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E08 Podcast: Preparing Your Campus for Data-Intensive Researcher...

Topix - Linux  Mon, 11/24/2008 - 20:12

This forty-three minute podcast features a session recorded at the EDUCAUSE 2008 Annual Conference.


 

Online security war is social not technical

Topix - Linux  Sun, 11/16/2008 - 21:08

The biggest obstacle to eradicating, or at least minimising, e-crime is not a technical challenge but a social one, according to F-Secure researcher Mikko HyppA nen.


 

The brain-controlled laptop computer

Topix - Linux  Fri, 11/07/2008 - 21:17

Source: IT Pro A computer researcher has successfully built a computer system which can give people who are unable to speak or move the chance to communicate using the power of thought.


 

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Topix - Mac osx  Thu, 11/06/2008 - 21:40

Dino Dai Zovi, the New York-based security researcher who took home USD b10000 in a highly-publicized MacBook Pro hijack on April 20, has been at the center of a week's worth of controversy about the security ...


 

Researcher: ARM a safer bet than x86 chips

Topix - Mac osx  Sun, 11/02/2008 - 23:09

Recent comments by a security researcher at the Hack in the Box conference imply that Intel's x86 architecture is inherently less secure than ARM, but the argument rests mainly on ARM's relative obscurity.


 

Google Updates Chrome so Plugins Will Work Better

Linux Today  Fri, 10/17/2008 - 18:33

Netstat -vat: "The new update is tagged by Google as containing mostly bug fixes as well as a new download behaviour - which is also an important thing to note.

Security researcher Aviv Raff had alleged that Chrome was at risk from a Carpet Bombing flaw..."


 

What They're Using: Michael Anti and His Eee PC

Linux Today  Sun, 09/14/2008 - 07:02

Linux Journal: "He has been a researcher, a columnist, a reporter, a war correspondent in Baghdad (in 2003) and more--and achieved notoriety in 2005 when Microsoft deleted his blog."


 

Computer Threat for Industrial Systems Now More Serious

Topix - Linux  Wed, 09/10/2008 - 17:45

By Robert McMillan A security researcher has published code that could be used to take control of computers used to manage industrial machinery, potentially giving hackers a back door into utility companies, ...


 

With Linux, Even Rootkits Are Open Source

Topix - Linux  Wed, 09/10/2008 - 06:31

"Regardless, every Linux user will now have to be on the lookout, as the availability of a pre-packaged -- and open source -- Linux rootkit means that, in the words of one security researcher, "the gap between ...


 

Computer Threat for Industrial Systems Now More Serious

Topix - Linux  Wed, 09/10/2008 - 03:41

A security researcher has published code that could be used to take control of computers used to manage industrial machinery, potentially giving hackers a back door into utility companies, water plants and even ...