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President Obama will give the United States Commerce Department the authority over a proposed national cybersecurity measure that would involve giving each American a unique online identity.

It's "the absolute perfect spot in the U.S. government" to centralize efforts toward creating an "identity ecosystem" for the Internet, White House Cybersecurity Coordinator Howard Schmidt said.¹

If you're still using Internet Explorer, shame on you. While a fresh install of Firefox could be called "samey" by laymen compared to IE 8, it's not. The main difference is Firefox allows you to add functionality with add-ons created by third parties greatly expanding functionality. Well that and being able to fine tune internal settings, but that's for another post. Here are some of my favorites that enhance my web experience in ways that aren't possible in any other browser.

A secret government report on cyberattacks says that 86 per cent of large Canadian corporations have been "hit" and that espionage hacking on the private sector has doubled in two years.

"Cyberespionage attacks are causing considerable economic damage," says the 2010 "threat paper," released to Postmedia News through access-to-information laws.

The heavily redacted report was prepared by the Public Safety Department with input from the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, the Defence Department, the RCMP and the Privy Council Office.

Read the full article on the Vancouver Sun

Street artist Banksy directed this new simpsons intro. How'd this sneak past the FOX execs?

According to BBC News:

The extended sequence was apparently inspired by reports the show outsources the bulk of their animation to a company in South Korea.

 According to the street artist, his storyboard led to delays, disputes over broadcast standards and a threatened walk out by the animation department.

This brings back some serious Turtles nostalgia! This guy's wife makes him an awesome Krang halloween costume!