Before my parents sent the check for my first semester of college, my mom made me a deal. She told me that I could go to school in Boston — if I took a self-defense class first.

This is very cool ...

A man robbed a Treasure Island casino cage at 9:55 p.m. Monday and then fled toward the Mirage parking garage, Metro Police said.

Soft intel is that he got about 2 grand in a bag and had to dump it in a neighboring parking garage because it was hindering his E&E.

Federal regulators lifted a cloud of uncertainty when they announced it was lawful to hack or "jailbreak" an iPhone, declaring Monday there was "no basis for copyright law to assist Apple in protecting its restrictive business model."

The unit is a laptop-style, 2.5" SATA drive, shock mounted inside a USB enclosure. What makes it unusual is biometric authentication -- a fingerprint scanner is built into the case.

Aside from the natural concern that someone might decide to cut your finger off to get it open, it sounds like a convenient system ...

“People had to be rushed out of the area within as short a time as possible, and this caused panic,” said a member of the casino’s security, who asked not to be named. Stap said the mall’s evacuation plan was activated “because when people’s lives are at risk we have to clear the place out”.

 May have been some excess zeal at work ...

He first gained notoriety earlier this year for online postings that warned the creators of the television show "South Park" that they risked death by mocking the prophet Muhammad on their show.

Sounds like he's embraced vanity and self-importance ...

“What RIM typically does in cases like this is it works quietly with the government ... it keeps its card very close to the chest,” he said. “RIM will negotiate something that will allow the company to keep doing business and for the government to save face.”

It's time to be nostalgic for the days when you could count on WPA2 as the strongest, most impregnable wireless security standard. Security firm AirTight Networks has discovered a means of compromising WPA2 encryption using about ten lines of code.

"What the interceptors do is, when you dial a number, join the call and act as a base station instead of Telstra or Optus or the carrier you're with," he said. "The interceptor will inform the phone that you cannot make a call using 3G--it will trick your phone into switching back to 2G instead of 3G."

Brown says he was playing a slot machine when a security guard told him he had dozed off. The MDOT director says he told the security guard he would get his money and go to his room, but the guard said he would have to leave the property.

An unemployed woman who said she was desperate for money has been arrested on charges she robbed an Oklahoma McDonald's with underwear wrapped around her face as a makeshift mask.

Hmmm ... gonna be hard to live that one down ...

Borrowing a page from engineers at Microsoft and Google, Adobe is adding the a so-called sandbox feature to Adobe Reader for Windows operating systems.

Now, version 7 is out and it's the fastest TrueCrypt ever -- thanks to hardware accelerated encryption.

Buried in work at my paying job ... hopefully back posting soon.

If you can punch him in the throat or gouge out his eye by all means do it!

Although you should be certain that it's worth doing time and never having any material possessions again over, first ...

An 18-year-old was arrested after his father recognized him on surveillance photos on an Internet news site.

Hmmm ... not a very effective disguise ...

RIMPAC, the world's largest naval exercise--involving 14 nations, 32 ships, five submarines, more than 170 aircraft, and 20,000 personnel--is now underway in the waters of the Pacific off Hawaii, according to the USN.

A Utah man was arrested on multiple drug offenses after casino security located drugs inside a toiletry bag that had been left behind in the casino gift shop.

It's generally a bad idea to transport your drugs around while you're high because, on the one hand, unless you 'maintain' effectively everyone will probably know that you're high thereby significantly reducing your invisibility, and on the other hand, you're more likely to leave your stash laying around somewhere, like this guy does, which practically forces folks to open you're bag in an effort to determine if there is any ID in it to facilitate returning your property to you thereby reducing both your invisibility and, once they find your drugs, your invincibility.

Just say "no"!

Police said several of the women began to punch the owner and chase him in the parking lot. When he ran back into the store, they sped away.

By tomorrow, Rule 34 will kick in ...

A non-Newtonian fluid, on the other hand, has no linear relationship between stress and strain--they can vary seemingly at will, or as a third factor comes into play ... like time.

Liquid body armor ...

Even if independent research proves that the proprietary RC4 algorithm has been exposed it doesn't follow that Skype is open to eavesdroppers, not least because the service uses a variety of encryption techniques.

"In the end, Naxalism is fairly contained," it said noting, "Despite threats and indications from Naxalites that they will attack urban targets throughout India, the group has yet to demonstrate the intent or ability to strike outside of the Red Corridor" - in eastern India that experiences considerable Naxalite militant activity.

So is this a credible warning, blatant fear-mongering or advance propaganda in preparation for a false flag operation ... only time will tell, and maybe not then ...

The crippling flaw in the Mumbai police's defense against the initial assault was that its officers didn't even carry weapons -- leading to dozens of people being mowed down at five-star hotels, a train station and a Jewish center before the Indian National Police's tactical squads killed all but one of the terrorists.

" ... and us wiffen no guns ... "

Women are the targets of violence from by a 9 to 1 margin over men. That is here in the United States. In other parts of the world it is even worse.

An Absecon man was arrested Wednesday afternoon after he tried to rob the main cashier cage at Resorts Atlantic City but got away with nothing, State Police said.

Authorities are now hunting for Colton Harris-Moore — dubbed the “barefoot burglar” for allegedly committing some crimes while shoeless — on an island hosting hundreds of tourists for an annual sailing regatta that could help the lanky, blue-eyed teen pull off another escape.

Something seems wrong here. How would someone fly an airplane 1000 miles without picking up a fighter escort ...?

Also:

The complaint, unsealed this afternoon, charges Harris-Moore with interstate transportation of stolen property. 

To help you clean up your act, we’ve identified seven common computing habits that have security implications. We’ll tell you why and how you should break them.

It never hurts to reiterate ...

DEA officials said that the diesel electric-powered submarine was constructed in a remote jungle and captured near a tributary close to the Ecuador-Colombia border. Ecuadorean authorities seized the sub before it could make its maiden voyage.

They were probably dimed by someone that was afraid that they were going to have to ride in it ...

When the suspect made his way through the door, the owner pulled out her gun and fired a single shot that went through the door. It has not been confirmed by Elyria police, but the owner believes she shot the suspect. A bullet was not found in the store, and the would-be robber took off running.

Looks like desperate times, but she managed to get the gun out and make it happen ... poor thug must have caught one in the face, based on the apparent angles ...

He's believed to have stolen boats, cars, even several small airplanes that have been hot-wired and then crash-landed. Much to the chagrin of law enforcement, a Harris-Moore fan club boasts more than 42,000 followers on Facebook.

I'm not sure what to make of the crash-landings. Sounds like a dangerous way to travel if you have to crash to stop ...

A 65-year-old woman who was robbed while making a withdrawal at a Boynton Beach bank fought off her attackers.

It's stills rather than video, but a cool story nevertheless ...

A half-dozen former and current federal employees have turned to the big screen to raise concerns with the nation's airport security.