RFID tags become hacker target. RFID tags can be reprogrammed by thieves or hackers thereby making a new type of shoplifting possible. And with RFID tags being used for various other uses such as Identity cards, it also opens up new avenues for abuse.
Wednesday, July 28, 2004
Sunday, July 25, 2004
Is it a good idea for Microsoft to its Office suite to Linux? Won't that cause more people to switch to Linux? How can that make business sense for Microsoft? Iam not so convinced by the arguments of the article.
Posted by Krishna at 8:54 PM 0 comments
Friday, July 23, 2004
Microsoft has put up Lookout 1.2 on their website for download. Unfortunately i cant try this out as i have moved to thunderbird long back.
Posted by Krishna at 7:32 AM 0 comments
An interview with RMS. Stallman talks about GNU, the status of Hurd, and the future of GNU projects.
Posted by Krishna at 12:09 AM 0 comments
Thursday, July 22, 2004
Army rations rehydrated by urine. Food scientists working for the US military have developed a dried food ration that troops can hydrate by adding the filthiest of muddy swamp water or even peeing on it. Now thats something which i would never ever want to try!
Posted by Krishna at 10:30 PM 0 comments
Monday, July 19, 2004
Wednesday, July 14, 2004
Charles Simonyi's Interview on Intentional programming and how to use it?
Older blog entries on Charles Simonyi and his company Intentional Software are here and here
Posted by Krishna at 8:04 PM
Monday, July 12, 2004
A hard disk car audio player. Uses Linux, allows for upto 36 GB of internal storage and also has voice recognition for hands free access of all audio functions.
Posted by Krishna at 9:13 PM
These Elecom iPod slim speakers are the sexiest speakers i have seen till date.
Posted by Krishna at 5:01 AM
Sunday, July 11, 2004
Google: The Missing Manual. Saw this book when browsing through Amazon! The book has got quite a number of good reviews!
Posted by Krishna at 8:23 PM
Saturday, July 10, 2004
Business Ethics magazine has come up with the list of 100 best corporate citizens of 2004. Find the list here. TI has the 40th place in the list.
Posted by Krishna at 10:49 PM 0 comments
Friday, July 09, 2004
NYTimes has an interesting article on how MSN search is getting more and more similar to Google in its look and feel.
Posted by Krishna at 7:54 AM
An Operating System Bibliography. Has a huge list of conference proceedings and books.
Posted by Krishna at 4:11 AM
Thursday, July 08, 2004
Thursday, July 01, 2004
Sony unveils HDD Walkman. Looks really cool. I certainly like it more than the iPod.
Posted by Krishna at 3:49 AM
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