IT NEWS
Turning Tragedy into Triumph; Assistive Technology Lab Helps
Julian Sosa was crippled by a guerilla bomb blast in
Colombia. Now he's a student at the University of
Arizona and is in awe of the ADA-compliant access
and of the university's assistive technology computer
lab. (Arizona Daily Wildcat)
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Florida International University Computers Hacked
The current fear is that the university system
has been so compromised that few systems are
still safe. Part of its recovery scheme is to
carefully examine more than 3,000 potentially
compromised machines. (ISSUPERSTORE.com)
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Kutztown University Students Stressed by Viruses at Finals Time
The university's network is slowed at times to a
standstill by infected student computers transmitting
as part of denial of service attacks. Administrators
believe that some of the viruses were released to
coincide with the end of the semester at many schools.
(The Keystone)
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You'd Think a Sober Worm Would Behave Better
The new variant of the Sober worm works like the others,
but is particularly good at the "social engineering"
piece, in that a well thought-out variety of targeted
subject lines are used to trick people into clicking
on the “attachment.” (ZDnet) Read more
iPods are Responsible for Crime Increase in New York Subways
In what is a harbinger of more to come, as expensive and
powerful devices become more and more portable. Thefts of
such devices are responsible for a rate of such crimes on
the subway that is 21 percent higher than it would have
been without them. (Washington Post) Registration required.
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