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Defcon Update: Gag order slapped on MIT students

A gagging order that has been slapped on MIT students has caused debates on what ‘responsible disclosure’ means, the court order was issued to stop a planned presentation at the Defcon hackers convention.

The three MIT students found security flaws in the electronic ticketing system that is being used by the mass transit authority in Boston, the ruling reopened in the IT security community because of the major issue of the so called vulnerabilities should be disclosed publicly.

The temporary restraining order was issued last Saturday by a federal judge; it has been labeled an infringement of the students’ First Amendment rights and an example of prior restraint on free speech.

Now to me this is all baffling, but for those in the know would understand why the court order was issued or indeed why it should not have been issued.

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Smart brake lights for cars designed by Virginia Tech students: Could this stop tailgating?

New inventions are always praised if it stops idiots on the roads causing accidents due to tailgating; we praise this invention very much.

Why this has never been designed years and years ago is beyond me and why cars nowadays have not got this sort of device incorporated on cars now makes me wonder.

The new invention comes from Virginia Tech students who designed Smart brake lights for cars, the automobile braking lights that were developed is a brand new system that will show LED lights if you are stopping and if you are slowing down.

It will show drivers who are driving behind a car with this setup if the car is stopping, slowing down and even how soft or hard they are going to brake. When you begin to slow down the lights in the center glow orange and after a certain threshold the lights turn to red plus if you slam on the brakes hard the LED lights will flash red.

So could this stop tailgating?

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University Gives Freshmans iPhone

I think that this is a great idea by Abilene Christian University, each freshman who joins the school in the autumn will receive an iPhone or iPod Touch so that they are able to receive Read more

For all you students comes the LeapFrog Crammer Study and Sound player: 2008 Toy Fair

Oh yes recently spotted at the 2008 Toy Fair is the LeapFrog Crammer Study and Sound player which is what all students has been waiting for. This new gadget is moving towards all 3rd right through to 8th graders with a Read more

Ron Paul and Barack Obama favorite of young people: WHY?

In a mock Presidential Primary 2008 election held by Phi Sigma Alpha, the national political science honor society…the results have shown that young people (students) choose Ron Paul and Barack Obama as favorite.

Now why would most votes go to these two but not in a Miami Herald poll with 800 sample voters? Read more