Archive for the 'Security' Category

Digg Recommends Mococoa from the Upper Slopes of Mount Nicaragua

Monday, July 7th, 2008

Social networking site Digg has a beta going for their Recommendation Engine, which suggests links that users with similar interests have dugg:

Every time you Digg a story, the Engine matches you with other Diggers who Dugg the same story, and keeps track of all your Diggs in common with them. When it’s [...]

Catch-22: NDA vs. GPL

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008

In August 2006, Apple sent WWDC attendees home with prerelease copies of Mac OS X 10.5 “Leopard”. As with all major updates, the initial seeds of Leopard broke a lot of programs, in some cases requiring hefty code changes to fix. Attendees received prereleases of the operating system in order to get their programs working [...]

ClearPlay

Wednesday, May 21st, 2008

I just saw a commercial for ClearPlay, a DVD player that will automatically skip over “sex, violence, and profanity” in pre-existing DVDs.

The evidence is overwhelming that content in entertainment—particularly violence—can have a damaging impact on children. It is easy enough for the studios to suggest kids not see any of these movies. Unfortunately, [...]

Inside Rensselaer on ISTS6

Friday, April 18th, 2008

Rensselaer’s Inside Rensselaer bulletin, which is sent to faculty and staff, ran an article on RPISEC’s participation in ISTS6 at the Rochester Institute of Technology. It’s a bit sensationalistic, though it couldn’t go into too much detail.