A culture we should all strive for

by | Mar 28, 2013 | Culture

At 6:12 p.m. one spring evening at Eagle Ridge Arena in Langford, giggles emanate from the change room. Over the next few minutes, the women of Victoria’s Eves of Destruction roller derby league emerge in battle gear — helmets, mouth guards and wrist, elbow and...

Gone phishing

by | Mar 14, 2013 | News

A recent report from U.S. cyber security firm Mandiant has thrown the U.S. and China into contention over state-run cyber espionage. The Mandiant report follows the actions of a hacking group, labelled Advanced Persistence Threat 1 (APT1), since 2006 and traces the...

Rethinking the game of drones

by | Mar 7, 2013 | Opinions

Every so often, a technology comes along that changes the rules of the game. This is true of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), or what has become a pejorative term for many people: drones. In war, technology tends to lose its redeeming qualities. Tools becoming weapons...