Despite talk of piracy damaging their cut and the recession, the APRA manage to announce a substantial increase in profits:
http://www.apra.co.nz/html/news_item.php?id=6908&newsCat=h
Security firm FireEye takes out the Mega-D/Ozdok botnet. 1/3 of all spam came from the botnet's 264,000 zombie machines:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/11/10/fireeye_takes_out_ozdok/
Emotive's wireless, mind-controlled USB interface is set for sale to eager Amnericans for Xmas. But is it just a resistance sensor?:
http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/10/emotiv-epoc-human-computer-interface-supposedly-on-track-to-ship
Google, Microsoft and Yahoo have a seasonal scrap over who can offer the best free wifi connectivity this Xmas. US only, unfortunately:
http://www.pcworld.com/article/181852/Free_WiFi_Wars_Google_vs_Microsoft_vs_Yahoo.html?tk=rss_news
Wellington Makerspace turns out an outrigger canoe and launches it with a can of V. Not high-tech, but it is capable of bathing geeks:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNEsXxw3UP4
And finally. In celebration of the end of the Berlin Wall, some Palestinians tear down a chunk of the Israeli version:
http://english.aljazeera.net//news/middleeast/2009/11/2009119151639325464.html
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