Phew, finally got the kids to bed. I can’t believe it’s the first day of school tomorrow! Do I pick him up tomorrow at 11:15 or 11:30? Or is it 11:45? Where the heck is that piece of paper with the school hours on it. (Rifles through stacks of paperwork on the end table, the [...]

The net is buzzing about Republican Vice President candiate Sarah Palin’s email account being hacked, and if you somehow missed it, this Wired blog post is a good starting point. I won’t engage in spreading rumours about who might have done it. The bottom line is that he or she, at best, did something dumb. [...]

I’ve been re-reading Douglas Adams’s Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy books again. I’ve read them a couple of times now, but not in the last 10 or 15 years. The whole “a trilogy in five parts” bit has always tickled me. As I was reading, I kept thinking that “Don’t Panic” would be an excellent [...]

Justice Paul Perell of the Ontario Superior court ruled yesterday that Bell ExpressVu’s administrative charge to customers who fail to pay their monthly bill on time is illegal. In summary, the $25 late fee was found to violate the Canadian Criminal Code provision that makes it illegal to charge an interest rate in excess of [...]

A Carleton University student has been charged with the criminal offenses of “Mischief to a computer and criminal use of data.” The charges came after he allegedly broke into Carleton’s computer system and grabbed confidential information about 32 students. He then reportedly used the information to show Carleton’s administration how insecure their computer system is. [...]

Mention computer security to most people and the ensuing conversation inevitably involves viruses, spyware, spammers, and teenage hackers. Yes, it’s true that criminals are heavily involved in identity theft, foreign governments are stealing intellectual property, and pedophiles are trolling the Internet. But if we’re really looking for the number one threat to our money and [...]