Satellite phone encryption cracked

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/9058529/Satellite-phone-encryption-cracked.html

"German academics said they had cracked two encryption systems used
to protect satellite phone signals and that anyone with cheap
computer equipment and radio could eavesdrop on calls over an
entire continent. Hundreds of thousands of satellite phone users
are thought to be affected."

German gov't endorses Chrome as most secure browser

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9223957/German_gov_t_endorses_Chrome_as_most_secure_browser

"Germany's cyber security agency today recommended that Windows 7
users run Google's Chrome browser, citing the application's sandbox
and auto-update features.

"In a security best practices guideline, Germany's Federal Office for
Information Security, known by its German initials of BSI, said Chrome
was the best browser."

Romney and Gingrich Pull Songs After Complaints

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/04/arts/music/romney-and-gingrich-pull-songs-after-complaints.html?_r=1

"When you think about every iconic song that has emotional
resonance for millions and millions of Americans, in almost every
instance, Republican candidates can't use the song because the
artist is not supportive," said Steve Schmidt, a Republican
campaign strategist who was Senator John McCain's campaign manager
in 2008 and worked on the re-election campaign of President George
W. Bush.

The hot tech gig of 2022: Data scientist

http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2012/01/06/data-scientist-jobs/

"A decade from now the smart techies who decided to become app
developers may wish they had taken an applied-mathematics class or
two. The coming deluge of data (more on that in a moment) will
create demand for a new kind of computer scientist -- a gig that's
one part mathematician, one part product-development guru, and one
part detective."

Programmer personality types: 13 profiles in code

This article best read with tongue in cheek.

http://www.infoworld.com/d/application-development/programmer-personality-types-13-profiles-in-code-185343?page=0,0&source=IFWNLE_nlt_daily_2012-02-06

"Anyone who has worked with the machines knows that programmers
arent just one undifferentiated group, but a club with a wide
variety of subspecies. From those who will go to any length to
avoid documentation to those who deploy code like duct tape, refuse
to use libraries, or cant help but rewrite their apps in the latest
experimental programming language, programmers are a colorful lot
-- particularly in their perspectives and habits -- though
collectively comrades in code."

A Mormon church in need of reform

From the Washington Post

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/a-mormon-church-in-need-of-reform/2012/01/27/gIQA3s44aQ_story.html

Start-ups hindered by software patents

You'll be amazed at the patents awarded to obvious techniques taught
in any CS program and utilized by any competent software practitioner.

http://www.stormdriver.com/blog/start-ups-in-the-maze-of-software-patents/