2005-03-30

News, 2005.03.30

Wired News
RFID Cards Get Spin Treatment: The Department of Homeland Security stooges are spinning RFID chips by calling them "contactless chips". Call a spade a spade. And how's this for use of RFID?
"Let's say you are in Beirut, carrying a passport with an RFID tag," said Steinhardt. "A terrorist with a portable reader device could easily tell who is the American (in a public space)."

File Sharing Has Supreme Moment: P2P has good and bad uses, but the idea itself is neutral. Certain services that cater to piracy should be dealt with individually, if the Court chooses to go down that route. Not all P2P needs to be governed.
Baby Sputnik Flies the Coop: Launching a satellite by chucking it out the window.

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Sony to challenge block on PS2 sales
Octopuses running like humans?
Disc expiration dates debated

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