29 Oct 2004
NSA Security Guide for MacOS X

A very useful document if you have a Mac - and especially if you've had a Mac for years and are new to a Unix enviroment.

The National Security Agency has just released a Security Configuration Guide for Apple Mac OS X (pdf). The guide mostly contains common sense configuration information that applies to many Unix systems. It also includes specific discussion for Apple's unique features such as Keychain and FileVault.

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Bush Asked to Stop Using 'Still the One' (AP)

This isn't really a "copywrong", but it's posted here to show the lack of respect the people (mostly Republicans, but it crosses party lines) who are pushing for Draconian new copyright law have for the existing copyright regime... I wonder if a radio station could be held liable for playing the tune, heard by Bush staffer and subsequently used in the campaign, for "inducing" the copyright violation? I wonder what Sen. Hatch thinks of this?

AP - The songwriter who helped pen the 1970s hit, "Still the One," is demanding that President Bush stop using the tune at campaign events, arguing that he's no fan of the Republican incumbent and the campaign never got permission to use the song.

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Dept. of Homeland Security Enforces Expired Trademark

Here's the link to the story on Yahoo - truly mind-boggling...

Apparently the Department of Homeland Security does not have enough to do in keeping the US safe, and now is enforcing copyright law as well. The AP reports that a toy store owner in Oregon was requested by Homeland Security officials to remove a potentially copyright-infringing Rubik's cube-like toy from her shelves. The patent for Rubik's cube was issued in 1980, and so it is expired.

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