Six researchers will get a chance to spend the summer on the most Mars-like place on Earth, an 8-meter diameter metal can in the Arctic desert.
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Entries from September 2006
Sign Up for a Mission to ‘Mars’
September 8th, 2006 · No Comments
Tags: Government · Moon and Mars · Space science · Wired News
DRM more important than users’ security?
September 7th, 2006 · No Comments
So if Microsoft is given the choice to protect its users from the latest flaw being used by online attackers to compromise their data and systems or to protect the latest Britney Spears song, which do you suppose the software giant would choose?
That’s pretty much the question that Bruce Schneier poses in his latest column [...]
Tags: Blog · Consumer Tech · Flaws and vulnerabilities · Security
Security pro pleads guilty to USC breach
September 6th, 2006 · No Comments
Eric McCarty agrees to a single felony charge of exploiting a flaw in the University of Southern California’s online student application site and accessing confidential information.
SecurityFocus
Tags: Cybercrime · Flaws and vulnerabilities · Research · Security · SecurityFocus
MacBook smackdown!
September 2nd, 2006 · No Comments
A member of the Mac community has thrown down the gauntlet.
On Friday, John Gruber challenged David Maynor and Jon Ellch to put their money where their videotaped exploits are and meet behind the local Apple Store to duel as only hackers know how.
Tags: Blog · Consumer Tech · Flaws and vulnerabilities · Research · Security