There’s something about this amazing piece of machinery by Boston Dynamics that’s eerie, perhaps it’s how realistic its movements are and how smart it is. It’s impressive how well it detects changes in the terrain. 35 seconds into the video one of the guys who worked on Big Dog pushes it and it’s [...]

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BoingBoing TV has an interesting episode about this emerging threat of RFID hacking related to your “smart” credit card. A hacker named Pablos Holman shows how easy it is with relatively cheap equipment. This video caught my attention because I actually do have one of these RFID enabled credit cards, as I’m sure [...]

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This style of house is awesome and it appears that near Chattanooga, USA there was an auction for one of these homes. The starting bid was $100,000. The saucer house that was up for bid is pictured below. There is also a video below that shows a lot more of these architectural [...]

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An ultra low cost production of Star Wars episode IV:

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In a post yesterday I commented about an article in Information Week, part of my point is that hackers are sophisticated enough to get what they are after.  Motivation is the key, and the graphic below certainly supports this theory:
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Two days ago Information Week wrote an article about 3 medical students suggesting that there is a possibility of a pacemaker (with wireless capabilities) being susceptible to hacking. An excerpt from the Information Week article:
“Our investigation shows that an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (1) is potentially susceptible to malicious attacks that violate the privacy [...]

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New York Times tech columnist David Pogue has posted some hilarious transcripts from various technical support telephone calls.  I certainly don’t envy a tech support reps job, especially after reading these transcripts.
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Caller: So, I’m having a problem with my mouse? It’s, like, squeaking?
Agent: I’m sorry, did you say squeaking?
Caller: That’s right. The faster I move [...]

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At CeBIT this year, the world’s largest computer expo, the University of Bremen in Germany showed off the Brain-Computer Interface which is technology that has the potential to change how we interact with computers in the future. Their focus lies in how to improve technology for the handicapped. The embedded video shows the [...]

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Steve Gibson from Gibson Research Corporation ran several benchmark tests against TrueCrypt 5 and has a theory that Windows might actually run faster with whole disk encryption than without. Recently on Security Now episode #133 Steve explains to Leo Laporte what he did, here is an excerpt from the podcast:
Steve: I don’t know. It’s [...]

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