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I’ve gotta have one of these…
Geeks get all the best clothes – and this is as high-tech as they come (right now). Never be out of the loop when you’re wondering the streets looking for your next spot.
This hi-tech garment lets you know when you’re in a WiFi zone by graphically displaying the WiFi connections floating around the vicinity. Glowing bars on the front of the shirt dynamically change as the signal strength fluctuates.
How long could you go without your computer, Internet, email, cell phone, pda, etc? Forbes managing editor, Dennis Neal, made it less than 2 days through his one week challenge. Watch it below.
After watching this video I feel pretty good. I could make it longer than 2 days… if I had to, maybe a week. I wouldn’t choose to though.
via Lifehacker
Interesting read from Computerworld…
“Lot of organizations are new to encryption,” he added. “Their only exposure to it has been with SSL, but that’s just a session. When you shift to data at rest and encrypt your laptop, if you lose the key you trash your data – it’s a self-inflicted denial-of-service attack.
Encryption is also as big an interest for the bad guys as the good guys, warned Anton Grashion, European security strategist for Juniper. “As soon as you let the cat out of the bag, they’ll be using it too,” he said. “For example, it looks like a great opportunity to start attacking key infrastructures.”
“It’s a new class of DoS attack,” agreed Moulds. “If you can go in and revoke a key and then demand a ransom, it’s a fantastic way of attacking a business.”
