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The ideal vs. the mundane

Greg Masters August 19, 2008

The university environment tends toward open communications. The free flow of information is not only encouraged, but necessary for learning. Millions of students at these...

Do data breach notification laws lower the risk of ID theft?

Dan Kaplan June 06, 2008

No.

At least, that's the conclusion of a soon-to-be-presented report from researchers at Carnegie Mellon University in Pennsylvania.

The paper - based...

Your choice

Greg Masters June 03, 2008

The presidential primaries come to a close today. While Senator John McCain sealed the Republican spot months ago, voters are today at the polls in...

Comcast hackers speak!

Dan Kaplan May 30, 2008

On Thursday, SC Magazine and just about everyone else reported on the hacker takedown of Comcast's homepage and email service for several hours during the pre-dawn on...

Right thing, wrong way

Greg Masters May 27, 2008

The TJX Companies is likely to receive a good deal of backlash from the media for its latest action -- it just fired a whistleblower...

Trying to keep the lights on

Dan Kaplan May 23, 2008

Watching a turbine blow up in a laboratory setting or hearing about a hacker cutting the lights to a bunch of overseas residents,...

Student hacker charged in Pennsylvania

Dan Kaplan May 22, 2008

A 15-year-old Downington West High School student in Pennsylvania hacked into a district computer server and downloaded the personal information of 41,000 adult residents and...