Archive for July, 2009:
Crypto Flaws
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Over on Bruce Schneier’s Blog, there’s some interesting discussion about some attacks on AES encryption that have recently come to light. It’s all highly theoretical at this stage, and the attacks require some very specific initial conditions to be set, so you don’t have to worry about your collection of “special” pictures stored in your [...]
The Homewrecker
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Spotted over at the Instructables site, the rather appropriately named: The Homewrecker.
Warning Signs for Tomorrow
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An old one, but a good one… Over at Andart, there are some well thought out, and quite humorous, Warning Signs for Tomorrow. They were posted some time ago, October 2006, and worth dredging up from the archives. There are a whole range of potential disaster scenarios covered – from Nonstandard Spacetime and Antimatter, through [...]
VLC 1.0.1
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The VLC Media Player has just been updated to 1.0.1 VLC is an outstanding project, providing a free and open source media player for Mac, Windows and Linux that will handle just about every video format that you could throw at it. From raw AVCHD straight off a new HD camcorder to old MPEG streams [...]
Kai’s Home-made Pesto Recipe
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Delicious home-made pesto recipe. Very easy to make, and quite forgiving of varying quantities. All you need is some fresh basil, pine nuts, garlic, olive oil and parmesan cheese.
Samsung SNE-50K e-book reader announced – SlashGear
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eBooks are getting closer and closer to being completely usable. No longer the size of a (rather thin) trade paperback, this one is more the size of a regular paperback. Sure, the screen isn’t as big as a Kindle, but it’s a lot more compact and easier to carry around. As a side effect of [...]
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