Thursday, February 22, 2007
Some in Arizona would like to ban Academics from commenting on the political process:
The bill, whose chief sponsor is the Republican majority leader in the Senate, would ban professors at public colleges and universities, while working, from:
Endorsing, supporting or opposing any candidate for local, state or national office.
Endorsing, supporting or opposing any pending legislation, regulation [...]
Wednesday, February 21, 2007
Anyone with a laptop and wireless access could commit a terrorist act, police warn.
More details here.
This timely warning was the brainchild of the Vancouver Police.
Wednesday, February 21, 2007
Real-time man in the middle attacks have made current online banking security measures inadequate, at least in the UK.
I’m impressed, though, that American banks make some effort to counter this sort of ploy. While I’m fairly certain that they don’t have the complete solution, here is information about Bank of America’s system.
Tuesday, February 13, 2007
Here’s a real world example: if you have a high-end video card that doesn’t offer DRM support you might have to disable that card before playing back your shiny new Blu-Ray disc.
That’s right, folks, Microsoft has deliberately designed an operating system that will not make you the best use of your hardware. You might [...]
Tuesday, February 13, 2007
According to Debra Dickerson, author of “The End of Blackness”, Barack Obama should not be described as “black”.
She made this claim on the Colbert Report, and you can see the clip either on on that show’s website or from iFilm.
Her argument seemed to be that there are no “black” people in Africa (which is where [...]
Monday, February 12, 2007
A Cambridge student has had to be taken to a safe house. If I say the issue is “cartoons”, I think you can guess the rest of the story.
Monday, February 12, 2007
You can have your technology quickly, or you can have it built to military specs. There’s a debate on this subject on slashdot.
Monday, February 12, 2007
There is a rather excellent video that has been created by M. Wesch and Kansas State University about the development of the web and the way it is changing or might change our approach to text and information.
Sometimes it’s the details that matter. Top marks to the Telegraph. I thought I’d file this under “history”, for, well, all sorts of reasons.
Everyone has a bad day, and so do science-fiction writers. The Telegraph has collected some of the worst bits of the genre on screen, leading off with something that has always troubled me:
1: Star Wars
Obi-Wan Kenobi: “If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you could possibly imagine…”
No you won’t. [...]