All of the sudden we’re starting to see more and more attacks take advantage of what’s stored on your computer’s RAM — the latest, from New Zealand’s Adam Boileau, allows an attacker to unlock Windows passwords in a just a few seconds using a Linux machine connected over Firewire.
The coolest feature we’ve heard about, though, is the ability to use the Wii remote as a universal remote control.
Individuals invented the internet yet now corporations claim they own own it - they claim it’s their private property. If that’s true then you don’t have free speech online. I disagree - I think free speech in “free speech zones” isn’t free: it’s *dependent* on having a public place to be heard - meaning public property like the internet.
LEDs are fantastic. But for a long time, they’ve been fantastic more because of what we think they can do than what they actually do. We’ve been pretty sure that LEDs can produce warm, white light at efficiencies far beyond even the much-touted compact fluorescent bulbs. But we’ve yet to actually see that.
A model of Open Source school computing is emerging which could save the taxpayer billions of pounds and provide enormous opportunities for the home-grown technology sector based around Open Source software.
The Electronic Frontier Foundation is coming to the aid of an Arizona couple accused of copyright infringement by the record labels. During a hearing scheduled for Wednesday, the group will argue that making a song available on a P2P network does not constitute copyright infringement as the RIAA claims.
Here’s some good news: Gaming site Ripten.com received an email from the 2K Games community manager responsible for Bioshock, asking how to reach the artist behind the amazing Bioshock 2 fan art they posted yesterday. Looks like someone might be getting a job soon!
