I just read an article in DataNews about a project of the “Union Wallonne des Villes et Communes” which would like to bill Belgacom, our national tel co operator, for every meter of sidewalks opened to place new cables! Working for a Flemish company and living on the French part
Where are we going?
I read on /. this morning that researchers from a Japanese university genetically modified a mouse to stop it to fear cats!? My question is: where are we going? My little daughters are addicted to the Tom & Jerry cartoon. How can I explain to them that in a near
Interactive Display Panel
Everybody knows the LED display panels. They are used in public areas to announce promotions, news, temperature… They can also be used in call centers or network operation centers to display useful information. For fun, a Spanish company allows you to enter some text via a web interface and watch
OpenBSD 4.2 is out!
Theo de Raadt has just announced the availability of OpenBSD 4.2.
HoSProxy
When a security policy is in place, users will always try to bypass rules! When access to specific resources are denied, they will try to find alternative ways to access them (don’t ask why, it’s in the human behaviour!) Even worse with network resources! Some protocols might be denied by
Optimism
Optimism has been located in the brain by researchers.
Only men will laugh on this one!
I’m not a good customer for marketing agencies. Most of the time, I find ads boring and stupid (even more for all of those products). Many thanks to the guy who invented the time shifting function on my TV decoder! But sometimes, despite everything, there are really good projects like
Password weakness
Read this morning on DataNews: Dog names are the most common passwords used by people! Read the article. If you’re out of idea for your next password, try the Password Generator.
The end of PIN codes nightmare?
Everybody uses PIN code today. With your mobile, your credit card, your token. It’s a good security practice: A two-factors authentication with something you have (a token) and something you know (a PIN code). But the problem remains always the same: humans have difficulties to remember codes! GrIDsure worked on