ZeuS Attack! £6 Million UK Ring and LinkedIn Spam
Remember ZeuS? It’s a Trojan that steals banking information by keystroke logging, and according to the BBC, it’s still...
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Twitter Meme Tracker “Truthy” Targets Political Astroturfing, Is Delightful Data Pr0n
Say hello to Truthy, and data nerds say goodbye to the next few hours of your life. This meme...
US Navy Developing Variable-Strength Bomb
The U.S. Navy is seeking proposals for a “variable explosive bomb,” or VEB, that would allow pilots to vary...
Java Forever: Nominated for Techyum’s Best Geek Drama of the Year
I love this. Reader Daniel D sends me this video to brighten up the darkness of a life that...
Senior British Army Officer to Tweet from the Front Line
The Telegraph reports that a British Army Lieutenant Colonel will use Twitter from the front line in Afghanistan. Lieutenant...
California Schools Testing Algebra eTextbooks on the iPad
The Fresno Bee and Washington policy-wonk blog The Hill report on the move by California schools to test iPad...
Google Instant: You’re Searching NOW.
Look, it’s not like I have a problem with Google. I keep hating on the galaxy-sized faceless soulless vat-grown...
Times Square Ads Out Google CEO Schmidt as World’s Creepiest Ice Cream Man
In case you were wondering, the original version of Google’s motto: “Don’t be Evil” was “Don’t be evil. Be...
Don’t Know What Email to Read? Let GMail Decide!
As if they read my post on Eric Schmidt and wanted to mess with me, GMail just gave me...
Are You Old If You Can Still Facebook Someone?
I try not to let the moderately right-leaning U.S. News and World Report tip me off to anything other...