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There’s not much that can be said about this…scariest thing ever: Windows for Warships.
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It seems like the terrorists keep winning. Now, in Germany and Netherlands, the government is proposing laws that would make it illegal to give false information when getting an email address or a website. What that means is, among other things, no more anonymous bloggers from either country, no more anonymous email, no more online [...]

Ok, I’ve been not-reading my RSS feeds for the last few days, and today decided to catch up with Bruce Schneier’s blog, and found several interesting posts.
First, OpenSSL is now FIPS 140-2 Certified. The important thing, I believe, is not the certification itself (which is nice to have, but OpenSSL’s usefulness has nothing to do [...]

Ok, got this from the TV Squad site…seems like Keith McDuffee got an early hands on encounter with the first comic of the Season 8 storyline, due to come out some time soon. Read Buffy The Vampire Slayer: Season 8 comic — An early look and enjoy :)
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Ok, I know it’s been a while since the last book review, but I’ve been busy :P
On the other hand, I managed to get my grubby little hands on the ARC of A Deeper Blue, fifth book in the Paladin of Shadows series by John Ringo, and…it rocks :)
So far, the series is made up [...]

I found this a few days ago…unfortunately, I forgot to take note of where I found out about it :/
Anyway, it’s a study, written by a Ph.D. and his collaborators, so it’s kind of dry, about how Internet use and depression relate to each other…and it’s a mixed bag.
On one hand, Kraut and others [...]

If you are like me and are interested in security, not only in computer systems but in general, this essay by Bruce (link to his post about the essay, which contains a link to the pdf), he gets into the psychology of feeling secure vs being secure.
Some of the things he says can even be [...]