- Prototype credit card adds pin pad, display – OK, but has the lack of a PIN or CVV stopped criminals in the past? So I don’t see how having the PIN pad right on the card makes a difference.
- RIAA denied default judgement, again – It has happened before and will happen again. These denials clearly are not doing much to make the trade association think better of their tactics.
- For profit version of Wikipedia – Why not invest this effort back into Wikipedia rather than forkit like this, especially with a for profit interest?
- Fox goes after McCain for use of online debate footage – I thought this video was released into the public domain. I guess not.
- Lessig on Fox’s complaint against McCain’s use of debate footage
- Untold story of first women hackers, ENIAC
- First claims of BD+ being cracked – As predicted and further proof that any crypto system that requires the sharing of keys is inherently more crackable than otherwise.
- AT&T innovates to make surveillance, data mining easier
- Document on fair use principles for user generated content by EFF,et. al.
- Google to launch open social network protocols – Now we need open source frameworks that implement these standards. And adopters. And much more before this will start to make a dent in the existing walled gardens.
- Review of OpenSocial API – In a nutshell, Bob Cooper is not impressed. I don’t think that bodes well for adoption, even if its similarity to other Google APIs might otherwise incent developers to give it a whirl.
- Two broadband reform bills clear committee
- WHOIS privacy protections considered and dropped
- Privacy groups ask for do not track list
- Decoding GSM’s encryption
- Folding@Home recognized as world’s must powerful cluster
- Video of legal discussion of DMCA safe harbor provisions
- Mozilla, Microsoft arguing over future of JavaScript
- P2P users buy more music, according to Canadian study
- Adaptive battlefield radio network
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