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Did FBI put back door in OpenBSD?

Posted by monkeygrinder on Wednesday December 15, 2010 @09:03AM
from the news.techworld.com dept.

http://news.techworld.com/security/3253611/storm-over-openbsd-back-door/?cmpid=sbdiggschapman

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Daily Kos: Why I'm Posting Bail Money for Julian Assange

Posted by monkeygrinder on Tuesday December 14, 2010 @11:47AM
from the dailykos.com dept.

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2010/12/14/928855/-Why-Im-Posting-Bail-Money-for-Julian-Assange

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Wik-Bee Leaks: EPA Knowingly Allowed Pesticide That Kills Honey Bees

Posted by monkeygrinder on Monday December 13, 2010 @12:00PM
from the fastcompany.com dept.

http://www.fastcompany.com/1708896/wiki-bee-leaks-epa-document-reveals-agency-knowingly-allowed-use-of-bee-toxic-pesticide

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Twitter: Change passwords after Gawker compromise

Posted by monkeygrinder on Monday December 13, 2010 @10:02AM
from the twitter.com dept.

https://twitter.com/spam/status/14243321396338689

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Inside 'Anonymous', the group taking aim at Amazon, Mastercard

Posted by monkeygrinder on Monday December 13, 2010 @10:01AM
from the guardian.co.uk dept.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2010/dec/13/hacking-wikileaks

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I, for one, welcome our new patent overlords

Posted by monkeygrinder on Friday December 10, 2010 @07:05AM
from the blogs.computerworlduk.com dept.

http://blogs.computerworlduk.com/open-enterprise/2010/12/i-for-one-welcome-our-new-patent-overlords/?cmpid=sbycombinatorschapman

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Get-out clauses mean that SLAs for most cloud services are worthless

Posted by monkeygrinder on Friday December 10, 2010 @06:34AM
from the blogs.computerworlduk.com dept.

http://blogs.computerworlduk.com/simon-says/2010/12/non-centralised-infrastructure/?cmpid=sbycombinatorschapman

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Management speak for a day: Can you run that up the flagpole?

Posted by monkeygrinder on Thursday December 09, 2010 @06:28AM
from the blogs.computerworlduk.com dept.

http://blogs.computerworlduk.com/microchick/2010/12/management-speak-can-you-run-that-up-the-flagpole/?cmpid=sbycombinatorschapman

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Why I'm Rooting for Microsoft

Posted by monkeygrinder on Tuesday November 30, 2010 @10:59AM
from the blogs.computerworlduk.com dept.

http://blogs.computerworlduk.com/open-enterprise/2010/11/why-im-rooting-for-microsoft/index.htm

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Open languages are not required

Posted by monkeygrinder on Tuesday November 30, 2010 @10:58AM
from the blogs.computerworlduk.com dept.

http://blogs.computerworlduk.com/apache-asserts/2010/11/open-languages-are-not-required/index.htm

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Wikileaks: the Web Watches and Waits

Posted by monkeygrinder on Monday November 29, 2010 @09:45AM
from the blogs.computerworlduk.com dept.

http://blogs.computerworlduk.com/open-enterprise/2010/11/wikileaks-the-web-watches-and-waits/index.htm

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DNSSEC pros and cons: exchanging one threat for another?

Posted by monkeygrinder on Friday November 26, 2010 @07:08AM
from the blogs.computerworlduk.com dept.

http://blogs.computerworlduk.com/unscrewing-security/2010/11/dnssec-exchanging-one-threat-for-another/?cmpid=sbycombinatorschapman

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Immigration cap - is it really business friendly? - HART of Outsourcing

Posted by monkeygrinder on Thursday November 25, 2010 @06:31AM
from the blogs.computerworlduk.com dept.

http://blogs.computerworlduk.com/hart-of-outsourcing/2010/11/immigration-cap---is-it-really-business-friendly/

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SAP’s £820m Oracle fine will drive up IT costs for customers

Posted by monkeygrinder on Thursday November 25, 2010 @06:05AM
from the computerworlduk.com dept.

http://www.computerworlduk.com/news/it-business/3250123/saps-820m-oracle-fine-will-drive-up-all-enterprise-it-costs-warns-idc/?cmpid=sbhackernewsschapman

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Computer virus leads to $20m Da Vinci code-inspired scam

Posted by monkeygrinder on Tuesday November 09, 2010 @09:48AM
from the news.techworld.com dept.

