Probably not the ad of
Microsoft's dreams.
Governments
urge Internet Explorer users to switch browsers until fix found
Government security
response teams are urging Windows users to consider Chrome or Firefox
as their default browser until Microsoft delivers a security fix for
a new flaw affecting all versions of Internet Explorer.
Computer emergency
response teams (CERTs) in the US, the UK, and Sweden have advised
Windows users to consider avoiding Internet Explorer until Microsoft
fixes the vulnerability.
Microsoft over the
weekend confirmed the flaw was
being exploited in "limited, targeted attacks", which
use a rigged Flash file hosted on attack websites to net victims.
Just in case you had
questions... 34 page pdf
The
Target Data Breach: Frequently Asked Questions
by Sabrina
I. Pacifici on April 28, 2014
CRS – The
Target Data Breach: Frequently Asked Questions. N. Eric Weiss,
Specialist in Financial Economics; Rena S. Miller, Specialist in
Financial Economics. April 22, 2014.
“According to Target,
in November and December of 2013, information on 40 million payment
cards (credit, debit, and ATM cards) and personally identifiable
information (PII) on 70 million customers was compromised.
Could be the start of
an introduction.
Anya Kamenetz writes:
….
Student data used to be the pet cause of a small group of lawyers
and activists. Now, in part because of the InBloom controversy, it’s
gaining broader
attention. This year, 82 bills in 32 states have been introduced
that somehow address student privacy.
But
what, exactly, is new here? How worried should you be as a parent?
And what are the remedies?
[...]
Until
very recently, as students moved from elementary to middle school and
high school and college, little more than a one-page transcript
followed.
In
2005, things changed.
Read more on WUWM
(Milwaukee Public Radio)
(Related)
Add this to your
must-read list for today.
Dan Solove has a short
article on LinkedIn that addresses what the FTC might do in the case
where a school district enters into a contract with a cloud provider.
Although the FTC generally has no authority over the education
sector, they might take action against the business involved:
Although
the FTC lacks enforcement power against most schools, government
organizations, and non-profits when these entities have deficient
contracts with businesses that handle personal data, the FTC can
still go after the businesses that are operating under that contract.
With schools in particular, some businesses are taking advantage of
the fact that many schools lack the knowledge and
resources to include the appropriate controls over data in
their contracts. The FTC can step in and stop these practices.
Read Dan’s article
here.
Clear change at
Microsoft!
On Monday, the tech
giant announced that it will offer free group video calls on Skype,
its popular internet communications service. Previously, such calls
were reserved for customers who paid for premium Skype accounts.
The move is yet another
example of Microsoft forgoing immediate revenues in an effort to
better compete in the modern world, where so many basic software
tools and services are free, subsidized by online advertising or the
sale of more specialized tools. In this case, Google has long
offered free group video calls through its Hangouts service — part
of the Google+ social network — and now, Microsoft is following
suit.
Ready or not, this is
the future.
We are happy to
announce the publication of a new Editors’ Picks reading list on
“The
Regulation and Risks of Cryptocurrencies.”
… Previous Editors’
Picks have included, among other things, the power
to detain, executive
power, autonomous
weapons systems, and International
Human Right Law on Privacy (and Surveillance).
Another article I agree
with. (Funny how more of them get posted than articles that are just
wrong!) Remember, when cable companies started they we advertised as
“community antennas.”
Last week, the Supreme
Court heard oral arguments to determine the fate of Aereo, a
Manhattan-based startup. The question before the court is whether
Aereo’s business model violates the Copyright Act. Aereo allows its
customers to watch broadcast television over the internet. Instead
of purchasing pricey rabbit ears or a clunky antenna (neither
aesthetically nor environmentally friendly, particularly in big
cities) Aereo shrinks the rabbit ears to the size of a dime and
provides customers the ability to store programs on a remote
cloud-based DVR and play them back on their gadget of choice, be it a
laptop, tablet, or smartphone.
The world has
changed....
Novell's
Windows 95 suit against Microsoft at an end
The US Supreme Court
brought an end to Novell's antitrust claims against Microsoft that
date back 20 years to the development of
Windows 95 software.
By declining to hear
Novell's appeal, the court left intact a 10th US Circuit Court of
Appeals ruling from September 2013 in favor of Microsoft.
For my students who
have not read history.
Relive
History With 80,000+ British Pathé Historical Newsreels [Stuff to
Watch]
… With over 80,000
films to peruse, you would need years to get through them all – and
there’s not a lot of order to the collection either. Regardless,
if you’re looking for footage of well-documented cultural
movements, news
events and days that shook the world then British
Pathé on YouTube is a great place to start.
Anything my students
will use is good.
Scapple
Lets You Organize Your Thoughts However You Like
Need a better tool for
brainstorming, or just organizing thoughts? Check out Scapple. This
Mac and Windows note-taking software lets you write down ideas, move
them around and connect one concept to another – and it couldn’t
be easier to use.
Scapple,
in their own documentation, seems to intentionally avoid using the
terms “mind mapping”, instead calling the product a note-taking
app.
There are several like
this, but you need to find one you like.
– is a free screen
capture software for Microsoft Windows. With TinyTake, you can
capture images and videos of your computer screen, add comments and
share them with others in minutes. TinyTake is built by MangoApps
and is available for free.
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