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I spent much of Monday stuffing polo shirts into post packs - and recovering from a hangover.. from saturday..
Tired of running out of USB ports? Never again, thanks to this 80-port USB board. Sadly it seems to be for power only, not data, so there go my plans for an 80 thumbdrive RAID array.
Google are inviting people to find bugs in their Chrome browser and/or the underlying Chromium framework, and be paid for it. As per Mozilla, our base reward for eligible bugs is $500. If the panel finds a particular bug particularly severe or particularly clever, we envisage rewards of $1337. The panel may also decide a single report actually constitutes multiple bugs. As a consumer of the Chromium open source project, Google will be sponsoring the rewards.
BFM sent in this article about bogus explosives detectors. There's more info on this Wikipedia page and here. According to the laboratory's Dr. Markus Kuhn, it was "impossible" for the card to detect anything and it had "absolutely nothing to do with the detection of TNT". The card could not be programmed, had no memory, no microprocessor and no form of information could be stored on it. Despite the high cost of the devices, the cards were worth only about two to three pence (3-5¢) each. Wow. The thing even looks like a dowsing rod.
If you're going to steal stuff at a trade show, it's probably a dumb idea to steal from the booth of a security company, thanks Timbot. That booth belonged to Swann Security, a company that specializes in home security equipment. Their cameras were set up at the time of the incident and show the thief taking off with a book he stole from their display.
The most accident-prone street in Britain has been bubble-wrapped to raise safety awareness, thanks Daniel. Cars, motorbikes, a kennel and even a garden gnome were covered in 1500sq metres of bubble wrap in an effort that took eight men over half a day.
I've been aware of this story for a couple of days but I'm still not sure if it's a beatup or the real deal, but people keep sending it in, so here it is: Australia is banning small breasts in pornography, because it may "encourage paedophilia". Riiiiight. More on boingboing and discussion here. The Australian Classification Board (ACB) has responded to accusations by The Australian Sex Party that material with depictions of women with small breasts has been banned. A spokesperson for the ACB told me today that publications which contain offensive depictions or descriptions of persons who are or appear to be persons under the age of 18 (whether they are engaged in sexual activity or not) must be classified RC.
RamblingThoughts compared some Digital TV PVR options. 99% of people are not Geeks obsessed with technology. So they don’t know what a Digital TV PVR (personal video recorder) is and why it can revolutionise their TV watching experience. This article compares 3 kinds of Digital TV PVR’s for free to air TV: Beyonwiz (non Freeview) vs Tivo (Freeview) vs Sony PlayTV (PlayStation 3 addon). It does not cover cable TV PVR’s like Foxtel IQ. I am kinda tempted to get one of those PlayTV things for my PS3, actually.
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