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A group in Amsterdam figures that the same characteristics that make RFID tags perfect for WalMart, make them perfect triggers for bombs. If they have anything to say about it, you'll soon be able to exchange your tinfoil hat for a walkabout RFID jammer. Is that an improvement?
Veterans can finally rest assured that, when their personal data is stolen from a laptop taken home for a pet project without authorization, the thieves will have some trouble using it. Where in the past, personal data of Americans that was ...
Google wants you to stop saying you're googling this or go google that. Why? Frigidaire and Kleenex. Both lost exclusive use of their trademarks after the terms passed into general usage. I have some bad news for the GOOG. It already happened. If ...
Last Thursday, Symantec took fire from OSVDB and other third party vulnerability watchers for its unilateral decision to post certain vulnerabilities only at the Symantec AV Center. I took fire for reporting that Symantec's decision was unilateral, but ...
Can a network run better without a professional network manager? In a continuing discussion with a self-taught, small business network administrator... who some think is a hero, but others charge is a goat... I discovered that sometimes, the answer is, "Absolutely yes!"
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