A few years ago I was on a camping trip. We had planned the whole experience down to the last detail. The surroundings were beautiful, the food was incredible, and the company was awesome. It was early morning when we finally went to bed the first night. Once people started nodding off, I knew I [...]
Archive for September, 2006
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Data Recovery
September 28th, 2006 
admin It’s your worst nightmare. You don’t have a backup and your computer just died. And it had 5 years of contact information on it, 3 years of tax information, and other crucial financials that you can’t live without. Maybe you didn’t backup or maybe your backup is also bad. Whatever the case, you are incredibly [...]
Blue Light Kills Bad Breath
September 27th, 2006 admin Man, have you ever been around someone who’s breath is intolerable? Or maybe you are the one with the bad breath. It makes conversation really painful. You can practically taste those noxious fumes coming out of their mouth. And forget about kissing someone with bad breath. Nir Sterer and Osnat Feuerstein of the Hebrew University [...]
Face Transplant Technology
September 26th, 2006 admin When the news first broke about a French woman receiving a face transplant, most people were really shocked. But transplant technology has been hurdling toward this type of procedure. And, in fact, bionics have started appearing, with a woman receiving the world’s first bionic arm. But that is for another post. Actually, most of the [...]
RaySat Mobile Satellite TV & Internet
September 23rd, 2006 admin Just imagine this. You have your online business all set up. Now you’re dreaming of what to do with your time. I know, it’s rough. Then it dawns on you. Why not get mobile satellite tv and internet and hit the road? Sounds like a good plan to me. Your mind starts dreaming of traveling [...]
Tranax ATM Hack
September 21st, 2006 admin There is a story circulating about an apparent ATM Hack. This is not a remote hack, but rather one where the culprit is using an admin interface to reprogram the ATM. This allows the thief to reprogram the ATM into thinking that it has all 5 dollar bills instead of 20 dollar bills. That’s a [...]
Cibola Super Computer Satellite
September 20th, 2006 admin One of the challenges of satellites is data communications.
RL1000 Robotic Lawn Mower
September 19th, 2006 admin How would you like to have a lawn, but not have to cut it? Yeah, you could pay a lawn service to do that, or you could invest in the RL1000 Robotic Lawn Mower. I just might do this for my next lawn mower. As an aside, I was reading a recent report from Progress [...]
Internet Explorer Extremely Critical Vulnerability
September 16th, 2006 admin vulnerability has been discovered in Internet Explorer which could allow a malicious person to exploit a vulnerability. This would give the person remote access to the vulnerable machine. Secunia has therefore given the vulnerability an extremely critical rating. The exploit takes advantage of an Active X exploit from specially crafted HTML page.
HemCon Blood Clotting Bandages
September 14th, 2006 admin Stephen was riding in the back of a HumVee. He was part of a convoy that was escorting Abrams tanks to their next checkpoint. They were afraid of some close range ambushes and wanted the HumVee’s along for quick response. The Abrams tanks rode sandwiched between two HumVees. Riding in the HumVee behind Stephen were [...]
