Happy 10/10/10 Binary Day

The day is made up entirely of ones and zeros, the binary language for computing. Some other trivia about 10/10/10 0. Converting 101010 from binary to decimal gives 42, the answer to the meaning of life, the universe and everything. 1. Apparently, it is a big day for marriages. The reason for the surge is a [...]

Failure of Security Planning

I spotted this on a Git doco page:

Secret Knock Detecting Lock

Oh man .. epic geekiness… I love it

Why is Windows so expensive?

Why is Windows so expensive.

If you type in the query of Why is Windows so expensive? or Why is Microsoft Windows so expensive? on Microsoft’s search engine bing.com returns the top result as “Why are Macs so expensive”. This is rather disappointing where bing seemed ready to give Google a challenge in the search engine space.

Dan Kaminsky gets hacked

Noted security professional Dan Kaminsky’s personal website was hacked into and personal information was stolen from his webserver and posted online on the eve of the Black Hat security conference. The stolen files included private emails between Dan and other security researchers. Following is the cached result of Dan Kaminsky’s website which is currently offline. [...]