Technology is a two edged sword. Technology can grant enormous power to the wielder. But dependence on technology, and the unintended consequences I talked about, can be an achilles heel. A voting machine can be a good thing and a bad thing. Let’s not kid ourselves though. Technology is already […]
If you’re not aware of it, bots on the internet have seen a massive increase in recent years. Let me step back a second to help lay some groundwork. Most people haven’t heard about bots, botnets, bot controllers, bot herders, etc. I was floored when I started looking into the ins and […]
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October 24, 2006 | 1 Comment
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Halloween is a great time of the year. If you happen to be in a lucky neighborhood that goes overboard on Halloween, you can join in on the rowdiness. I saw some really creative displays last year. These were nothing like the commercial packages that are now appearing all over the place. […]
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October 23, 2006 | 3 Comments
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When David R. Smith’s research group published results of their work on novel metamaterials, you would have thought that they had built the Romulan cloaking device. But, as David Smith reports, their research and results are really only baby steps toward achieving this type of invisibility. The amazing thing about the research is […]
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October 19, 2006 | 6 Comments
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I am amazed at how creative people are. And that’s what hacking is all about - learning, tweaking, creating. So, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that when Google announced GMail, people started their hacking. Here is a run down of some fun and crazy Gmail hacks. Some are simple extensions […]
From time to time I run through a wireless gauntlet.
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October 18, 2006 | 1 Comment
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How’s this for a PR nightmare? It seems that one of Apple’s contract manufacturers has released some video ipods into distribution with the RavMonE virus. This all started to surface when users on the Apple support forums started posting about having the virus right after hooking up the new video ipods. Apple […]
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October 17, 2006 | 3 Comments
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First, I want to thank the kind folks at Essential Security for the opportunity to review their interesting software. Simply put, Taceo (Latin for “I am silent”) makes your email attachments secure. This keeps would be snoopers from viewing those attachments. But it also helps with one of the most troublesome issues about email - […]
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October 16, 2006 | 1 Comment
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I came across this video and had to share it. This guy has a ridiculous program that allows you to draw virtual objects. The program then converts those virtual objects and applies real world physics to them. Check it out.
[tags]physics video, virtual to real physics[/tags]
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October 16, 2006 | 5 Comments
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The Apple - Microsoft battle is kind of like the Hatfields and the McCoys. Well, sort of. But it’s definitely a fiery contest with passionate people on both sides. But Apple has taken some Microsoft territory lately. In fact, there are some staggering statistics as of late that show Apple is […]
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