Friday, November 07, 2003

"The Reagans" uncensored: Read the script for the movie that was too hot for CBS to handle. How balanced is "The Reagans"? Salon has obtained a copy of the 213-page screenplay for the miniseries, and we present it here to our readers to allow them to review the primary evidence in this controversy and reach their own conclusions. 8:16:24 PM    comment []

Jessamyn West's presentation on the USAPATRIOT Act and CIPA. This is a very helpful summary about the various issues associated with these two oppressive laws - and a guide to how librarians might respond to them.... [explodedlibrary.info] 8:12:44 PM    comment []

Nov 7, 2003: Democratic primary calendar. The calendar for Democratic presidential primaries in 2004 is now online. [Kicking Ass] 8:10:34 PM    comment []

Paper finds new wireless standard less secure. A new paper by a leading security expert says that the new Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) security standard may be less secure, in certain scenarios, than WEP, the wireless standard it was designed to replace. [InfoWorld: Top News] 8:07:08 PM    comment []

Attempted attack on Linux kernel foiled, by Robert Lemos, CNET News.com. An unknown intruder attempted to insert a Trojan horse program into the code of the next version of the Linux kernel, stored at a publicly accessible database. Security features of the source-code repository, known as BitKeeper, detected the illicit change within 24 hours, and the public database was shut down, a key developer said Thursday. The public database was used only to provide the latest beta, or test version, of the Linux kernel to users of the Concurrent Versions System (CVS), a program designed to manage source code. The changes, which would have introduced a security flaw to the kernel, never became a part of the Linux code and, thus, were never a threat, said Larry McVoy, founder of software company BitMover and primary architect of the source code database BitKeeper. This never got close to the development tree, he said. BitKeeper is really paranoid about integrity, and it turns out that was key to finding this Trojan horse. 12:28:20 PM    comment []

Request for Comments on Agenda for the National Intellectual Property Law Enforcement Coordination Council AGENCIES: Department of Justice and United States Patent and Trademark Office, Department of Commerce, as Co-Chairs, National Intellectual Property Law Enforcement Coordination Council. ACTION: Notice and request for public comments. 11:28:11 AM    comment []

Send lawyers, guns and money. CD sales have rebounded ever since the music biz started suing file-sharers. The industry is convinced there's a connection. [Salon.com] 9:29:47 AM    comment []

Broadcast Flag - more strategies for fighting it with Open Source. More from the depths of the FCC ruling on the Broadcast Flag, from a partial dissent to the ruling. Note what arguments have a foundation of support, and where there's an opportunity to play to those issues (emphasis mine): STATEMENT... [Infothought] 7:31:36 AM    comment []

uiweb: The myth of discoverability. You have limited screen real estate, users have limited attention spans, and abilities to perceive or understand things. Therefore, all design for people is a zero-sum game: tradeoffs must be made and priorities must be set if there's any hope of a good outcome for customers. [Tomalak's Realm] 7:28:22 AM    comment []

An experiment in Internet self-regulation. The research of Elisabeth Staksrud may determine what additional laws European governments think are necessary to regulate cyberspace. [CNET News.com - Front Door] 7:25:51 AM    comment []

Personal web surfing can benefit workers (AP) 2:25:45 AM    comment []