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"If I am elected, the concrete barriers around the WHITE HOUSE will be replaced by tasteful foam replicas of ANN MARGARET!"

Ann Margaret? How many on Slashdot have heard of her?

A little over 6 months ago, this article appeared on Slashdot: Justin Long No Longer A Mac. Update: a year has passed, and Justin is still the Mac.

On May 1st, Apple has released the QuickTime 7.1.6 Update that (among other things) fixes the security issue that was used in the "CanSec Macbook Challenge" win.

Description: An implementation issue exists in QuickTime for Java, which may allow reading or writing out of the bounds of the allocated heap. By enticing a user to visit a web page containing a maliciously-crafted Java applet, an attacker can trigger the issue which may lead to arbitrary code execution. This update addresses the issue by performing additional bounds checking when creating QTPointerRef objects. Credit to Dino Dai Zovi working with TippingPoint and the Zero Day Initiative for reporting this issue.

BTW: the bug is/was not limited to Safari (as was initially reported), but also works on other browsers and probably on Windows too.

"LBJ, LBJ, how many JOKES did you tell today??!"

Lyndon Frigging Baines Johnson? "Hey Hey, LBJ, How Many Kids Did You Kill Today?"

A recent Slashdot story asked: Bugged Canadian Coins?. Now The Globe and Mail has an update on the story - or rather the non-story. "Defence contractors had apparently been give certain special-issue Canadian coins, the unfamiliar look of which caused them to be concerned about the money, a source said. That led to an investigation once the contractors returned to the United States . But a U.S. agency that investigated the complaint found no evidence of any secret transmitters, or of any other tampering. It's not clear why this information failed to find its way into the released U.S. Defence Security Service report." So you can all pack in your tin-foil hats - at least that's what they want you to believe.