#LOLBolt quarantine zone – 23 November
There’s no doubting the incredible work ethic of the Southbank Jester, Andrew Bolt, which is why we’ve decided to dedicate a thread to him each week where you can discuss his unique contributions to public discussion.
25 worst passwords of 2011 revealed
The most common passwords of 2011 — obviously ones you should avoid using — range from the simple "password" and "123456," to "football" and "michael" data posted by hackers reveals.
Cyber attack targets Illinois water system
Hackers accessed a water treatment's control system and switched the power on and off until a pump burned out, according to counter-terrorism officials' report.
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OneID, founded by Steve Kirsh, a well-known Silicon Valley multimillionaire, will confirm who you are by combining the private security keys of your phone, computer and tablet.
Facebook, Fox News Survive Nov. 5, Did You Switch Banks?
Facebook and Fox News survived Nov.
Anonymous Hacker Group Waning in Power or Spread Too Thin?
COMMENTARY | Every week, we hear a story or two about a new target of the hacker group Anonymous. Within the last week, Anonymous has claimed it would take down the Fox News website and Mexico's Zeta Cartel. Even though many targets have been announced over the last few months, very few have had to deal with an impressive strike.
Anonymous says Facebook attack was never real
Online activists say attacking a tool they use is not part of their plan and they point to lone rogue Anon.
The Myth of Income Equality, Courtesy of AEI
This, at least the first part of it, is false in a you’ve-got-to-be-kidding-me kind of way, which is the whole point. That kind of headline draws you to read the post, which proceeds to give seemingly sound (but ultimately misleading) evidence for why inequality isn’t growing in order to plants seeds of doubt about whether that whole inequality thing is really a problem.
RIM outage aftermath and going from outsourcing to insourcing
Apple and Android, the slow pall bearers to RIM's eventual demise : RIM lost much of its credibility last week with an outage lasting several days, but the company was already in trouble. Long a trusted name in the enterprise, RIM is being left in the dust by the consumerization of IT. Now hiring: companies move away from outsourcing to control their IT destiny : The tight IT jobs market and ...