Sunday, December 11, 2005

Podcast as Word of the Year Wordsmiths hail podcast success. The term 'podcast' has been declared as Word of the Year by the New Oxford American Dictionary. [BBC News | Technology | UK Edition] I need this reference and you can read it too. I assume the world knows by now. My blog is more searchable than my desktop at this moment. 1:44:41 PM    comment [] Security development we should have seen coming eBay pulls Excel vulnerability auction. Spoilsports [The Register] My prediction for next: a wikipedia battle over detailing vulns in some entry, say MS Internet Explorer. A vulnerability would be there one day and gone the next.. I think we can see who is posting and removing, as in the podcast history changes. 1:35:21 PM    comment [] 1:35:11 PM    comment [] Test: Ignore this post. Troubleshooting problem with posts appearing in selected categories 1:35:05 PM    comment [] Time to start planning e-voting and doing it right With ample time before the upcoming 2008 elections, great scrutiny needs to be given to any proposed electronic voting systems. This is in today's ComputerWorld: EFF files suit over e-voting in N.C.. The Electronic Frontier Foundation, a national digital rights advocacy group, has filed suit against the North Carolina State Board of Elections for allegedly certifying three electronic voting systems without completing detailed, state-required reviews of the software they use. [Computerworld News] More on the EFF site and ACM site (links to follow: when I have a little time). 1:33:13 PM    comment []

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