Brian Gongol

The target: Australian bank customers. Related: A new wave of spyware attacks on MSN Messenger is underway.





Defense Department funding is chasing the dream that humans could re-grow limbs lost to amputation; the researchers have been given 48 months to figure out how

In other words, public-health programs have done well in fighting tobacco, but not so well against the couch and potato chips

Some of the Republican leadership has lost touch with reality -- their base is not the religious right, but rather the generally libertarian-leaning center that just doesn't want government in their lives. That group doesn't show up for party activities or rallies much, but they definitely do show up on election day -- and the reckless spending patterns of the present administration have really made them mad.

Some of the Internet enthusiasts surveyed by Pew have visions of great conflicts based upon who does and does not want to be touched by technology

By downplaying how bad things are rather than confirming the horrors, South Korea could be missing the opportunity to confirm what North Koreans are seeing with their own eyes. But propaganda in defense of freedom works best when it confirms those observations, not when it conflicts with them.


With hedge funds and the like grow in proportion to conventional bonds and borrowing, lower transparency could mean higher risks of trouble


Says he thinks Iraqi troops will be ready to handle things on their own within two years