Archive for the ‘asides’ Category

US Snooping Rights in Europe: Criticism Grows over Banking Data Deal

Wednesday, July 29th, 2009

US Snooping Rights in Europe: Criticism Grows over Banking Data Deal – SPIEGEL ONLINE – News – International

Of course the US don’t want to give up access to information they have today. But maybe they shouldn’t have had access to the information in the first place?

New DoS Vulnerability In All Versions of BIND 9

Wednesday, July 29th, 2009

Slashdot IT Story | New DoS Vulnerability In All Versions of BIND 9

Funny how DNS, one of the fundamental pieces of the internet, still has these kinds of problems. One would think that by now enough eyes would have been on the code to catch errors like this.

Apple App Store Redesign In The Works?

Friday, July 24th, 2009

Apple App Store Redesign In The Works? – The Channel Wire – IT Channel News And Views by CRN and VARBusiness

Google Wave Reviewed

Thursday, July 23rd, 2009

Slashdot Developers Story | Google Wave Reviewed

Google Wave is going to be awesome!

WordPress putting the real time web to a halt?

Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009

WordPress putting the real time web to a halt? | En sur karamell

Strangers at a cocktail party

Tuesday, July 21st, 2009

Strangers at a cocktail party – (37signals)

This is just how I felt at my previous job.

‘Hobbit’ Heirs Seek $220 Million for ‘Rings’ Rights

Friday, July 17th, 2009

‘Hobbit’ Heirs Seek $220 Million for ‘Rings’ Rights – Bloomberg.com

Determining whether a firefox crash looks exploitable

Friday, July 17th, 2009

Jesse Ruderman » Determining whether a crash looks exploitable

Firefox 3.5′s First Vulnerability “Self-Inflicted”

Friday, July 17th, 2009

Slashdot Technology Story | Firefox 3.5′s First Vulnerability “Self-Inflicted”

New Service Converts Torrents Into PNG Images

Thursday, July 16th, 2009

Slashdot Technology Story | New Service Converts Torrents Into PNG Images