Category Archives for Thinking
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800 Contractors
AP – In a largely invisible cost of the war in Iraq, nearly 800 civilians working under contract to the Pentagon have been killed and more than 3,300 hurt doing jobs normally handled by the U.S. military, according to figures … Continue reading
Japan: Cybercrime Jumps 40%
Japan – There were 4,425 reported instances of cybercrime last year, up 40 percent from the previous year and the highest number since 2000, when police began keeping statistics, the National Police Agency said Thursday. Cybercrime has increased every year … Continue reading
On DailyKos
Barnett opines on the bullying nature of DailyKos. Some quick thinking: The search for the lowest common denominator creates constant pressure for this kind of partisanship. Scale down the group and that pressure would be alleviated as more esoteric commonalities would be … Continue reading
RIAA + College
AP – This is an excellent way to alienate most of the core of music industry – Cracking down on college students, the music industry is sending thousands more complaints to top universities this school year than it did last … Continue reading
Black Economy Mashups
Websense – Trojan does the normal keylogging bit, but also – On the other hand, it installs a web server on the affected machine which allows the attacker to access that machine every time it is online. To achieve that, … Continue reading