Online risk due to browser flaws

This is something that we should give our attention. There are plenty of issues with every browsers so far, infact the Mozilla Firefox gets updated every time with the help of open source community. By this study,...

Canada: A Loss of Balance on Israel

OPINION: Canadians like to consider our foreign policy stance on all issues to be one of moderation and even handedness.  We like to believe our government holds to principles of fairness, integrity and honest...

What to tell your kids about being ugly

"1. It doesn’t matter what you wear An ugly person in nice clothes looks like spray-painted dry rot, you don’t hide anything, you just look like you are trying to, the ugliness being accentuated by the niceness of your wardrobe. People will be less likely to approach...

Facebook Security lapse Allows Paris Hilton Pictures to be Leaked

A Vancouver-based computer technician, Byron Ng, was looking for flaws in Facebook's security - and boy, did he find one. Using a template Ng designed, the Associated Press was able to access thousands of photos,...

Despite its flaws, EcoDensity is worthy of support

Trevor Boddy gives an update on Vancouver's EcoDensity plan: "VANCOUVER — After nearly two years of work, the city's EcoDensity plan comes closer to reality with city council's public hearings on the initiative...

Hillary's Looming Electability Crisis

Talk of Hillary's electability (read: un-electability) is ratcheting up in the days prior to Super Tuesday.  I'd like to think I was ahead of the curve on this one.  I personally know at least six Republicans (read: every Republican I know) who will vote...

Microsoft: Vista More Secure Than XP and Open Source

Google is expanding into alternative energy in its most ambitious effort yet to ease the environmental strain caused by the company's voracious appetite for power to run its massive computing centers.

Microsoft gears up for nine patches next week

"Microsoft Corp. today said it will release nine security updates next Tuesday, half again as many as last month, targeting flaws in Windows, Office, Internet Explorer (IE) and Virtual PC. Of the nine bulletins...

Why The Simpsons flopped in the Middle East

One can assume APU the lively shopkeep is stereotyped as a burly red neck Calgarian. Though it has to be a stretch how the other characters who liven the show are omitted. But then we have mosque on the prairie. So...

The Fallout From California's Ban on Electronic Voting Machines

"Thousands of electronic voting machines will be out of circulation in California after the secretary of state pulls them -- and the House Democrat in D.C. in charge of electronic voting reform applauds the decision."

Hackers: Beware of Social Networking Sites

With over 100 million members logged on Myspace alone, personal information has never been more vulnerable. Hackers are sifting thru millions of private accounts as we keep giving them more and more ways to...

Your media player could be a hacker's playground

The artical says it all, hackers keep knocking down our doors."Your media player could be a hacker's playground JORDAN ROBERTSON Associated Press August 2, 2007 at 9:24 PM EDT LAS VEGAS — Media players in personal...

Fix 4 New Critical Flaws in Windows OS

Microsoft considers these critical flaws could be used by an attacker to remotely run unauthorized software on the victim’s machine, theoretically leading to the propagation of an Internet worm. There are 6 sets of patches, 4 will fix critical flaws.

Paul Wolfowitz's fatal weakness by Juan Cole

"The cronyism that may cost him his World Bank job is also what caused the Iraq debacle. By Juan Cole May. 14, 2007 | The executive board of the World Bank mulled a possible vote of no confidence in the leadership of its president, Paul Wolfowitz, this weekend. How did the...

Don't use WEP! - German security researchers report.

"Researchers have discovered a faster way to crack the Wi-Fi security protocol The Wi-Fi security protocol WEP should not be relied on to protect sensitive material, according to three German security researchers who have discovered a faster way to crack it. They plan to...

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