Slashdot informs me of Barrelfish, a new experimental operating system being developed in collaboration between ETH Zurich and Microsoft Research, Cambridge. And all I can think of is, somwhere some hacker is thinking “like shooting fish in a barrel“.

In one of the worst hacker attacks against on-line resources a hacker managed to get a full listing of all the PIN-numbers associated with VISA credit cards. Apparently also MasterCard and American Express have been compromised. This undermines the whole system of PIN code and credit card to ensure the safety of you money. Since [...]

In recent news YouTube have reported they are removing copyrighted music from their service, Last.fm are starting to charge for their on-line radio station and FileFront just reported they have decided to close their servers. Is it the beginning of the end of the legally free on-line services we see? Granted illegal(?) services like thepiratebay.com [...]

Marking the three year anniversary of the European Parliaments no to software patents the 24th of September is being made “Stop Software Patents World Day”.