Computer Scientists Take Over Electronic Voting Machine Aug 13, 2009
He deciphered the software by reading the machines read-only memory. Simultaneously, Checkoway extended return-oriented programming to the voting machines processor architecture, the Z80. (Newsmax)
Computer Scientists Take Over Electronic Voting Machine With New Programming Technique Aug 12, 2009
He deciphered the software by reading the machine s read-only memory. Simultaneously, Checkoway extended return-oriented programming to the voting machine s processor architecture, the Z80. (Science Daily)
When BIOS updates become malware attacks Jun 19, 2009
A history of BIOS malware attacks Early BIOS versions were stored in read-only memory and could not be altered by a user (or an attacker). Over time, manufacturers switched to electronically erasable formats, such as flash memory, so that users could upgrade, or "flash," the BIOS when necessary. (Search Security, MA)
Tech.view: No strings attached Feb 28, 2009
Apart from being the first digital instrument to produce sound from samples of notes burned into its ROM (read-only memory) chips, the K250 was also the first electronic instrument to pass the Turing test for artificial sound. No computer has yet passed the real Turing test, of fooling someone having a typed conversation with it that it is actually human. (The Economist)
Obama stimulus is a bad deal Feb 8, 2009
The other side of the coin wrote on Feb 3, 2009 9:47 AM:" Wow, cool down Mike before you blow one of your coronary arteries.ACORN is not getting $4 billion dollars and the $330 million to prevent sexually transmitted diseases has or will be removed, although a healthy workforce is always good for the economy.Are you sure about having a job to qualify for the tax credit, I read someplace that is not the case or that President Obama is opposed to it.Neither Senator Conrad nor Dorgan will trash... (Bismarck Tribune, ND)
