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Tea Break

Have a break… have a Kit Kat… A light hearted break from work.

Nov 22 2007

Supermarket chain uses fingerprint ID for payment

The future of grocery shopping has changed in the Palatinate region of Germany. The Edeka supermarket chain offered in one of its Rülzheim stores fingerprint identification as method of payment. Customers can have their fingerprint put on file and begin using the system as an alternative to cash or card. Customers then place their finger on the scanner to complete a purchase.

Nov 21 2007

Two CD-R’s For sale on eBaY - Have data on them - some sort of database

A gag has been placed on eBaY today for two unusual CDs. After it was revealed yesterday that Revenue & Customs lost two CDs in the post, containing 25 million citizens’ sensitive data.

Nov 20 2007

25 million personal details lost in the post

As crazy as it would seem in today’s security mad countries, Two computer discs holding the personal details of half the families in the UK have gone missing. Lost in the post, sent via standard delivery.

Nov 17 2007

Knitted i-phone

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For those of you who don’t want to pay hundreds for the latest mobile technology, a MOM has come up with a Winter-warm alternative.

Nov 17 2007

Ever wondered what’s inside a PS3?

Carefully disassembled, we see how the PS3 is really put together with these four PS3 dismantling videos - the size of the fan is unbelievable (Video 3), I wonder if the quieter 40GB versions have a smaller fan?


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHS07EFGZ3g