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vnunet.com reports, “Magnetic breakthrough promises Ram boost: ‘Displaced vortex states’ key to Magnetic Ram” Instant on and increased capacity are possible. More …

“Mac OS X Security Challenge: In response to the woefully misleading ZDnet article, ‘Mac OS X hacked under 30 minutes’, the academic Mac OS X Security Challenge has been launched.” The University of Wisconsin has launched a competition in which hackers are challenged to hack into an OS X system connected to the internet.

The Seattle Times recognizes Apple has provided just what the front room has ordered. More …

The New York Times has an interesting piece about the abundance of open wireless connections available due to the lack of the average user’s knowledge. The article also takes a look at how the prevalent attitude is that tapping in to these connections does not equate to stealing and why still other may disagree.

“Piggybacking, the usually unauthorized tapping into someone else’s wireless Internet connection, is no longer the exclusive domain of pilfering computer geeks or shady hackers cruising for unguarded networks. Ordinarily upstanding people are tapping in. As they do, new sets of Internet behaviors are creeping into America’s popular culture.”