Tuesday, August 4, 2009

04-Aug-2009 AM clippings

Enjoy:

In the worst Orwellian move yet, the UK government is to install CCTV cameras in 20,000 homes to ensure that the owners behave "properly":
http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/115736/Sin-bins-for-worst-families

Defcon participant Righter Kunkel shows how to hack the US Federal Aviation Authority's flight plan system:
http://deals.venturebeat.com/2009/08/01/defcon-hacker-excuse-me-while-i-change-your-aircrafts-flight-plan/

Intel confirms a serious data corruption bug in their SSDs and halts shipment. If you have one, do not change or disable the password:
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9136200/Intel_confirms_data_corruption_bug_in_new_SSDs_halts_shipments

ProvencoCadmus, purveyor of EFTPOS terminals in New Zealand, goes into receivership following unmanegable debts:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/market-data/2715716/ProvencoCadmus-in-receivership

The Apple Tablet seems to have some basis behind the rumours, or at least someone who claims to have handled it:
http://www.pcworld.com/article/169476/apple_tablet_prototype_is_real_nov_launch_expected_says_report.html

And finally. That alcoholic hand sanitizer causes an Uruti school Principal to fail an initial breath test. No, she didn't drink it:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/2716658/Swine-of-an-encounter-for-Margie

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