From CNET News: "Schools in Indiana have started a Linux pilot project that could lead to every secondary-school student in the state using the open-source operating system, according to software company Linspire."

The title (if you follow the link) of this piece is a bit misleading. Michael Lynn showed that it could be done; based on the article he didn't give all the details of the exploit.

Is a 2% discount worth the risk that the collected information could be misused?

News4Jax.com reports that "Documents show a federal agency has done exactly what Congress told it not to do -- and what it said it wouldn't do."

By 2015, DHL wants to be able to put an RFID tag on every package it ships. My question is this: what happens when an RFID supplier ships a box full of RFID tags via DHL? ...some form of DoS attack? (I.e., would there be a database look-up at DHL for each tag?) :-)

Interesting article by Anita Ramasastry.

The authors claim a 4-dgit Bluetooth PIN can be cracked in under a second. Also see the MobiSys Conference Site and the New Scientist article for more information

Interesting article that discusses proposed legislation that could impose stiff penalties for lost information.

Oops!
Lost data includes: "names, addresses, Social Security numbers, account numbers, payment histories and other details on small personal loans made to millions of customers through CitiFinancial's network of more than 1,800 lending branches, or through retailers whose product financing was handled by CitiFinancial's retail services division."

From the New York Times
If a person working at a hospital inappropriately discloses information, they may not be subject to prosecution.

I'm still looking for a way to digitize the actual (silent) Super-8 film from my childhood. Video transfer services scare me a bit. A device that can actually scan the 8mm film (sproket holes and all) would be very cool. I could then write the software to convert to other formats.

From EDN Magazine (12 May 2005 Issue), "Although you have the right to remain silent, black-box-recorder data may thwart you in a court of law."

"Dr. George B. Dantzig, a mathematician who devised an algorithm that helped create linear programming, now a vital tool in computing, industry and other fields, died on [May 13, 2005,] at his home in Stanford, Calif. He was 90."

"the rule could raise prices to consumers and would set a bad precedent by allowing broadcasters to dictate how computers and other devices should be built."

This site and its companion foundation site champions reliable and publicly verifiable elections in the United States. This is a good thing.

According to an IEEE-USA white paper, the United States should deploy widespread wired and wireless gigabit networks as a national priority.

Personal data on backup tapes lost on way to offsite storage facility.

Students, community members, and local polititions protest against Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist's possible change in Senate rules to prevent filibusters of judicial nominees.