Archive - Oct 2003

Date

October 22nd

Diebold and US Electronic Elections

Here's an almost obligatory link to a copy of the Diebold internal memos about how ropey their electronic voting system is (Via Why War?). More on Electronic Voting perils
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October 21st

SCAM: Domain Registry Of America (and others)

These buggers send your company letters saying your domain is about to expire, send money to keep it. Turns out, they transfer the domain to their hosting service. They've even got a UK address. Sign 'em up for every free newsletter, catalogue and mailshot you can.

October 19th

Cubit 2 & Hush Mini-ITX PCs (Sexy PCs!)

My server logs say I'm getting a small and steady amount of traffic because of the Netbox Cubit 2 and the Hush Mini-ITX PCs. I thought I'd elaborate...

October 18th

Airline Security in the US

I see someone's completely circumvented all the "security" in US airports.

October 16th

European Software Patents - Update

Dr. Charles Tannock is next to respond, with a letter that seemingly took two weeks to arrive...

October 15th

October 12th

An Infringement of your Freedom of Speech

Copyright laws in the UK are generally seen as a good thing. However, check this clause in The Copyright and Related Rights Regulations 2003.

October 11th

European Patents: Update

Jean Lambert is the next to respond. A well informed and comprehensive response...

October 10th

The Jouney Home

I just took a (dodgy) cab ride from Piccadilly Circus to home. Going that way past all those lovely stone buildings. I have to admire the masonary - I mean, these days, we wouldn't make it as intricate. The palace of Westmister (Houses of Parliament) are the same...

October 7th

Verisign show themselves to be clueless

Verisign's Mark McLaughlin (senior VP and general manager) shows just how clueless he is in a Cnet editorial.