Karsten Nohl and Sylvain Munaut explained in their presentation called “GSM Sniffing” to the Chaos Computer Club Congress how you can find specific phones and eavesdrop on their communication. Nohl cracked the 64-bit A5/1 GSM encryption code at the start of last year and made a set of encryption tables public. GSM, now over 20 … Continue reading GSM Hacked (Again)
The Atlantic Magazine explains that simple regulations in one state significantly improved education performance results, in contrast to the rest of the country. The article is called Your Child Left Behind Overall, it says America is far behind other rich nations, even when you look only at top performers nation-wide: “The United States does not … Continue reading Compliance and Measuring Outputs
Wikileaks has now resurfaced a debate over the fate of the indigenous Chagos population. It suggests the UK intended to use a marine park as a measure to prevent the resettlement of these islanders. Mauritius has now sued the UK: A US cable from May 2009 quotes a discussion about the park with Foreign Office … Continue reading UK Marine Park May Block Diego Garcia Resettlement
The Autoblog Green reports more great news for American car buyers: Audi diesel sales soar in November; TDI model accounts for 69% of A3 sales Though Audi’s sales numbers certainly have improved over last year, it’s the automaker’s TDI-equipped clean diesel vehicles that have gained the most ground. The TDI engine accounted for 69 percent … Continue reading Audi and VW report surge in diesel sales