THE NATIONAL DATA CENTER AND PERSONAL PRIVACY
An excellent 1960s essay on the dangers of centralised databases. He gets it almost exactly right.
Author: Robin
Keeloq cracked
Keeloq is used in loads of types of cars. This site shows you how to crack a key in under an hour and then generate new keys fairly easily.
Nutrition for toddlers is different
Four out of five nurseries in the UK give the kids too small portions and have the idea that what is healthy food for an adult is also healthy for a two year old. This, however, stunts their growth, as dietary needs change during development.
Under attack: The owner of a house struck five times by meteorites fears aliens are targeting him
Well, if my house had been hit 5 times I’d believe it too!
Robot hawk to scare birds at airport
This huge remote control hawk looks and flies like the real thing. It goes fairly quickly at 70 kph and has a wing span of 1.06m. Schiphol airport is running tests with it to see if they can use it to get rid of birds in the vicinity of the airport, as birdstrikes are extremely Read more about Robot hawk to scare birds at airport[…]
IPhone: Compared to China Iphone
The best review of an Iphone so far – conclusion: mediocre and not being able to use the touch interface if you have long nails sucks. Oh, but the video is quite good. Fake China Iphone isn’t bad for what it is. Very worth watching the video.
Neuromarketing
Basically it’s having a look at which areas of the brain activate when you make a purchase. Once you know that, you can rig people up to brain scanners, show them different ads and see if the areas light up. If they light up – hey presto: good ad! And then fine tune it. Is Read more about Neuromarketing[…]
3-D image camera
Around the size of a shoebox, it uses 2 lensens to create a 3D image quickly of just about anything. It then uploads the image to a PC using wifi.
Biometric Centralised Databases?
Ouch – that must hurt when you’re the German minister of the interior and as you’re pusing biometrics left, right and centre, the CCC publishes not only your fingerprint, but your fingerprint on a transparent plastic film so that people can easily pretend to be you! That means at the very least changing the fingerprint Read more about Biometric Centralised Databases?[…]
App released for memory retainer exploits
IntelGuardians IntelGaurdians has released DaisyDukes, an app you can put on your USB device and remove passwords stored in the memory of locked windows or linux machines. It was only a matter of time. Link goes to the register, not the app.
AnyDVD will copy all Blu-Rays
The new version also copies the BD protection.
Do Not Reply
Someone has registered donotreply.com and has a catchall email adress. The mails he receives come from everywhere, including pdf files detailing with computers in banks are unpatched and for what vulnerabilities; from the government; TSA; etc etc. He posts a few of them and some excerpts on the website.
RFID credit cards easily hacked with $8 reader
The RFID hacks keep coming fast and furious — hot the heels of that Mifare / Oyster Card exploit, the crew at BoingBoing TV has posted up a little demo of how easy cracking the RFID encryption on an American Express card can be. All it takes is an $8 dollar reader easily available on Read more about RFID credit cards easily hacked with $8 reader[…]
Google Hacking Database
Dorks are people who do things stupidly enough that they end up putting valuable information on the internets in such a way that google finds and indexes them. The Google Hacking Database has a whole list of dorks you can search google for. The Cult of the Dead Cow (CDC) has been around for ages Read more about Google Hacking Database[…]
Are Kids Copying Their Parents When They Lie?
this article goes into great depth on the studies about what makes a child (from pre-schooler to teen) lie, what they lie about and how often they do this. The numbers are quite surprising! Are Kids Copying Their Parents When They Lie? — New York Magazine
Welcome to BTC
The Cheetah gaming keyboard is one in a series of powerful gaming devices for serious gamer. Cheetah provides programmable Game-Keys. So hardcore users can easily control macros. The Cheetah Game Wheel has 17 convenient keys. The 17 keys are fully programmable allowing customized PC Game playing. Included software allows for programming the keys and setting Read more about Welcome to BTC[…]
Europe is world’s largest economy!
The U.S. economy lost the title of “world’s biggest” to the euro zone this week as the value of the dollar slumped in currency markets. … Taking official estimates of 2007 GDP — $13,843,800 billion for the United States and 8,847,889.1 billion euros for the euro zone — the economy of the latter passed the Read more about Europe is world’s largest economy![…]
Harmony
Harmony is framework for defining, updating, and synchronizing views over strings, trees, and relations. It can be used, for example, to synchronize the bookmark files of several different web browsers, to convert address books represented in vCard to CSV, and to map between BiBTeX and RIS-formatted bibliographic databases. Harmony Project home page
Google opens Youtube
The YouTube APIs and Tools open up a full range of YouTube functionality for web pages, software and devices. Users of the API can upload new videos, edit video metadata such as comments and favorites and modify user settings. Your client application can request a list of videos that match specific search criteria, get access Read more about Google opens Youtube[…]
Brain Controllers III
And after a glut of information, suddenly everyone and their dog is launching them. First EPOC end of feb, now OCZ technology is launching their thought mouse. They will be pricing at around $150,- in the US. Here’s the press release Via TG Daily
Bionic Eye Prototype
The Boston Retinal Implant Project recently developed a bionic eye implant that will restore vision to those affected by degenerative blindness. The device works by being implanted into the back of the eyeball and working as a light transmitter to the brain, where the two are connected by a nerve/wire thinner than a human hair. Read more about Bionic Eye Prototype[…]
British soldier awarded the Military Cross for fighting off 150 Taliban – Times Online
Fusilier Damien Hields used his grenade machinegun to destroy seven Taliban positions before his ambushers realised he was their main threat. After peppering his vehicle with bullets, they hit the 24-year-old soldier. He had to be dragged off for treatment by his driver after he tried to continue fighting. “Fusilier Hields showed extraordinary courage under Read more about British soldier awarded the Military Cross for fighting off 150 Taliban – Times Online[…]
Big Cat Protection
Protecting Big Cats is one hell of a thing. Each cat eats around 230 lbs of meat per day, making them very expensive to support. Me, I love tigers, lions, cheetah’s, panthers etc etc. and am glad that some of these cats are saved from underestimating pet owners, hunters and circus breeder wannabe’s and given Read more about Big Cat Protection[…]
Playmobil Security Check Point
This must be one of the worst ideas ever. But the comments are the funniest thing I’ve read on the interwebs so far… My family was planning a vacation to Europe, so I purchased this item to teach my twins about what to expect at the airport and hopefully, alleviate some of their anxiety. We Read more about Playmobil Security Check Point[…]
Europe launches its first re-supply ship to the ISS
ESA PR 15-2008. Jules Verne, the first of the European Space Agency%u2019s Automated Transfer Vehicles (ATV), a new series of autonomous spaceships designed to re-supply and re-boost the International Space Station (ISS), was successfully launched into low Earth orbit by an Ariane 5 vehicle this morning. It’s around 3 times as large as the US Read more about Europe launches its first re-supply ship to the ISS[…]