The Risks of Taking Dealmaking Off the Table

On December 7, the news broke that Pierre Korkie, a South African who had been held hostage in Yemen by Al Qaeda, was killed by his guards just hours before his scheduled release due to a botched U.S. attempt to free another hostage. The tragedy suggests the dangers not only of refusing to engage in dealmaking with unsavory potential negotiating partners, but of failing to communicate adequately with those affected by such decisions.

TED: Michael Rubinstein: See invisible motion, hear silent sounds. Cool? Creepy? We can't decide - Michael Rubinstein (2014)

Meet the “motion microscope,” a video-processing tool that plays up tiny changes in motion and color impossible to see with the naked eye. Video researcher Michael Rubinstein plays us clip after jaw-dropping clip showing how this tech can track an individual’s pulse and heartbeat simply from a piece of footage. Watch him recreate a conversation by amplifying the movements from sound waves bouncing off a bag of chips. The wow-inspiring and sinister applications of this tech you have to see to believe.

Misfortune Cookie vulnerability affects 12 million routers

A newly-discovered vulnerability puts 12 million routers at risk around the world in homes, small business, and corporate environments.The Misfortune Cookie vulnerability allows an attacker to remotely take over a gateway device with administrative privileges, according to Tel Aviv-based network security vendor Check Point Software Technology, Inc.The scale of the problem is unprecedented, said Shahar Tal, Check Point's malware and vulnerability research manager.MORE ON NETWORK WORLD: Free security tools you should try"In previous cases, there were 200,000 or 300,000 vulnerable gateways," h

Top 5: Legal issues in open source in 2014

The most-read articles this year on Opensource.com demonstrated a strong interest in the changing aspects of complicated issues. For example, the top two stories this year both relate to a complex series of cases involving a dispute between Versata and Aperiprise surrounding alleged violations of the GNU General Public License (GPL).

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