Daily Archives: January 20, 2008

Say goodbye to saying ‘Hello’

Posted on January 20, 2008 by Chad

Microsoft has filed a patent application for a monitoring system that collects data such as heart rate, respiration rate, body temperature, and brain signals and interprets this into the worker’s stress, frustration and productivity levels. Microsoft claims that it will … Continue reading →

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Want to Steal A Baby?

Posted on January 20, 2008 by jessicaf

Overview:  Overlake Hospital Birthing Center has put a security system and policies in place to make sure babies are safe there.  First of all, mothers are given a bracelet when they come in that identifies who they are.  This is … Continue reading →

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SQL injection insecurities: RIAA

Posted on January 20, 2008 by alpers

As I was reading Digg early this morning, I stumbled upon this story that many SQL injection opportunities were uncovered by people hoping to defame the site. Through a simple query to drop entries or the tables themselves, the database … Continue reading →

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Polish teen uses TV remote to derail trains

Posted on January 20, 2008 by Trip Volpe

Covered on The Register, Telegraph.co.uk, and Slashdot. Earlier this month, a 14-year-old in Poland used a modified TV remote control to directly interfere with rail junction controls in the city of Lodz. He obtained information on the operation of the … Continue reading →

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Shopping Cart for speedy check-out and advertisement

Posted on January 20, 2008 by Fabian

Video Ads Are Planned for Grocery Carts, Mintz, Jessica. http://apnews.myway.com/article/20080114/D8U5LR780.html. Retrieved on: 01/14/2008
MediaCart, Microsoft and Wakefern Team Up to Deliver Next-Generation Digital Grocery Shopping and Ad Experience. http://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/industries/technology/article/mediacart-microsoft-wakefern-team-deliver-nextgeneration-digital-grocery_434708_12.html. Retrieved on: 01/18/2008 Continue reading →

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Online Game Security

Posted on January 20, 2008 by felixctc

http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/461/1 Recently, a freelancer named Federico Biancuzzi published a book with his co-author, Greg Hoglund, about exploiting online games’ vulnerabilities. The article is an interview with Federico. He talked about one of the vulnerabilities in MMORPG is the fact that … Continue reading →

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