Wednesday, June 23, 2010

23-Jun-2010 AM clippings

Enjoy:

How Stuff.co.nz crowd-sourced the analysis of MP's expenses:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/blogs/from-the-newsroom/3822722/Crowdsourcing-MP-expenses

Australian governement wants ISPs to log all a prisoner\\\\\\\citizen's websurfing and link it to their passport number:
http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2010/06/the-government-now-wants-isps-to-link-your-online-history-with-your-passport/

Killacycle, the world's fastest electric motorcycle, to use FLOSS electronics & s/w from the NZ Tumanako group to drive a 1MW motor:
http://www.killacycle.com/

HTTPS Everywhere is a handly little utility that switches http web services to https automatically in Firefox, reducing snooping:
http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/use-effs-firefox-add-encrypt-your-web-browsin

E-reader prices start to plummet, driven by cheaper hardware, greater demand, and the use of Open standards between devices:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/gadgets/3839049/Amazon-slashes-e-reader-prices

Toshiba announces 128GB OEM NAND Flash modules, destined for mobiles, cameras, tablets, and ultimately USB sticks:
http://www.toshiba.co.jp/about/press/2010_06/pr1701.htm

Free toolkit allows Android phones to converse with Arduino microcontroller kits:
http://www.amarino-toolkit.net/index.php

And finally. Thinkgeek apologizes to the US Pork Board over its April 1st launch of canned unicorn meat, and offers discounts to readers:
http://i.imgur.com/Covah.jpg

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