Bruce Sterling gives me another good reason to use FireFox instead of IE:

In a harbinger of security threats to come, hackers have exploited a newly announced flaw in Microsoft Corp. programs and begun circulating malicious code hidden in images that use the popular JPEG format.

Software tools to create the malicious images began appearing last
month, and this week security experts saw images employing them
posted on adult-oriented Usenet newsgroups.

To get the malicious code, a visitor must download the image and view it using Microsoft’s Windows Explorer software, said Oliver
Friedrichs, senior manager with Symantec Security Response.

*Oh look, here’s a jpeg. Bang, you’re a spambox.

*It took an entire WEEK for the globalized digital underground to turn this vulnerability into a for-profit crowbar for organized crime.

Of course, you have to wonder if the jpg Bruce posted contains the exploit.

Steve Goldberg told me about what happened at the NEOBio breakfast last week when we were having lunch. I’m glad he got around to blogging it.

Adam Hanft posts on Inc Magazine’s blog:

[It] astounds me is that no major American corporation has embraced [the lack of health care] as a cause.

They’ve line up behind breast cancer and prostate cancer and AIDS and childhood obesity. But I don’t know of one company that is making this part of their good corporate citizen mission.

The possibilities are endless. Major corporations could be a voice for communicating the seriousness of the problem and the need for innovative
solutions. They could help fund health insurance for families who need it as part of their corporate giving… Where is the company with the courage to come forward?

Is there someone or some organization here in Cleveland that could champion this? How would better healthcare coverage here address the poverty issue?

Dave Bayless relates comments by Fast Company’s Heath Row:

Skip the business books when you head for the beach, and try novels that teach leadership, purpose, and ambition.

When you click thru to the article, there’s a list of books. I’ve read a couple, have you? What books would you add?

Jay Yoo posts to his blog that Bill Callahan wonders why JumpStart selected him as someone “who exemplify the leadership, courage, energy, and drive necessary to grow a business in Northeast Ohio.” Please click through to both posts and read the comments there.

My $.02 is that the focus should be on the qualities of the entrepreneur, not where their business is located. Yes, I’m all about a strong economy in Cleveland. But KOYONO is a good example of how business will be in the future. A piece from here, a process from there, and all because we live in a global economy.

Jerry @ Red Wheelbarrow points out that it’s a real minus for a supposedly high tech group not to have a website.

I got an email today from a BFD reader with a link to a petition against Blackwell voiding registrations submitted on a lighter weight paper. A quick google of the news reveals he’s obviously reconsidered such a blantantly partisan move.

I’m not sure that this is a message from God, but it is interesting. Props to whoever took the time to make the map. Do you think it’s accurate?