Thursday, February 11, 2010

11-Feb-2010 PM clippings

Enjoy:

Sourceforge removes the blanket blocking of access by countries the US doesn't like and places blocking in the hands of project admins:
http://ostatic.com/blog/sourceforge-removes-blanket-block

Norway's eGovernment agency declares OOXML to be unsuitable, recommending PDF and ODF use instead:
http://www.goodgearguide.com.au/article/335505

The Motorola Droid mobile phone can be persuaded to turn its USB port into "host" mode, theoretically allowing USB sticks etc. to work:
http://www.tombom.co.uk/blog/?p=124

An interesting vulnerability in Microsoft Paint, allowing remote code execution via JPEG images. Use Gimp instead:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS10-005.mspx http://gimp.org

Ferroelectric memory makes the news again, this time with a completely organic base material:
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn18503-organic-crystals-promise-lowpower-green-computing.html

And finally. The UK trials the first amphibious bus service, the amfibus, run by Stagecoach across the River Clyde:
http://www.gizmag.com/stagecoach-amphibious-bus-amfibus/14130/

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