Posts Tagged with 'security'

27 Jul 2008

Security Tagged Chickens

You know things must be getting bad when chickens are being security tagged in our local Tescos…

   
Apparently they’ve taken to security tagging the joints of lamb and beef too.

05 Jun 2008

Do “Terrorist Nations” Fear Terrorists?

I’ve just finished “reading” (I actually listened to the audiobook) Cory Doctorow’s latest novel: Little Brother (free to download in various formats or buy it from Amazon).
It’s a book set in the near future in San Francisco and is “a scarily realistic adventure about how homeland security technology could be abused to wrongfully [...]

09 Mar 2008

Interesting Links for 5 Mar 08 - 9 Mar 08

Interesting links for 5 Mar 08 - 9 Mar 08:

Records tumble in Proteas’ win - Ooo, that's got to have hurt Bangladesh. They were savaged by South Africa
Researchers discover gene that blocks HIV - Looks promising if it turns out to be a viable option for the future.
Low-tech Magazine: A world without trucks - Some [...]

28 Feb 2008

Interesting Links for 19 Feb 08 - 28 Feb 08

Interesting links for 19 Feb 08 - 28 Feb 08:

Solaris Features: Service Management Facility - A great introductory tutorial on Solaris 10's "Service Management Facility" (SMF).
PIN Entry Device (PED) vulnerabilities - So Chip And PIN is not quite a secure as the banks would have you believe, and something as simple as not trying to [...]

12 Jan 2008

Interesting Links for 4 Dec 07 - 10 Jan 08

Interesting links for 4 Dec 07 - 10 Jan 08:

Government rejects elephants for pets e-petition - Killjoys!!! I was quite keen on being able to have a little bit of Africa in my back garden (when I get one. A garden that is).
Man’s death unnoticed for a year - Wow!! A whole year before [...]

18 May 2007

Interesting Links for 22 April 2007 - 17 May 2007

Interesting links for 22 April 2007 - 17 May 2007:

Baby Bubba’s got a Beretta - Only in America. The best part, the kid’s name really is Bubba.
Monorail to link Joburg and Soweto - How cool is this. First Gautrain and now this. If they can keep this kind of development up, 2010 [...]

13 Aug 2006

I Know Where That Is

Everyone is well aware of the terrorism plot foiled by the police the other day, but I’ve just found out that one of the internet cafes raided, after the event as part of evidence gathering, is just down the road from us. Claire and I actually walked right past this place on Thursday evening. [...]

11 Aug 2006

Genius!!

Thanks to yesterday’s foiling of a terrorist plot to use liquid explosives in a bid to blow several planes out of the sky, everyone flying from the UK can have no hand luggage.
In the US, things are completely different…