Intead of rats

They should send in an aardvark instead of rats:

www.aardvarkclearmine.com

Reg Hardware?

I would hope it was software. Nothing worse than wiping with bog roll as rough as sand paper.

Seen that before somewhere

So it appears they've licensed the 'Always Innovating' HDMI Dongle?

http://www.alwaysinnovating.com/products/hdmidongle.htm

Spec seems the same to me.

All of the above on a Zalman hard drive

Lost of useful tools above this post, lots of great live CDs etc.

I use one of the zalman external usb enclosures:

http://www.reghardware.com/2011/09/05/geek_treat_of_the_week_zalman_zm_ve200_external_hdd_case/

This not only lets you carry round as many of the handy live CDs as you want, it has a write protection switch & with a large enough drive you can also use it to save the images you make with clonezilla etc on it. It's really a number of tools in one!

Only Issue I've had is either 1) crappy old BIOS which can't seem to boot from it because its a usb device and 2) if the ISO files are at all fragmented they wont mount properly.

Even more newsworthy..

..tucked away at the bottom of the article is the even more newsworthy 'Vodaphone in not overloading a handset with their own bloatware' shocker!!!

Love the way it walks.

It struts like Liam Gallagher with a nostril full of marching powder.

Simple solution

Surely a simple solution would be inlcusion of a jumper somewhere. If the jumper is not set (default) then only a digitally signed OS will boot.

Change the jumper & when booting the firmware pops up a message to state 'unsecure boot' or whatever then carries on.

Only people who have an idea what they are doing will open up the chassis & start meddling with jumpers. You need hardware access to the machine to change the jumper so no nasty virus can change the setting.

The warning screen lets anyone who has had their machine physically hacked know that something is up with it.

Seems like a simple solution, but I can't imagine its in the best interests of M$ to do so.

On the other hand they could be staring down another anti-trust if they're not careful.

Honeycomb browsing

I've tried pretty much all the H.C. browsers on my Transformer & the one I've preffered so far is Opera.

All the other browsers just dont perform quote as well. The new Dolphin Tab is quite promising, but seems to siffer from the rendering problem which affects the stock browser (if you scroll too fast the page loads in in blocks).

Tried the FF beta a while back & wasn't too impressed. Might give it another go to see if it's much better now.

Still even Opera isnt perfect. Seems to often have buttons missing in javascript forms which sometimes means to can't 'submit' the form.

Ghosting

I can see some ghosting of the right-hand image on the image in the middle. Doesn't really matter too much for a picutre, but how will that affect 1s & 0s of digital data?

Waiting..

I'm waiting for a Transformer which I've pre-ordered on Amazon.

While reading the comments about sticking *insert your favourite flavour of* linux on the Transformer I came across these guys:

https://www.alwaysinnovating.com/home/

They seem to have a couple of pretty cool Transformer like devices. The specs aren't as good, but hot switching between OSes? That's pretty awesome. I'm genuinely in two minds now...

Dead beasties in the flap?

Sounds like you could use Flo control http://www.quantumpicture.com/Flo_Control/flo_control.htm

Oh No!

Didn't you read the heartfelt plead not to disclose this? Now the Muammar Gaddafi will surely kill the poor woman!

I too know the pain of the ribbon

As has been said countless times above changing to the Ribbon is a nightmare.

I actually found something helpful on the M$ website tho:

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/training/guides-to-the-ribbon-use-office-2003-menus-to-learn-the-office-2007-user-interface-HA010229584.aspx

Half way down the page the 'Interactive Guides' are quite handy - its a wee flash program which displays the old 2003 toolbars. Click on the function you want & it shows you how to find the dammed thing in 2007 (May not be much use for 2010, I dunno).

My Suggestion

Is 'The Cloud Buster'.

When I saw the picture I actually thought it was an orgone generator (or epoxy with metal shavings to those who don’t believe in Reich's science).

Good name to commemorate something released from space tho IMHO.

