Blackhacker

This is a cool idea. Google is offering a “bounty’ of $4500 for students who complete an open source project. The idea is to get new developers thinking about and involved in creating and contributing to the OSS community. (Not to mention it gives them a first look look at new employees. )

this is a cool idea to combat the Patriot Act, and the growing erosion of personal privacy.

You’ve seen anonymous cash cards already; you may even have received them before. They’re better known as gift cards. Using the same principle, libraries can issue a borrower card that uses cash, rather than personal ID information, as collateral. Here’s an example: If a privacy-minded user deposits $20 to get an anonymous library card, she can check out The Terror State without identifying herself. Her account balance is temporarily reduced by $15, and when the library checks the CD back in (in good condition), her balance is restored to its original value.

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