[H]ardNews 3rd Edition

MS Not Patched:

This is a tad bit ironic, now isn’t it? Microsoft’s very own network fell victim to the latest “slammer” worm cause they hadn’t patched some of their own severs. Ouch.

Microsoft's policy of relying on software patches to fix major security flaws was questioned Monday after a series of internal e-mails revealed that the software giant's own network wasn't immune from a worm that struck the Internet last weekend.

DDR3 News:

Worlds fastest SRAM? Samsung says so, and from the looks of things, it is not only fast, but efficient too ( low power consumption ).

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. announced the development of what the company calls the world's fastest SRAM, based on double-data-rate 3 (DDR3) SRAM technology. Targeted for high-end servers and workstations, the new DDR3 SRAM operates at speeds of 1.5-gigabits-per-second and requires only 1.2-Volts for low-power consumption. Based on a “breakthrough” cell technology, the chip measures 0.79-micron square, the company.

Hacker Insurance:

Hacker Insurance? I didn’t even know you could get such a thing.

Hacker insurance, also known as "network risk insurance," has been on the market for about three years, but is expected to explode from a $100 million sideshow into a $2.5 billion behemoth by 2005, according to insurance industry projections.