Today's Interesting Links

Here's what caught my attention trolling the RSS feeds this morning:

Critical Windows XP vulnerability (Windows Metafile): http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/12/29/wmf_trojan_alert/

And another affecting many Symantec products: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/12/22/symantec_archive_bug/

San Francisco's WiFi project hasn't even begun, and it's already in trouble:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/12/23/sf_muni_wifi/

Ray Kurzweil talks about immortality:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/12/23/one/

A Florida 16-year-old jaunts off solo to Iraq to salve his social conscience, and escapes alive: http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/12/30/teen.iraq/index.html?section=cnn_topstories

Brownie In Battle: The former FEMA chief's turf wars during the DHS reorg gutted FEMA well before Katrina: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/22/AR2005122202213.html?nav=rss_print/asection

Wired, Diebold touchscreen voting machines hacked easily; optical-scan voting machines are no panacea: http://www.wired.com/news/politics/evote/0,69893-0.html?tw=rss.technology

Tom's Hardware: How to put Windows XP on a flash drive for disaster-recovery: http://www.tomshardware.com/2005/09/09/windows_in_your_pocket/index.html

Year-in-review stuff

Wired, Best and Worst Gadgets (the PSP gets 4 out of (I assume) 4!): http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,69912-0.html?tw=rss.technology

Wired again, Biggest Scientific Discoveries of 2005: http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,69909-0.html?tw=rss.technology