Elf mistress Heloise entered Elvin’s office (Head of Section K) quickly. “For the eighth week in a row, the reject rate from Section K is three times the rate from the previous twelve months,” she said, handing the weekly quality report to Elvin. She continued, “I was so impressed when your section scored higher on [...]

In 1965, Gordon Moore of Intel observed that transistor densities were doubling roughly every 2 years. Since then the exponential nature of faster, smaller and more powerful computational units has continued. Initially, the observation was a remarkable statement of trends. Later, it became an expectation. And, it is now considered an unrelenting challenge for high [...]

Being an election year, the security of voting machines is coming under intense scrutiny. The article states, “With the presidential race in full swing, some U.S. states have found critical flaws in the accuracy and security of their electronic voting machines, forcing officials to scramble to return to the paper ballots they abandoned after the [...]

The number one security concern of testing professionals is exam theft and piracy, according to a survey that Caveon conducted at NOCA in 2005. We asked the question: “Which of the following are security concerns for you? (Please check as many as apply).” One hundred participants responded in the following manner: Concern Number Responding Proxy [...]

Beginning New Year’s Day 2008, lottery ticket retailers in Ontario will have a new set of rules to follow if they will continue selling lottery tickets. “Most of the changes are the result of Ontario ombudsman Andre Marin and his scathing investigation of the province’s lottery corporation.” http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5jEvfDbJoJ7C3KoaNxekmT8DuUDNA The previous set of rules allowed lottery [...]