Archive for July, 2007

Senate to Hold Hearing on Security of Voting Machines

Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-California) announced a September hearing in response to last week’s report that security researchers successfully hacked into the most popular new electronic-voting machines.
Original post by Threat Level Blog

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Scan This Guy’s E-Passport and Watch Your System Crash

Security researcher Lukas Grunwald develops an RFID hack that disables border-check gear foolish enough to try to peek at his passport.
Original post by Kim Zetter

Preaching to the Perverted in Second Life

Second Life offers a rich field for virtual missionaries, now that gambling is outlawed by Linden Labs, yet cybersex is still allowed. But the very concept of missionary work in an artificial world brings up a number of creepy questions.
Original post by Kim Zetter

FDA Drug Standards: What’s Safe Enough?

Scientists have called out GlaxoSmithKline’s diabetes drug Avandia as unsafe for patients because they say it increases the risk of heart attacks. But on Monday, an FDA advisory panel recommended that the drug stay on the market. What gives?
Original post by Kristen Philipkoski

Courts Turn Against Abusive Clickwrap Contracts

Consumers stand to benefit as onerous legal “agreements” — forced on them by corporations eager to exploit an unfair advantage — get shot down one by one.
Original post by Jennifer Granick

Aug. 1, 1774: All I Need Is the Air That I Breathe

On this day, Joseph Priestly “discovers” oxygen. Possibly for the third time, as it happens, but he discovers it nevertheless.
Original post by Tony Long

After Selling Opsware, Andreessen Turns to His Third Startup, Ning

With a $1.6 billion sale to Hewlett-Packard, Marc Andreessen’s reputation as an entrepreneur gets an enormous boost. Add a $44 million cash infusion into his social-networking play, and the onetime Netscape co-founder appears poised for a powerful third act.
Original post by Adario Strange

Journal’s Fate Sealed: It’s Murdoch’s Paper Now

Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. seals a $5 billion deal to acquire Dow Jones & Co., which includes its flagship asset, The Wall Street Journal.
Original post by Associated Press

‘We Had Sex Because He/She Is Hot’

Original post by Associated Press

FCC to Valley: Show Us the Money

The FCC will auction off a broad swath of spectrum, creating the possibility that there may someday be an open wireless broadband network to compete with the telcos. But a lot will have to happen first.
Original post by Epicenter