Daily Archives: May 10, 2005
Fatal Flaw Found in Firefox
Mozilla, the non-profit group behind the Firefox opensource browser, issued an alert, warning users that a combination of bugs could allow criminals to access users’ private information – including banking details, logins and passwords. There is broad … Continue reading
Young Hacker Penetrates Military, NASA Nets
SAN FRANCISCO, May 9 – The incident seemed alarming enough: a breach of a Cisco Systems network in which an intruder seized programming instructions for many of the computers that control the flow of the Internet. Now federal … Continue reading
Young Hacker Penetrates Military, NASA Nets
FRANCISCO, May 9 – The incident seemed alarming enough: a breach of a Cisco Systems network in which an intruder seized programming instructions for many of the computers that control the flow of the Internet. … Continue reading
Mathmatics at Play
As part of our ongoing effort to give readers a Head’s Up on interesting activities in the Boston area…. Wednesday, May 11 DO QUARTERBACKS NEED TRIG? Math and sports have important links that go way beyond just figuring out Manny’s … Continue reading
Careful What You Wish For
The Boston Globe is doing a well-written and revealing series on the difficulties of installing Western-style democracy among moderate Muslims, and the contradictions in the US policy of supporting free elections. Today was the final installment, titled "Western Style Democracy … Continue reading