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Massive security hole found in the core of the Internet

I thought this was an April Fool, but it’s August. Forbes reports that a massive security hole has been discovered in the base design of DNS addressing on the internet.  They quote Ken Silva, chief technology officer for VeriSign who manages dotcom and dotnet addressing on the internet.  Ken says: "There’s a bunch of money…

You can’t hide anything, Part 2: Apple

In the second of a new series, Steve Jobs at Apple sent out an internal email at midnight UK time, 4pm PST yesterday.  It’s now all over the internet and, like Microsoft’s entry in the first of this series, it shows you can’t hide anything anymore: Team, The launch of MobileMe was not our finest…

You can’t hide anything, Part 2: Apple

In the second of a new series, Steve Jobs at Apple sent out an internal email at midnight UK time, 4pm PST yesterday.  It’s now all over the internet and, like Microsoft’s entry in the first of this series, it shows you can’t hide anything anymore: Team, The launch of MobileMe was not our finest…

Goldmans systems mess up – black box algo questions

In April 2006, I made commentary about the opportunities and risks of algo trading with the view that "there are huge dangers and successful execution demands deep technological know-how. However, the only way in which markets can operate is to seek out and trade off risks against rewards, and the greater the risks, the greater…

Goldmans systems mess up – black box algo questions

In April 2006, I made commentary about the opportunities and risks of algo trading with the view that "there are huge dangers and successful execution demands deep technological know-how. However, the only way in which markets can operate is to seek out and trade off risks against rewards, and the greater the risks, the greater…

Goldmans systems mess up – black box algo questions

In April 2006, I made commentary about the opportunities and risks of algo trading with the view that "there are huge dangers and successful execution demands deep technological know-how. However, the only way in which markets can operate is to seek out and trade off risks against rewards, and the greater the risks, the greater…

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