Mon 6
Smut downloads pound Japan's 3G network

Data traffic swelled by filth

Japan’s 3G network is taking a pounding from porn-hungry users, who are eagerly slurping up capacity to the point that service providers have been obliged to impose…
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Tory Lady tries to give Bodice rippers the snip

Stealing a leaf from New Labour’s morality handbook

First there was the Dangerous Pictures Act, and then there was the Dangerous Cartoons Law. Now, courtesy of the Conservative Party, we could be…
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BT abandons Phorm

Not looking good for ad tech

BT has abandoned plans to roll out Phorm’s controversial web monitoring and profiling system across its broadband network, claiming it needs to concentrate resources on…
Sun 5
Five myths about alcohol
(nb. I am not the Devil’s Kitchen)

No. 1 - We are drinking more than ever and 1 in 4 people are drinking at hazardous levels

This claim has been made regularly since May of this year,…
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Emulated PC Enables Linux Desktop In Your Browser Ianopolous writes “Classic DOOM and DSL Linux Desktop inside your Java-enabled browser! The latest JPC, the fast 100% Java x86 PC emulator, is now available with online demos and downloads. JPC is…
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Von Stauffenberg rises from the dead “Today as I was browsing through the papers I came across this piece of potentially very good news which had been buried almost entirely successfully by all the palaver and hoohah over Michael…
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Jamie Whyte on central banking

Jamie is a master at constructing a cogent argument, and he’s on fine form here:

Interest rates are simply prices for borrowing. As with all prices, they should be determined by supply and…
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Mosley the new Hitler for Britain - Bernie Ecclestone The rules of political debate have been defined for some time, mainly by the Fabian society who have taken great care in preparing rules and name calling to close down anything that could possibly…
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Take me to your dealer Holyrood has elected to ban any new nuclear plants North of the border citing safety concerns. “But MSPs said the lifespan of existing nuclear power stations should be extended to buy time to…
Sat 4
Crack WEP using BackTrack

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Lifehacker wrote a guide for cracking a WiFi network’s WEP password using BackTrack. BackTrack is a Linux live CD used for security testing and comes with the tools needed to break…