Today the President of the US will award the Medal of Honor to Staff Sgt. Salvatore Giunta. The Stars and Stripes has a book excerpt that describes the details of his heroism. He saved a Platoon from certain death by reacting so quickly under heavy fire he was able counterattack. Despite facing an L-shaped flood … Continue reading Fear and the Control of Danger
Symantec is calling recent help with their Stuxnet analysis, from a Dutch Profibus expert, a breakthrough The new information confirmed that Stuxnet is looking for very specific types of industrial control systems to modify. More importantly it revealed that the code would very carefully check to see if it was on the right type of … Continue reading Stuxnet Finally Cracked
Near field communication (NFC) technology for payments is hitting the silicon valley area, according to Near Field Communications World. They point out that Apple has spent recent months rushing through patents to try and lock down the profits for payment options on the iPhone. [In April 2010] we reported on Apple’s first four mobile payments … Continue reading NFC Payments Hitting Silicon Valley
A “trading standards” operation in Ireland used ‘Pretend’ drunks to catch out Conwy and Denbighshire pubs serving alcohol illegally. Roly Schwarz, community safety enforcement manager for both authority areas, said they used three professional witnesses to act out the drunken display as all the tradings standards officers are so well known in the area. Sounds … Continue reading Irish Pubs Fail Drunk Audit