Of possible interest – or not(?) – ZD's latest newsletter gives us:

"Yes, there are security holes in Mac OS X. But, as of today, there are fewer. Apple just released a security patch that fixes a bunch of holes - one of which has been common knowledge since November. In addition, the popular open source database MySQL just had 21 defects patched as well."

eWeek on Apple's new security patch. The patch is apparently to OS-X only but is reportedly available for download from Apple.

eWeek on MySQL update. Not clear whether you have to "buy" an upgrade to get the fixes, but the article gives high praise to MySQL.

For those less interested in the "techy" stuff:
John Dvorak's Wacky Site picks
Nine sites offering "unconventional knowledge," some of which may be sources for a few of our "poster kids."

As a side note: the "Microspeak" site linked above appears to have gone away. It hasn't been accessible for the past few days. Sorry about that, but you can get a better list in The Hacker's Dictionary anyhow.

John