Archive for July, 2009
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Weaponizing the Web.. Actions on behalf of user without their permission or knowledge just by visiting a webpage
“Hamiel and Moyer demo a new tool that makes it simple for bad guys to force a user’s Web’s browser such as firefox or internet explorer into taking actions on behalf of that user without their permission or knowledge.”
IMAGINE simply visiting a Web forum and finding that doing so forced your browser to post an embarrassing Twitter message to all of your contacts, or caused you to admit a stranger to your online social network. Now consider the same dynamic being used to move money out of your online auction account or delete the contents of your e-mail inbox. These are just a taste of the Web 2.0 cross-site trust issues explored in a talk delivered at the Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas today.
Ian Plimers take on Global warming.. Australia's best-known and most notorious academic
Ian Plimer is a geologist, professor of mining geology at Adelaide University, and he may well be Australia’s best-known and most notorious academic. Plimer, you see, is an unremitting critic of "anthropogenic global warming" — man-made climate change to you and me — and the current environmental orthodoxy that if we change our polluting ways, global warming can be reversed… more
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Microsoft to offer free online version of Office 2010
Microsoft has announced plans to make a free version of Office 2010 available online. Your documents will be stored using cloud computing technology where the Internet itself serves as the mainframe. All documents will be password protected. If you want more robust features, you’ll pay extra for the standard boxed-edition of Office 2010. Why is Microsoft doing this? Because Google Apps and OpenOffice.org, which are both free, pose a threat to the Microsoft business model.
Scientists Worry Machines May Outsmart Man
A robot that can open doors and find electrical outlets to recharge itself. Computer viruses that no one can stop. Predator drones, which, though still controlled remotely by humans, come close to a machine that can kill autonomously.
« This personal robot plugs itself in when it needs a charge.
As examples, the scientists pointed to a number of technologies as diverse as experimental medical systems that interact with patients to simulate empathy
Medical advice from a virtual Dr.. Medical Bayesian Kiosk in action
Video » http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/people/horvitz/Medical_Bayesian_Kiosk.wmv
Skype threat to Russia's security
Russia’s most powerful business lobby moved to clamp down on Skype and its peers this week, telling lawmakers that the Internet phone services are a threat to Russian businesses and to national security…. VoIP software has used the Internet to let hundreds of millions of people talk long-distance for free, or at far cheaper rates than traditional service providers can offer.
» Get an Unlimited Country calling subscription from Skype – from £1.95/month.
AU Police use Twitter in drink-driving blitz
Social networking service Twitter is the latest tool to be employed by Victoria Police in the fight against drunk and speeding drivers.
As part of a three-day road safety blitz starting today, Deputy Chief Commissioner Ken Lay will ‘tweet’ boozy breath-test readings and details of cars caught speeding to discourage other young drivers from engaging in the same dangerous behaviour.