It could happen to you!
http://www.devicepedia.com/security/harvard-site-hacked-and-then-leaked-on-bittorrent.html
Harvard Site Hacked and Then Leaked on BitTorrent
Posted February 18th, 2008 by Alex Ion
... The Pirate Bay are already tracking a 125MB zip file that is supposed to be a server backup of the site with a full directory structure, before the hit. It contains three databases, joomla.slq the main database, contacts.sql which is a database of contacts and hgs.sql which may not be that important. Another bad thing is that the file is supposed to contain passwords, too.
There's lying, and then there's lying... Comcast tries to have it both ways... “It is better to look good than to feel good.”
http://ask.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/02/19/0434234&from=rss
Comcast Cheating On Bandwidth Testing?
Posted by kdawson on Tuesday February 19, @08:06AM from the tuning-for-the-benchmark dept. Networking
dynamo52 writes "I'm a freelance network admin serving mainly small business clients. Over the last few months, I have noticed that any time I run any type of bandwidth testing for clients with Comcast accounts, the results have been amazingly fast — with some connections, Speakeasy will report up to 15 Mbps down and 4 Mbps up. Of course, clients get nowhere near this performance in everyday usage. (This can be quite annoying when trying to determine whether a client needs to switch over to a T1 or if their current ISP will suffice.) Upon further investigation, it appears that Comcast is delivering this bandwidth only for a few seconds after any new request and it is immediately throttled down. Doing a download and upload test using a significantly large file (100+ MB) yields results more in line with everyday usage experience, usually about 1.2 Mbps down and about 250 Kbps up (but it varies). Is there any valid reason why Comcast would front-load transfers in this way, or is it merely an effort to prevent end-users from being able to assess their bandwidth accurately? Does anybody know of other ISPs using similar practices?"
Interesting. I hope they appeal to clarify the law... Someone (the judge?) seems to understand the process fairly well.
http://rawstory.com/news/2008/US_Court_shuts_down_leaked_doc_0218.html
US Court shuts down leaked doc emporium
Nick Juliano Published: Monday February 18, 2008
Wikileaks, the Web site that has revealed countless government secrets, has been forced offline by a California judge.
The site, which allows whistleblowers to post documents anonymously, is being sued by a Swiss banking group implicated in money laundering in documents obtained by Wikileaks. The BBC reports:
However, the main site was taken offline after the court ordered that Dynadot, which controls the site's domain name, should remove all traces of wikileaks from its servers. The court also ordered that Dynadot should "prevent the domain name from resolving to the wikileaks.org website or any other website or server other than a blank park page, until further order of this Court." Other orders included that the domain name be locked "to prevent transfer of the domain name to a different domain registrar" to prevent changes being made to the site.
Versions of Wikileaks from Great Britain and other countries are still accessible.
In taking Wikileaks offline, the US joins China and Thailand in censoring the watchdog site.
Tools for the obsessive stalker?
TMZ targets celebs with Webcams
It would seem that the 24-7 Hollywood gossip machine couldn't get any more invasive, but live Webcams are adding a whole new dimension to celebrity tracking.
By Stefanie Olsen Staff Writer, CNET News.com Published: February 19, 2008, 4:00 AM PST
On L.A.'s famous Melrose Avenue, Pink's Hot Dogs serves up chili cheese dogs to throngs of hungry people every day, including actor regulars like Danny DeVito and Laurence Fishburne. That puts the hot spot in the crosshairs of Hollywood's newest gossip-hound trend--live Webcams.
Probably not a feature you look for on spring break...
Smile, you're on a bar Webcam
Around the country, bars are tapping the Internet to let people know when they're hopping--or dreadfully quiet.
By Stefanie Olsen Staff Writer, CNET News.com Published: February 19, 2008, 4:00 AM PST
On a recent Friday evening at the Key West bar Hog's Breath, Mike Murphy was enjoying a Miller Lite and potato skins in the company of his wife and friends.
... Bar Webcams are a growing phenomenon in cities like Boston, Denver, Chicago, San Diego, Minneapolis, and even tourist spots like Key West. Of course, Webcams have been around for a long time.
... The idea is simple: with a Webcam installed in a bar or restaurant, potential customers can call up the live video stream online or by mobile phone so they can survey the crowd before venturing out.
Open is good! (No doubt politicians will find reasons to stop this...)
http://www.kansascity.com/news/local/story/493327.html
Kansas Capitol Notebook: New Web site will list every state expense
By JIM SULLINGER and DAVID KLEPPER The Kansas City Star Posted on Sat, Feb. 16, 2008 10:15 PM
TOPEKA | The Internet has opened up more information about government than was possible in your grandparents’ generation.
You can listen to city council meetings and legislative sessions, for example, on computers in streaming audio or video.
Now the state is about to take a giant leap forward. A Web site opening March 1 will allow people to examine any payment made by the state to a vendor.
If a state agency buys coffee and rolls for a meeting, you’ll be able to see who was paid for it and how much.
What's happening nearby and what are people in New York saying about it?
http://www.researchbuzz.org/wp/2008/02/18/google-news-getting-more-local-localer/
Google News Getting More Local (Localer?)
18th February 2008, 11:15 pm
... You can do zip code news searches by using the Google News advanced search form at http://news.google.com/advanced_news_search. (Don’t try to do the searches from the main search form; you’ll get really wonky results.)
... By the way, if you want you can search for news about one zip code — say, 82001 — in media from another state — say, New York.
For my web site students (in particular, those who keep forgetting their thumb drives)
http://www.killerstartups.com/Web-App-Tools/ThumbStackscom---Simple-Online-Presentations/
ThumbStacks.com - Simple Online Presentations
PowerPoint isn’t your only recourse for making web presentations. There are actually, a number of options, one of which being Thumbstacks. Thumbstacks lets you make presentations right in your browser. It’s easy and intuitive with its what you see is what you get drag and drop editor, and cross browser capabilities. There are ready made themes and styles for fast and consistent presentation building. As it is web based, Thumbstacks presentations can be easily shared via links or remote, real time meetings, without the need for plug-ins or Java. Thumbstacks also integrates with Flickr so you can easily pull in photos from your account. Soon to come are charts, a Google maps plug-in and slides.
My web site students gotta have music! (I gotta have lists!)
Top 10 Free Programs to make the most out of your MP3 Collection 71
Posted by Shankar Ganesh on February 18, 2008
Humor (Illustrates one method hackers use to select a target.)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/9831094@N02/755509753/
Airport Security ftw!
Microsoft Giving Away Free Developer Software To Students
... Students will go to Microsoft’s Channel 8 site to download any of the software, following a third-party authentication process to verify they are a current student.
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