Prepare for the flames

From InfoWorld: The MacBook Air went first; a tiny Fujitsu laptop running Vista was hacked on the last day of the contest; but it was Linux, running on a Sony Vaio, that remained undefeated as conference organizers ended a three-way computer hacking challenge Friday at the CanSecWest conference.

And: "Earlier, Miller said that he chose to hack the Mac because he thought it would be easiest target. Vista hacker Macaulay didn't dispute that assertion: "I think it might be," he said."

Got a Mac, or use Safari? Be careful, folks!

One laptop per child

A worthy project: One Laptop Per Child. Of interest to me is the $US100 price tag, the Open Source development, the Linux involvement and the Sugar interface. I can't see Microsoft getting in here at all, can you? There's a browser, so if you have connectivity you'll get to Google as well as Microsoft (and everyone else) but generally speaking this will be a low-cost platform that if it succeeds will not only teach many of the world's children computer (and general) literacy but also how to live outside of the scope of the Microsoft Corporation. I can see why this is getting support - and maybe MS is involved somewhere and I just haven't looked closely enough - but I do wonder what Bill Gates and his foundation may be planning as well.