3:10 PM
http://www.defenceiq.com/article.cfm?externalID=1767&utm_medium=SMO
It is interesting that Chinese hackers were able to break through Google's security by exploiting a security hole in Microsoft's Internet Explorer (Note to Tom: I thought I had sent this article out a couple of days ago):
http://www.infoworld.com/d/adventures-in-it/googles-china-problem-and-ours-147?source=IFWNLE_nlt_blogs_2010-01-15
The German government has warned users to avoid using Internet Explorer to protect their security. Microsoft still hasn't fixed the flaw and the instructions on how to use the IE security hole have been posted on the Internet for anyone to take advantage of. Microsoft's response seems to be that only companies are being targeted by hackers (they can't really know if that is true or not as people who are hacked might not know it) so the public warning is not necessary:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8463516.stm
This column *really* tears into one of the latest excuses given by Goldman Sachs to explain the $20 billion in bonus money they are distributing to their executives...Goldman Sachs' CEO really shouldn't have tried to justify his bonus by saying that be being CEO of Goldman he was "doing God's work":
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/charles-gasparino/post_439_b_351116.html
Kindergarten teacher in Texas could lose her job because she refuses to give fingerprints as required by state law. Her lawsuit says that fingerprinting amounts to the "Mark of the Beast", so it is a violation of her religious beliefs. If her lawsuit works I'll bet a lot of criminals will claim to have discovered religion...
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/11/mark-of-the-beast/
Blind gamer is suing Sony because he says they are failing to follow the US Disability Act because their multiplayer online games are not accessible enough to disabled gamers:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/11/09/sony_sued_gamer/