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Hacker Launches XSS Worm Replication Contest

Looking to push the research envelope around malicious worm propagation, Web application security specialist Robert Hansen (left) is running a contest encouraging hackers to...

Untrusted Vista

Making predictions is always a tough racket, I know that I have more than my fair share of prognostications that, after a couple of...

Grab Your Goobles at Google

There is a somewhat interesting piece in the New York Times today that doesn't dwell on Google's acquisition of DoubleClick, Android, OpenSocial or the...

Boeing Dreamliner Could be Hacker Target

Boeing's new 787-8 Dreamliner airplane contains several "novel or unusual design features" that are exposed to in-flight hacking attacks, according to a caution from...

Tuning In to Microsoft Silverlight for Olympic Gold

Maybe it's just me, but when I read that Bill Gates had inked an exclusive deal with NBC to deliver live and on-demand Olympics...

Phishing at the Top Level

The use of domain names in most phishing is relatively crude, You see a lot of names like www.somefreewebsite.com/~ingrid/www.bankofamerica.com/.... There's no SSL, and the...

A Marriage of Convenience Broken: OLPC and Intel

Can I be honest? Intel was never really interested in partnering with the One Laptop Per Child project. The marriage of Intel and OLPC...

Technology Election Promises and Postures

Technology Election Promises and Postures Promises, promises: They're easy to make when youve never had to vote on the issue. Hillary Clinton Barack Obama John Edwards John McCain Mitt Romney Rudy...

Showdowns to Watch in 08

There are lots of predictable matchups for 2008: Republicans versus Democrats, Linux versus Windows and every NFL team versus the New England Patriots. Some...

Microsoft Sees Olympic Gold and Silverlight

Microsoft has been taking heat for promoting its Silverlight technology. And along with the heat Microsoft also is racking up some customer wins.At the...