1999/9/4
Computer-generated creativity: a program which designs product advertisements, often more creatively than human ad executives. (BBC News)
Practical uses of the recent Hotmail security hole: spying on romantic rivals has its downside. (Salon)
Details of a backdoor found in MS Windows Crypto API, with the ominous name NSAKEY. Another reason to be wary of closed-source operating systems... (via slashdot)