http://news.techworld.com/security/3247975/man-loses-20-million-after-taking-laptop-for-repair/

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Cartography, Pragmatism and the Liberation of Metaphysics

Posted by monkeygrinder on Friday November 05, 2010 @06:35AM
from the ockhamsbeard.wordpress.com dept.

http://ockhamsbeard.wordpress.com/2010/06/14/cartography-and-metaphysics/

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Cabinet Office managers ban talks on Government IT

Posted by monkeygrinder on Thursday November 04, 2010 @07:34AM
from the blogs.computerworlduk.com dept.

http://blogs.computerworlduk.com/the-tony-collins-blog/2010/11/cabinet-office-bans-its-officials-from-talks-on-government-it/index.htm

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Smart People Do More Drugs--Because of Evolution

Posted by monkeygrinder on Tuesday November 02, 2010 @11:54AM
from the theatlanticwire.com dept.

http://www.theatlanticwire.com/features/view/feature/Smart-People-Do-More-Drugs-Because-of-Evolution-2425

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Gene Simmons battles Anonymous group after new DDOS attacks

Posted by monkeygrinder on Wednesday October 20, 2010 @08:31AM
from the news.techworld.com dept.

http://news.techworld.com/security/3244964/gene-simmons-battles-anonymous-group-after-new-ddos-attacks/?cmpid=sbycombinatorschapman

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Re:Blackhat SEO games Reddit, blogs about it on Thursday October 14, 2010 @07:26AM (#1790529)

I'm not that guy. But I wouldn't be surprised if he is on here... he could be anyone.

Microsoft unwittingly admits OpenOffice.org is a threat

Posted by monkeygrinder on Thursday October 14, 2010 @07:25AM
from the blogs.computerworlduk.com dept.

http://blogs.computerworlduk.com/open-enterprise/2010/10/microsoft-gives-its-blessing-to-openofficeorg/index.htm?cmpid=sbycombinatorschapman

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Blackhat SEO games Reddit, blogs about it

Posted by monkeygrinder on Monday October 11, 2010 @10:04AM
from the esrun.co.uk dept.

http://www.esrun.co.uk/blog/cheating-reddit-auto-votes/

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ACTA likely to make criminals out of artists

Posted by monkeygrinder on Monday October 11, 2010 @06:49AM
from the computerweekly.com dept.

http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2010/10/11/243284/Anti-counterfeiting-trade-agreement-likely-to-make-criminals-out-of.htm

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Re:Facebook iPhone app shares all your phone numbers on Thursday October 07, 2010 @11:33AM (#1768186)

Facebook responds to questions here: http://blogs.computerworlduk.com/microchick/2010/10/facebook...

What else would you like to know about this app?

Facebook response to iPhone app Contact Sync story

Posted by monkeygrinder on Thursday October 07, 2010 @11:28AM
from the blogs.computerworlduk.com dept.

http://blogs.computerworlduk.com/microchick/2010/10/facebook-clears-up-iphone-app-contact-sync-hype/?cmpid=sbycombinatorschapman

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Re:European Parliament moves to block ACTA deal on Wednesday October 06, 2010 @11:05AM (#1764200)

It has been 'leaked' in several forms now - possibly by a public servant.

Juan Enriquez: Tech evolution will eclipse the financial crisis

Posted by monkeygrinder on Monday October 04, 2010 @10:43AM
from the youtube.com dept.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNcLKbJs3xk

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Double Standards on Open Standards

Posted by monkeygrinder on Tuesday September 28, 2010 @06:44AM
from the blogs.computerworlduk.com dept.

http://blogs.computerworlduk.com/open-enterprise/2010/09/double-standards-on-open-standards/index.htm?cmpid=sbycombinatorschapman

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Modelling traffic flows: Jam today

Posted by monkeygrinder on Tuesday September 14, 2010 @06:35AM
from the economist.com dept.

http://economist.com/node/16990741?fsrc=scn%2Ffb%2Fwl%2Far%2Fjamtoday

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UK government kills heart of NPfIT; Future is locally-led

Posted by monkeygrinder on Thursday September 09, 2010 @07:31AM
from the computerworlduk.com dept.

http://www.computerworlduk.com/news/public-sector/3238957/government-pulls-plug-on-heart-of-nhs-it-national-programme/?cmpid=sbycombinatorschapman

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