We do have the best bid on offer. It's how we get that information out between now and Singapore that's most important -- momentum is built on that.

Spyware sends information back to a source, usually some kind of businesses. It monitors what sites you are going to. It finds the sites you are most interested in. If you are interested in hunting, for instance, spyware will let the source know that. Your computer probably will be targeted with a lot of pop-up ads about hunting.

We have established a good working relationship with Seb and Keith and we can build on this strong relationship.

I was a little surprised and I'm wondering how they heard about us and where they got their information from. But I figure it's a win-win situation for us and a win-win situation for U.S. News and World Reports.

Trying to control information in the network age is about as successful as pissing into the wind

Underlying all these breaches is a single systemic security flaw, exactly 3.375 inches long. Credit card magstripes are a technological anachronism, a throwback to the age of the eight-track tape, and today the United States is virtually alone in nurturing this security hole.