Homeland Security Report: LAX Vulnerable to Attack

Staff / Truthdig Nov 14, 2008 With nearly 62 million passengers having traveled through its terminals last year, Los Angeles International Airport is the world's fifth-busiest. Thanks to lax security practices, it's also embarrassingly vulnerable to cyber attack, according to a report from the Department of Homeland Security's inspector general. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Control-Alt-Delete

Staff / Truthdig Jun 27, 2008 It's official: Microsoft's top-geek-made-good, Bill Gates, is leaving his full-time position as head of Microsoft on Friday. Now that he's made more money than regular mortals can even fathom (aside from those congresspeople who approve the defense budget), he's stepping down in order to focus on his philanthropic work with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

John McCain Is Not Reading This

Staff / Truthdig Jun 24, 2008 It turns out that the candidate who says he's vetting his vice president with "a Google" may not actually know how to do so. Asked whether John McCain ever used a computer, his "deputy eCampaign director" replied, "You don't need to use a computer to know how it shapes the country." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Step Away From the Blackberry

Staff / Truthdig Mar 25, 2008 There's a new kind of addiction out there, to which many of us are currently vulnerable, and from which some of us may be suffering right this moment: According to one Dr. Jerald Block, writing in the American Journal of Psychiatry, excessive e-mailing and text messaging could be a form of mental illness. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Spam Filter

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Lawmaker Quits Amid Child Porn Investigation

Staff / Truthdig Feb 19, 2008 A Republican member of the Maryland Legislature has resigned after authorities raided his home and took several items, including his computer, during a child pornography investigation. According to the Baltimore Examiner, state Delegate Robert McKee had been a sponsor of the Child Protection From Predators Act. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Consumer Takes iPhone Price-Cut Rage to Court

Staff / Truthdig Oct 2, 2007 All those eager Apple aficionados who waited in line for days to get their grabby hands on the first crop of iPhones for $599 a pop, only to watch in despair as stragglers bought them but two months later for a whopping $200 less, may sympathize with an angry New York woman who clearly will not be placated by Steve Jobs' scrambly attempt at refunding his way back into customers' hearts. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

MIT Student With ‘Hoax Device’ Arrested at Airport

Staff / Truthdig Sep 21, 2007 First came January's "Aqua Teen Hunger Force" faux bomb scare, and now this Boston-area "hoax device" news: MIT sophomore Star Simpson was arrested at gunpoint at Logan Airport on Friday for wearing a computer circuit board and wiring on her black sweatshirt, with "Socket To Me" written on the back. Oops. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Google Wants to Listen to Your TV to Place Ads

Staff / Truthdig Jun 18, 2006 OK, now this is getting just downright creepy: Google has apparently tested a system that allows your computer to "listen" to your TV, recognize what program you're watching, and then serve up ads related to that show. Freaked out? Check out Truthdig contributor (and Google book author) Mark Malseed on Google and privacy. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Hacker Gets Five Years in Prison

Staff / Truthdig May 9, 2006 The 20-year-old set out to damage computer networks and send massive amounts of spam. Any computer user who has ever been the victim of a virus, worm or Trojan horse shall be excused the schadenfreude he or she feels at the news of this lengthy prison sentence. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )