Google supports Cooperation

From the company that don’t “be evil“, a generous and vocal gesture in support of cooperation:

CDF Gets a $120,000 Google Grant

The Cooperative Development Foundation recently received $120,000 in ad credits from Google.org, the non-profit arm of the search-engine giant. The grant helps CDF boost its ranking on the Google search engine, and [...]

PCI Compliance exposed for the joke it is

From an Associated Press article:

More than 70 retailers and payment processors have disclosed breaches since 2006, involving tens of millions of credit and debit card numbers… Meanwhile, many others likely have been breached and didn’t detect it. Even the companies that had the payment industry’s top rating for computer security, a seal of [...]

UPDATE: Mac users take note: Disable Java in your browsers

If you were sufficiently spooked by the earlier post on OS Xs 18-wheeler-sized security hole thenĀ  you can unchlench your cheeks now and go download the latest Java for Mac OS X 10.5 (or 10.4) update 4 through Software Update (easily accessed through the Apple menu in the top left corner of your screen).

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