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Improved IEDs Killing More Americans in Iraq

October, 2005 saw fifty five US soldiers in Iraq killed by increasingly sophisticated Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs).
At this stage there are 90 ways in which to detonate an IED including remote detonation by radio waves or even infrared signals.
The improved tactics of the insurgency are causing
major concern for US forces who are struggling to react.
While […]

ID Idea Coming up Short on $

It seems that there is a slight problem with the US government’s plans to create a national standard for driver’s liceneces by 2008.
As part of the federal government’s overall anti-terror legislation, they proposed sweeping amendmants to the ways in which driver’s licence systems are run in each state - the catcher being that the states […]

iTunes Sending Personal Data

New Apple iTunes software has drawn some flack this week.
The new software has the nifty little feature of sending computer user’s play lists back to Apple.
Of course this is then used to suggest new music the user might like via recommended links - the catcher being that the recommended music is stuff that […]

Stealing Government Secrets

Getting access to government computers in the UK has been made a whole lot easier this week.
Actually, we’re sure that they are scrambling to close this little gaping flaw in the security of the UK Parliament.
It seems that new MPs have been disallowed by the secuity boffins at the Houses of Parliament from having access […]

Sam Bulte: Copyright and Kickbacks

We’d like to introduce you to Canadia MP, Sam Bulte.
Bulte is the Liberal incumbent for the Toronto riding of Parkdale-High Park.
According to onlinerights.ca, and Boing Boing, Bulte has been taking rather sizable contribution of campaign funding from the entertainment industry.
In fact many of the who’s who of that industry will be attending Bulte’s campaign […]