The BBC reports that the newest (and youngest) memeber of MENSA is three year old Mikhail Ali. Excerpt: Mikhail undertook a series of tests involving maths, picture and logic puzzles and number sequences. Mrs Ali added: “Every day he amazes us, but underneath it all he’s still our little boy too. “He still plays with [...]
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SHA-1 Bites The Dust
February 16th, 2005 · No Comments · News, Security
It is time. Bruce Schneier reports that SHA-1 has been broken. He writes: SHA-1 has been broken. Not a reduced-round version. Not a simplified version. The real thing. The research team of Xiaoyun Wang, Yiqun Lisa Yin, and Hongbo Yu (mostly from Shandong University in China) have been quietly circulating a paper announcing their results. [...]
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Lokitorrent bites the dust
February 11th, 2005 · No Comments · Bittorrent, Internet, News
Damn it, they got to LokiTorrent too. Damn them. Damn them all to hell!
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Airbus A380 superjumbo to be unveiled today in France
January 18th, 2005 · No Comments · Business, Flight & Space Travel, News
Yup, it’s finally being unveiled today (18-1-2005). An excerpt: The world’s largest passenger plane, the Airbus A380, is being formally unveiled in France. The twin-deck aircraft can carry about 555 people – more than its American competitor, the Boeing 747 jumbo jet. Chief executive Noel Forgeard said he expected sales to comfortably exceed 250, the [...]
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American commandos in Iran
January 17th, 2005 · No Comments · Middle East, News
The BBC reports a disturbing piece on possible American special forces already inside Iran. Excerpt: The American investigative journalist Seymour Hersh has claimed that US commandos are operating inside Iran selecting sites for future air strikes. In the latest edition of the New Yorker, Hersh says intelligence officials have revealed that Iran is the US’ [...]
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