Cody Taylor

New technologies have opened up the very real possibility that every action you take, whether in a public space or in seemingly private emails and text messages, is being logged and possibly shared with thousands of people. How does this change the way we act? Might it actually make us…nicer to one another?

Antitrust scrutiny is a growing worry at Google as its market share gains accelerate.

Joshua.Niland writes “Strange globs seen on the landing strut of the Phoenix Mars lander could be the first proof that modern Mars hosts liquid water. Images from the robotic craft show what appear to be liquid droplets growing, merging, and dripping on the lander’s leg over the course of a Martian month. Just when is NASA going to fix that leaking roof on the backlot?”

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FormOfActionBanana writes “The security firm Fortify Software has undertaken an automated code review of the NIST SHA-3 round 1 contestants (previously Slashdotted) reference implementations. After a followup audit, the team is now reporting summary results. According to the blog entry, ‘This just emphasizes what we already knew about C, even the most careful, security conscious developer messes up memory management.’ Of particular interest, Professor Ron Rivest’s (the “R” in RSA) MD6 team has already corrected a buffer overflow pointed out by the Fortify review. Bruce Schneier’s Skein, also previously Slashdotted, came through defect-free.”

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