Judith Tizzard erroneously suggests the IT industry failed to consult over the Copyright Act. Is her memory as bad as Winston Peters'?:
http://nzoss.org.nz/news/2008/copyright-act-simply-wrong
New Zealand political parties are asked to comment on the ACTA. Only 4 respond and just 2 of those seem to have a clue:
http://acta.tracs.co.nz/tiki-index.php?page=Responses+to+the+email
Elcomsoft uses two Nvidia GeForce GTX280’s to accelerate WPA and WPA2 WiFi protection cracking 100-fold:
http://securityandthe.net/2008/10/12/russian-researchers-achieve-100-fold-increase-in-wpa2-cracking-speed/
Asus ships their ultra-small Eee Box desktop PC with a bonus virus on the Windows version. I'm wiping mine and installing Linux anyway:
http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2227855/asus-warns-infected-eee-box-pcs
Black Silicon absorbs more light in detectors making for more sensitive cameras and more efficient solar cells:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/12/business/12stream.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
And finally. Paddington bear, the perenial children's favourite, turns 50. He's not done too bad for an orphan from Peru:
http://www.paddingtonbear.com/en/1/50years.html
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