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Blu-ray Celebration Will be Short Lived

2008-02-24 09:21:47 by mcurphey in Mark Curphey - SecurityBuddha.com
 
I had no vested interested in the battle between HD-DVD and Blu-ray but watched out of interest to study how the techonomy operated. More importantly I was interested in how the techonomy is changing. Now Blu-ray has won the battle of the physical media formats, we can look to the period (in a few short
 
Tags: blu-ray, physical media formats, battle, techonomy, short, period, hd-dvd, study, importantly
 
 
 
 
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Pain Ray Test Subjects Exposed to 'Unconscionable Risks'

2008-10-14 12:00:00 by Sharon Weinberger in Wired Security
 
Last fall, Danger Room's Sharon Weinberger agreed to be a guinea pig in a demonstration of the Pentagon's controversial "pain ray." She was told the weapon was safe. But newly-obtained information shows that the pain ray's operators were dangerously undertrained -- exposing test subjects "to unconscionable risks
 
Tags: pain ray, test subjects, unconscionable risks, guinea pig, sharon weinberger, safe, pentagon, dangerously, information
 
 
 
 
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Chinese pirates crack Blu-ray DRM, sell pirated HD discs

2008-11-18 13:50:02 by Editor in Digg / Security
 
A recent bust in China netted several hundred pirated HD discs ripped from Blu-ray masters. The discs were only 720p, not 1080p, but their mere existence shows that Blu-ray's amped-up DRM schemes, AACS and BD+, won't be enough to stop pirates
 
Tags: blu-ray, discs, amped-up drm schemes, blu-ray masters, recent bust, mere existence, stop, 720p, 1080p
 
 
 
 
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Airport 'X-ray art' courts TSA trouble

2008-10-02 00:00:00 by Paul McNamara in Network World on Security
 
Techno-artist/open-source developer Evan Roth has a message for the Transportation Safety Administration -- several messages, actually -- about what he considers excessive airport security "theater." He also has chosen an intentionally provocative method of delivering those messages: the TSA's own X-ray screening machines
 
Tags: developer evan roth, transportation safety administration, provocative method, messages, tsa, x-ray, message, theater, machines
 
 
 
 
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Army Orders Pain Ray Trucks; New Report Shows 'Potential for Death'

2008-10-10 15:17:00 by David Hambling in Wired Security
 
...ray which drives off rioters with a microwave-like beam -- could finally have its day. The Army is buying five of the truck-mounted systems for $25 million. But the energy weapon may face new hurdles, before it's shipped off to the battlefield; a new report details how the supposedly non-lethal blaster could be turned into a flesh-frying killer
 
Tags: pain ray, supposedly non-lethal blaster, active denial system, army, microwave-like beam, energy weapon, report details, rioters, killer
 
 
 
 
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Stolen laptops affect 337,000 Davidson County voters

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2007-12-29 11:30:26 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...Ray Barrett, election administrator It looks as though they used a rock to break their way in Evan] A rock is all it took. There is no mention of any alarm system and it appears that nobody noticed until they came back to the office taken were two Dell Latitude laptops containing information of 337,000 registered Davidson County voters As...
 
Tags: voters, davidson county voters, davidson county, tennessee voters, information technology department, information, voters monitor, sensitive personal information, confidential information
 
 
 
 
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TSA's Ideal Laptop Bag

2008-03-07 10:42:34 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...ray image of the laptop No straps, pockets, zippers, handles or closures of the bag can interfere with the image of the laptop No electronics, chargers, batteries, wires, paper products, pens or other contents of the bag can shield the image of the laptop TSA is inviting bag designers and manufacturers to come up with creative ways to meet...
 
Tags: laptop bag, bag, laptop, bag designers, laptop bags, tsa, inches, inches wide, x-ray image
 
 
 
 
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CATSA: XRay Machines Are Not For Gum Wrappers

2008-06-08 12:58:43 by Dave Lewis in Liquidmatrix Security Digest
 
...ray machines, says a bulletin issued earlier this year by the Canadian Air Transport Security Authority Likewise, warning labels and hazard warning signs are being damaged and are sometimes completely removed from the units The rebuke, obtained under the Access to Information Act, is the second time officers have been warned about dropping...
 
Tags: catsa, similar act, act, screeners, airport screeners, time officers, empty coffee cup, top panel openings, time
 
 
 
 
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Theft from vendor affects Modesto City Schools employees

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2008-02-12 15:03:09 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...Ray Duran, vice president of the Modesto Teachers Association. "I just hate to think all my stuff is out there. We know these things happen. We just hope the district will find a way to remedy the problem Evan] Unfortunately, there is little remedy for exposed information. Once information has been exposed, it stays exposed Sonoma Elementary...
 
Tags: district officials, district, district employees, school district, school district employees, employees, sensitive personal information, information, provide information
 
 
 
 
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Toy X-Ray Machine for Kids

2008-02-27 13:48:51 by schneier in Schneier on Security