Copa Ruled Unconstitutional-
The Washington Post has a story about the victory for free speech handed down by the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday. They upheld a lower court injunction blocking the law (COPA) as …
Aol Customers Buyer Beware
Many of the attacks described are social engineering attacks and not computer security holes. I can’t believe the mumbling attacks–hilarious! Social engineering attacks are very hard to …
SSL under patent dispute
The March 3 Security Wire Digest and Reuters are reporting that: “Leon Stambler, who has won financial settlements from companies such as National Cash Register, First Data and Openwave Systems, …
Wireless hackers invade!
“Two Alberta men with a passion for locating and mapping wireless computer networks have come under the scrutiny of Canada’s spy agency.” “The press release, which also …
Debate On Copyright Vs Innovation At Stanford
[IP] Pondering Value of Copyright vs. Innovation “Technology scholars, business leaders and policy makers gathered at California conferences this weekend to argue whether a mismatch between two …
Outlawing Encryption Under Patriot Ii
ot-ii Among other nasty things, the US government is trying to make the use of encryption while committing a crime over a computer a new crime that would add 5 years onto your sentence, if convicted. …
Ari Gets Laughed Out Of Wh Briefing Room
[IP] Must Read and See: Ari Gets Laughed Out of WH Briefing Room] Join in laughing Ari Fleischer out of the briefing room. Start at about 30 minutes into the tape when Ari is being repeatedly …
Google Removes Quot Illegal Quot Site From Its Index On Request
Seth Finkelstein has details on a troubling case about someone in Chester county in the UK complaining to google about a site run by someone calling themselves “Chester the Molester” as an …
Truth in music on its way?
Senator Ron Wyden (D) from Oregon is pitching a simple idea to lead to a market-driven solution to the DRM problems being imposed on consumers: to require music companies to disclose to consumers the …
Dell Cost Cutting With Sun To Linux Switch
Wow. This may help spur other cost-conscious companies (perhaps my employer too) into making the switch. “Currently, our order management, customer transaction information, manufacturing flow, …