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On September 11, 2003, I will be quietly celebrating - my.wife’s birthday.
Appearantly some will be celebrating a more terrible
anniversary. Al-Muhajiroun, a
group operating openly in Britain and with cells in New York, [...]

For the past 33 years Boston University has been led
by the controversial take-no-prisoners meritocracy of John Silber. After
busting up an incipient faculty union by firing dozens of professors,
the one time Silber [...]

What if you could file-share someone’s consciousness?
Would it be a violation, or the ultimate communication therapy? A short
story by Cory Doctorow.
"A couple years ago, right after I sold the novel [Down
[...]

“The first and most effective measure you can take to secure your computers is to immediately remove all your Microsoft products and never install them again.”
Eric Raymond, author of “The Art of Unix Programming” on how to protect your computer from infection.

How vulnerable are you to infection or penetration over the internet?
An
excellent article by Hiawatha Bray in the Boston Globe explains the
risks in plain English, and examines defensive options….
"There are bad people. There is [...]

A San Francisco man has won the resurrected Rubik’s Cube
World Championships in Toronto.
Dan Knights, a 24-year-old software developer, beat dozens of other competitors
by solving the puzzle in an average time of 20.2 seconds.
I [...]

Companies selling technology into the post-secondary market will encounter good growth potential, according to analysts at a recent financial analysts roundtable discussion. The discussion was hosted by the Wall Street Transcript.
Here is an excerpt: