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Engadget Generally, when someone makes a teddy bear-themed gadget, his/her intention is to overwhelm bystanders with cuteness. But whoever created this little guy, whose head has to be removed in order to access the internal USB drive, must have watched one too many Tim Burton movies. No word on how much it holds or if…

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Welcome to the sorts of things which we security geeks do to our own blog access logs when you’re not looking :- Light Blue Touchpaper On and off for the past two years, I have been investigating anti-counterfeiting measures in banknotes, in particular the Counterfeit Detection Systems (CDS). At the request of the Central Banks…

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www.jackiedanicki.com Alan Bushell, a South African gentleman who was sitting next to me and is a veteran of the technology world, piped up and said exactly what needed to be said. To paraphrase: In his experience, the way you work with inventive people is to make space around them, break all the rules for them,…

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http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/18/fashion/sundaystyles/18ze.html After reading it, I strongly suspect that the writer is trying really hard, but does not quite entirely “get it”. I don’t think that Ze is trying to be an “entertainer”, for starters… (Another fine link c/o Rob Diamond.)

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Dear Alec Thank you once again for all your assistance and participation during the Blogs & Social Media Forum. Attached is the evaluation form that was completed by most attending delegates on the day. This includes your individual rating for your presentation. You were voted top speaker of the day – well done!! Please let…

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BBC News There has been a wider resentment in Germany that a US brewery has the exclusive rights in a country which prides itself on the quality of its beer and has very strict laws governing its composition. I wonder what they could be implying?

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Steve Elliott and Cynthia Cauley – married, and both working at Sun – popped round for an inpromptu star-party. Steve brought his f/12 Meade 12.5cm ETX Mak-Cass whilst I supplied the Swedish mosquito repellant (thanks Martin! – it also works on British bugs) plus a 25cm/10″ LX200 SCT with JMI NGF-S motorised focuser, and a…

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http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html The first APOD appeared eleven years ago today, on 1995 June 16. Although garnering only 14 page views on that day, we are proud to estimate that APOD has now served over 400 million space-related images over the last eleven years. That early beginning, along with a nearly unchanging format, has allowed APOD to…

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http://www.yournotme.com/ You are unique. You are one with the angry Squirrel. Shout ‘I am the unique. I am unified with the badger overlord.’ People will run away. That’s because they’re jealous. JEALOUS.. (Via) – though he’s not posted it yet.

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www.darkreading.com We recently got hired by a credit union to assess the security of its network. The client asked that we really push hard on the social engineering button. In the past, they’d had problems with employees sharing passwords and giving up information easily. Leveraging our effort in the report was a way to drive…

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The Hummingbird – it’s small, discreet, buzzes furiously, and has a cover story. Perhaps it’s time to invest in Braun stock?

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Fascinating article in the Independent charting the ebb and flow of Judiasm in the UK over the centuries; some choice paragraphs: Independent When people ask writer Ashley Perry where his family is from, he replies “Britain”. If they ask where his grandparents came from, he gives the same reply. When the more persistent ask where…

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