Who paid for the US elections

Details on who paid how much for the US Presidential elections, and what they expect in return, on Mother Jones 400. Incidentally, candidates who raised more money than their opponents captured all but 29 of the 469 seats.

Online payment risks

Better be a bit careful about online payments. A Russian hacker stole from 40 companies. Amazon’s subsidiary was hit. And IBM’s Net.Commerce is buggy.

Megapenny project

The Megapenny Project helps you visualise how big ‘big money’ is, by stacking pennies up. Our highly paid friends at IIM-B would earn a 6’ block of metal each year.

Cracking DVDs

Two MIT students have written a 7-line program that unscrambles protected DVDs. It’s downloadable. The legal issue is whether source code deserves protection on par with freedom of expression.

BIFR has a website

BIFR has a website. Their ‘Hearing Schedule’ section is a useful way of keeping up with what companies are in trouble. I’m surprised to see Dunlop India (West Bengal) on the list. Currently, the site does not have the actual decisions. Maybe soon. Comments m s b 16 Mar 2001 12:00 pm: the schedule is not updated after March 2007