrorists an apology for violating their privacy with spyware. No, this is not a ...

Governments Hacked

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Graphic source, CNN, 19 September 1996. Computer Sweden reports today that hacks compromised embassy and government email accounts worldwide...
Thursday, August 30, 2007

"Cut & Run" Sadr Suspends Militia Violence

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Graphic Source: AP The bizarre Shiite cleric Moktada al-Sadr suspended violent attacks for six months. He is making this move to reign in t...

Retail Security Flaws

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Retail point-of-sale (POS) systems present security flaws for consumer credit card data, according to Neal Krawetz, founder of Hacker Factor...
Wednesday, August 29, 2007

Vista SP1 Beta Only a Few Weeks Away

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Graphic source: Odd-Magne Kristoffersen. Microsoft Corp. confirmed reports that the first service pack for Windows Vista will be out someti...

ICANN Whois No Privacy Reforms

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The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has not setteled differences over proposed privacy changes to the WHOIS data...
Tuesday, August 28, 2007

Chinese Wife Who Has the Aegis

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Several Japanese homes of the Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF) and a destroyer were raided over a computer data leak. This leak may effec...

Extra-Internetality

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During the era of Colonialization, an accused person had the right to be returned to their home country, a British citizen would return to E...
Monday, August 27, 2007

Senator: Surge Is A Success

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Senator Mitch McConnell stating the key August news story.

Good Enough for My Grandfather

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Philadelphia could spend $47M over 20 years for water billing improvements. The latest of a two decades long effort to replace Philadelphia...
Sunday, August 26, 2007

INDEX Prizes Awarded to $100 Laptop, Electric Car

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The AP reported that an electric sports car, a prosthetic foot for land mine victims, and a potentially lifesaving device known as the ...
Friday, August 24, 2007

China In the Right Direction

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China's recent announcement that it will begin a four-month campaign on tainted food, drugs and exports is a step in the right direction...

Where Are the MRAPs?

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The U.S. military needs more MRAP (Mine Resistant Ambush Protector) Vehicles since February 2005 and are only now beginning to receive a sma...
Thursday, August 23, 2007

Iraq Intelligence Estimate

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Released yesterday, "Prospects for Iraq's Stability," is not filled with light and joy. Iraq is in generally poor condition al...

Alternative Ending to "The Invasion"

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Graphic source: Wikipedia Public License. If you plan to see The Invasion , then don't read the following because I'm going to spoi...
Wednesday, August 22, 2007

Tenet, Long Before Bush, Unprepared

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The former head of the Central Intelligence Agency, George J. Tenet, failed to prepare the U.S. for the terrorist threat. To Tenet’s shame h...

G.ho.st Sorta' Spooky

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Graphic source: G.ho.st. G.ho.st, which stands for Global Hosted Operating SysTem, has not arrived. Ghost Inc.'s Ghost: bills itself as...
Tuesday, August 21, 2007

Twisted Mickey: Hamas Martyrs Micky Mouse as Children's TV Entertainment

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Graphic source: MEMRI. Transcript Source: The Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI). June 29, 2007 Clip No. 1497 Farfour, Hamas...

Raw Data for Petraeus

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Petraeus and the U.S. military came through to provide an opportunity for the surge to work. What didn't work is the fledging government...

Gunplay Kills the Net

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Computerworld explained why my Net was so slow yesterday. I wondered why. Apparently gunplay that damaged a network cable near Cleveland wa...