Dec 12, 2010

If you’re looking for a turn by turn GPS solution for your iPhone, you could do a lot worse than getting the Metroview application. First of all, it’s inexpensive: about $25. Next, it works. And it works pretty well, too. While the map updating is a little jerky an slower than you would see on a dedicated GPS solution, you must (a) remember that...

Dec 12, 2010

In order to supply photographic evidence to backup investigations, police departments all over the world rely upon the built in security within the camera systems they use. The security systems ensure the integrity of the images, and confirm that the images have not been tampered with. Or so it was. A vulnerability in Canon’s OSK-E3 system has been found...

Dec 12, 2010

As we all know, EMI is a very large distributor of music. And as we all know, all of the very large distributors of music have been drecrying the use of file sharing sites, such as Pirate Bay, and RapidShare, to name just two. According to EMI, these sorts of sites are evil, and pirate havens. And should not be used. Unless of course you happen to be EMI, which...

Dec 12, 2010

In Richmond VA in the US, the courts have ruled that e-cigarattes should be regulated as if they’re tobacco, rather than as drug delivery devices. On the one have, that means that they don;t need to go through the rigorous testing that drugs and drug delivery devices need to go through. On the other hand, it means that the courts have, in effect, decreed...

Dec 12, 2010

Screw up, that is. Earlier this year in the US, they announced a revised $100 note, featuring new security features, with a release date scheduled for early-ish in 2011. Unfortunately, these notes have struck a minor snag in printing, and production of these notes has had to be stopped while the problems are sorted and rectified. What’s been happening is...