What I've learned

It seems that ants are negatively charged - they're all stuck to the positive pin on that capacitor.

You computer is infected

If I saw a pop up that told me my computer was infected with a link on how to remove it I certainly wouldn't click it.

It sounds the same as every other fake antivirus pop-up.

While commendable on the part of the Dutch authorities I can see this not really working.

On the other had if people follow it & think that this is the standard when they get infected then nex time they do get a fake pop up they will reinfect themselves.

Bad Design

Aside from the issues of what crypto etc is used on these key fobs the thing that annoys me is the lack of a physical lock on my car door. I have a key to start the ignition, but if I'm being jammed, or simply have a flat battery in my keyfob I cant lock/unlock my car even though i'm standing right next to it with a key!

It's just annoying design on the manufacturers part. Of course they dont want to 'spoil the lines' of the car...

O2 Messages

I recently moved from O2 to T-Mobile to get a Desire (had nothing against O2, but given that I was a loyal customer of several years the fact that they wouldnt even match the deal T-Mob were offering made me leave)

I still keep getting annoying O2 marketing messages despite several calls to customer service to inform them that I am no longer an O2 customer and do not want to receive thier texts.

Annoyingly the 'Text STOP to xxxx' doesnt even work as I'm not on their network anymore.

At least these are just text messages I can ignore, but I can undertand how hacked off people must be from getting silly network info messages popping up every 2 mins.

Nah

Tried it, but as others have said the rendering can be hit or miss. Much prefer being able to zoom in as much as I want with the default browser.

Maybe the next release will be a bit better.

Hmmm

"The report even included a quote from a mylifemyID member, Bill"

*cough*BillRay*cough*

Phishing

I wonder if they fact they were 'phished' will have any bearing on it at all.

If someone tricked me in to handing them my house keys and they went in & stole my furniture I'm sure my insurance wouldn't be too keen to pay out as it's my own fault for giving away my keys. It's not the same as someone picking my locks and breaking in.

Granted it's not a perfect analogy...

Reservations

Might not be so bad... Maybe after a few hundred years they will let us run our own casinos. Before you know it we'll be swimming in gold pressed latinum.

Pussama Bin Laden

First the cats, next thing we know it'll be the bomb dogs.

Hmm

So an insider who happens to live in France stole data which the French gov are now using to investigate tax fraud in a country where usually they cant get access to bank records?

Smells a bit fishy to me.

Real problem

"stop hassling the kids and start picking on Western society's real problem group instead"

What you mean the work-shy politicians who want more money all the time for fuck all real work?

We need to talk about Lewis...

Jesus, there are some strange people out there.

We all know the real reason is that these people want to hook up with a chick with a tail.

Imagine the possibilities......

iGloves

Hackaday have a link to make your own igloves:

http://hackaday.com/2009/11/25/make-any-gloves-work-with-a-touch-screen/

Now even your frilly marigolds can be made to operate an Iphone

Come now Montag

And if you don't have a chip with your medical records on it? They set the mechanical hound on you to give a different sort of injection...

Unreal

"Additional enhancements for increased functionality to the system are on the horizon as new technologies are explored."

Cant wait for the sniper to updated in real-time that they are 'Unstoppable' & 'Godlike' with each successful head shot

RDP

Clever use of RDP could have you 'working on your computer' ("honest Guv, check the IP logs") while committing a crime anywhere you want.

Have to agree..

..how can NASA not have more than 1 method (a camera) for sensing whats going on?

Come on NASA - stick a wii remote in the black box and you'll get some good info back.

I seem to recall..

..a while back hearing about this technology.

At the time GE or whoever it is that manufactures the kit insisted that it would have a privacy filter which automatically 'pixellated' the genital area. Does anyone else remember hearing this?

Skillz

"by suggesting it is both reprehensibly criminal and simultaneously a useful national security skillset"

Just like being able to blow someones head off at 100 yards really.