No Passport Security Helps In This Case
What good would RFID passports be anyway if they don't work on security of issuance first? This article says that a suspected 10,000 passports were issued based on fake applications. That means that they have fully functional, non-cloned, non-hacked passports.
.... [Click here to read the rest of this post]Tags: PassportNot to Be Outdone – Barak Obama Uses Yahoo Answers
Senator Barak Obama, not to be outdone by Hillary, has posted some questions to Yahoo Answers.
Technically, Hillary has been on Yahoo Answers since last fall, but she's only asked three questions
Hillary's Questions
For the two older questions, it's interesting to see what answers she chose as the best. (note to track her questions, click here for .... [Click here to read the rest of this post]Tags: Barack Obama, Congress, Yahoo AnswersUniversity of Nebraska Stands Up to RIAA for Students
Wisconsin may have refused to help the RIAA, but the U of N actually took it all the way:
If there were any doubt that the university is really irritated by the RIAA's requests, it has requested that the RIAA pay the university to reimburse its expenses from dealing with this That's so awesome 😀
.... [Click here to read the rest of this post]Tags: Big Business, Bully Lawsuits, RIAA, Schools, University of WisconsinMusic Enthusiast Becomes Music Pirate – His Story
Here's a neat story from the Consumerist about an enthusiast turned pirate and why.
I thought I was the music industry's dream consumer.
…"You don't understand," I said, "These files were not copied or pirated, I actually purchased them."
"Well" she responded, "You didn't actually purchase the files, you really purchased a license to listen .... [Click here to read the rest of this post]
Hillary Clinton Uses Yahoo Answers to Get Data
I've seen this before with other famous people like Shigeru Miyamoto, but this is the first member of Congress I've seen. Perhaps this marks a shift in our leaders to using technology to help us interact with them. We can hope.
.... [Click here to read the rest of this post]Tags: Are You Listening, Congress, Hillary Clinton, Leadership, Social ToolsWell Known Win 2K Vulnerability Not Fixed in Vista
Though this is the first I've heard of it, a simple hack for any Windows machine since 2000 is to replace the executable file that run when you hit Shift 5 times (called sticky-keys). Since this can be run from the logon screen, as long as a hacker can gain root access to a machine once (say they're a .... [Click here to read the rest of this post]
Tags: Microsoft, Windows VistaPresident Can Decide Who Is Enemy – Hold Them Without Trial Forever
Public Citizen reports:
A new law enacted last fall denies a fair hearing or hardly any hope of release to those confined at Guantanamo naval base, and to other non-citizens labeled "enemy Public Citizen has a web petition going here.
.... [Click here to read the rest of this post]Tags: Congress, George Bush, POTUS, Power Grab, Your RightsHope for RIAA Victims
One of the victims of the RIAA's bullying who fought back won an important victory today. The judge on her case decided that the RIAA must proceed with a jury trial or declare her the victor in the suit (which would likely result in an award of attorney fees for her).
This is important because it may expedite .... [Click here to read the rest of this post]
Tags: Bully Lawsuits, P2P, RIAABush Wants Aides to Testify Privately and Not Under Oath
In Short
A defiant President Bush warned Democrats Tuesday to accept his offer to have top aides testify about the firings of federal prosecutors only privately and not under oath or risk a constitutional showdown from which he would not back down The Response
Democrats' response to his proposal was swift and .... [Click here to read the rest of this post]Zero Pollution “Air-Car” – Powered by Compressed Air
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This is very interesting. Apparently it gets hundreds of miles per tank and runs on air. Because it doesn't use combustion, the oil needs only be replaced once every 15,000 miles and the exhaust can be used for air conditioning. Most importantly,
Microcontrollers are used in every .... [Click here to read the rest of this post]