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Websites riddled with vulnerabilities: WhiteHat study
Sue Marquette Poremba March 24, 2008
Most legitimate websites average seven vulnerabilities, with nine out of 10 containing serious flaws that hackers can exploit, the latest WhiteHat Website Security Statistics Report reveals.
Weather Engineering in China
By Mark WilliamsTuesday, March 25, 2008
How the Chinese plan to modify the weather in Beijing during the Olympics, using supercomputers
Al Gore Bars Press from His RSA Conference Appearance
Apple's Safari browser likened to malwareInfoWorld - Tue Mar 25, 9:49 AM ET
San Francisco - Mozilla chief executive John Lilly has lambasted Apple for its use of iTunes to offer the Safari web browser to Windows users, saying the technique "borders on malware distribution practices" and undermines the security of the Internet.
Is Printing Call Girl Photos Fair Use?
from the transformative-use dept
Last week, Mike noted the controversy over whether printing racy photos of Ashley Alexandra Dupre, the prostitute at the center of the Eliot Spitzer scandal, was fair use. He thought it was, and William Patry has an interesting post exploring one precedent that might support a fair use finding.
Seagate: If Flash Drives Get Too Cheap, We'll Use Patents To Make Them Expensive
Apple Trying To Sneak Safari Onto Windows Machines?
Cable Companies Accuse Verizon Of Shady Practices To Prevent Customers From Leaving
from the so-we-hear-you're-leaving... dept
Comcast and Time Warner have complained to the FCC that Verizon is taking unfair advantage in preventing customers from dropping their phone service. The basic story is that the cable companies have been offering deals on various "bundles" of TV, internet and phone service, all over cable. When customers agree to switch, most want to keep their existing home phone number (which is allowed under number portability rules). The cable companies take care of that part, informing the phone company of the switch -- at which point (the cable companies say) Verizon calls up those customers and offers them cash discounts to stick around.
Analyzing 3 months of Vista reliability data
Christopher Dawson: Vista followup--turns out lots of you said no
Not scared about Cross-Site Request Forgery? You should be... you're scared of jail aren't you?
Turkey blocks Web site over insults to country's founder
Reclusive Bhutan uneasy as Internet pushes edge
As the reclusive Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan opens up gradually to the outside world and embraces democracy, it is finding the freedoms of the Internet both exciting and dangerous.
The Internet came to Bhutan along with television just nine years ago. In a country where open criticism of the elite is almost unheard of, the anonymity of the Web is giving a few people the chance to speak their minds without fear.
Clear Channel to FCC: wash XM-Sirius' mouth out with soap
Clear Channel has become an advocate of decency regulation and public interest reforms, at least for the competition.
March 25, 2008 - 06:46AM CT - by Matthew Lasar
Innocent man pinched by RIAA asks SCOTUS for attorney's fees
With US appeals courts giving different answers, a Texas man is taking his case to the Supreme Court to ask why he has a stack of legal bills after the RIAA bailed out.
March 25, 2008 - 11:39AM CT - by Eric Bangeman
The Globe and Mail has an interesting piece taking a look at Google's latest headache, the US Government. Many people are suddenly deciding to spurn Google's services and applications because it opens up potential avenues of surveillance. "Some other organizations are banning Google's innovative tools outright to avoid the prospect of U.S. spooks combing through their data. Security experts say many firms are only just starting to realize the risks they assume by embracing Web-based collaborative tools hosted by a U.S. company, a problem even more acute in Canada where federal privacy rules are at odds with U.S. security measures."
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