It was a foolish week, which can only mean a foolish quiz. Along the way, we touch on hackable Macs, giddy ex-Googlers, Intel's new chips, and MySpace's new tune. Correct answers are worth 10 points, and there are no gimmes this week. Ready? Then ladies and gentlemen, start your engines.

-- Dan Tynan

1. During last week's CanSecWest hacker contest, Mac and Windows Vista PCs got PWNed, but the Ubuntu laptop stood tall. Which of the following is NOT the name of an Ubuntu distro?

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