Archive for June, 2008
Pacers Draft Round-up
Due to two blockbuster trades, the Pacers draft has been a rather confusing mess. The best summary of the draft that I’ve found said this:
When the trades are made official July 9, the Pacers’ will add Rush, Hibbert, Ford, Nesterovic, Baston, Jack, and McRoberts, while they will part ways with O’Neal, Diogu, Bayless, and [...]
Posted: June 29th, 2008 under Entertainment, Sports.
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Mac OS X Security in Snow Leopard
Recently we have seen several interesting developments in Mac OS X Security. Apple published a Leopard Security configuration guide (pdf) for experienced Mac OS X users. Apress published Foundations of Mac OS X Leopard Security. (Slashdot review here.)
However, I think the most interesting development has been the discussion of a SUID vulnerability [...]
Posted: June 27th, 2008 under Computer Security, Technology.
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Free the Jefferson 1
I recently met Brooke Oberwetter, who has become known as the Jefferson 1. She seems like a nice, unassuming person and we had a pleasant conversation, which is why I was surprised to learn that she was facing criminal charges. I have come to believe that her arrest is an excellent example of [...]
Posted: June 11th, 2008 under Life, Politics and Law.
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Firefox 3 Screencast
Here’s a really nice down-to-earth screencast of the new features in Firefox 3, which will be released this month. I found this through Slashdot, but it is actually quite straightforward and you shouldn’t need a technical background to understand what’s going on here.
The screencast shows a nice overview of the new Firefox, [...]
Posted: June 9th, 2008 under Computer Security, Technology.
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John McCain and Warrantless Wiretapping
Threat Level is reporting that John McCain would continue the Bush administration’s policies of warrantless wiretapping. For the uninitiated: The NSA has conducted warrantless surveillance of Americans with the help of some telephone companies such as AT&T. I have previously blogged about whether AT&T should be retroactively granted immunity for the actions. [...]
Posted: June 4th, 2008 under Politics and Law, Technology.
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