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August 6, 2011

Schneier on Security: Hacking Cars Through Wireless Tire-Pressure

http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2010/08/hacking_cars_th.html A few alarming things here. More nanny State : In other words, the nanny state is forcing upon us expensive and insecure systems that aren’t as effective as a human being just doing what he’s supposed to, but we should just think of the children we’re “protecting” with this …

The Decline of the Physical Desktop

http://www.eweek.com/c/a/IT-Management/As-Foretold-by-Desktop-Managment-Tools-588370/ What’s interesting here is that this isn’t preaching “The Cloud” and only mentions VDI in one paragraph (2 in the one-line expanded version). Also interesting is the real message: “Microsoft has lost it”. Peter Drucker, the management guru, pointed out that the very last buggy-whip manufacturer in the age …

Would you buy a computer from a company like this?

http://consumerist.com/2011/05/security-expert-sony-knew-its-software-was-obsolete-months-before-psn-breach.html Its not a camera, its computer that takes pictures Its not a car, its a computer that gets you from place to place Its not a watch, its a computer that tells you the time Its not a radio, tv, hi-fi, phone …. its a computer Would you buy …