Monthly Archives: October 2009

A Good Book

Posted on Sunday, October 25, 2009 by Peter

Toward the end of the first year of my undergraduate degree I read a book by Neil Barrett called Traces of Guilt, which describes the author’s involvement in computer-related crime as a security consultant and expert witness. It is written … Continue reading →

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Encryption and Lack of Evidence

Posted on Thursday, October 22, 2009 by Peter

I think this is quite interesting. From The Register: An Australian man who set up an elaborate network of hidden cameras to spy on his flatmates has escaped jail time after police were unable to crack the encryption scheme protecting … Continue reading →

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Playing with Windows 7

Posted on Tuesday, October 20, 2009 by Peter

One of the benefits of being back at university is that I can take advantage of the CIS department MSDNAA subscription. This means that those studying computer science or something similar can download licensed copies of Microsoft products like Windows … Continue reading →

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The Road

Posted on Thursday, October 15, 2009 by Peter

There was a feature on Channel 4 News tonight about a film adaptation of Cormac McCarthy’s novel The Road. I really quite enjoy post-apocalyptic fiction (Think Threads, rather than Mad Max though), and The Road was the only novel I … Continue reading →

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Clever Pigs

Posted on Friday, October 9, 2009 by Peter

Schneier linked to a pretty cool video today. Basically, the pigs are fed by a system that reads an RFID tag on the pig’s collar. The tag is read, the gate opens and the pig gets some food. The system … Continue reading →

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Updating the Philips Freevents X51 BIOS from a USB drive

Posted on Thursday, October 1, 2009 by Peter

I’ve owned a Philips Freevents X51 laptop for around three years now without major incident. It’s small, lightweight, and well supported by linux (for the most part). There is however an issue with support from Philips. It’s non-existent. I’ve had … Continue reading →

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