Column of the WolfA daily mix of news covering technology, science, human rights, wolf news, stupid human tricks and many other topics.Mozilla Sunbird's First Official Release- (Found June 29, 2008 ) Sunbird, Mozilla's standalone cross-platform calendar project, has reached its first official relase: version 0.2, for Windows, Linux and Mac OS X. This is good news for all of us waiting for decent free calendaring softwarehttp://www.redwolf.com.au/column/archive/2005_02.html#003669 Six Firms Form Holographic Versatile Disc Alliance- (Found June 29, 2008 ) Fuji Photo and CMC Magnentics are two of six companies, who have formed a consortium to promote HVD technology, which they say can be used to put 1TB of data onto just one disc. The consortium say that a HVD disc could hold about 200 standard DVD's, and transfer data at speeds 40 times that of DVD, about 1GB per second. HVD is being seen as a possible successor to Blu-ray and HD-DVD technologieshttp://www.redwolf.com.au/column/archive/2005_02.html#003670 Computer-Edited Photos Lead To Child-Porn Locale- (Found June 29, 2008 ) Toronto police have found a new application for computerized photo editing. The police released edited photos on 3 February from a series of child pornography pics in an attempt to locate where the photos may have been taken. Two days later, they have identified the Port Orleans hotel in Disney World as being the location. This seems to be the first time photo editing has been used in law enforcement this way and strikes an interesting line between protecting the victims and being able to get...http://www.redwolf.com.au/column/archive/2005_02.html#003672 Microwaves Take Over In Car Chases- (Found June 29, 2008 ) Eureka Aerospace in Pasadena is developing a High Power Electromagnetic System that can fry a vehicle's microchips and slow cars to a halt &8212; it leaves the suspect in control of the car; he can steer, he can brake, he just can't accelerate. The antenna array could be mounted on police pursuit vehicles or helicopters. It's slated to be ready for testing by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department by late summer &8212; via Boing Boinghttp://www.redwolf.com.au/column/archive/2005_02.html#003673 Car Key Code Cracked- (Found June 29, 2008 ) The research team at Johns Hopkins University have found a way to crack the code used in millions of car keys, a development that could allow thieves to bypass the security systems on newer car models. This shouldn't affect Australia, as our codes are apparently tougher to crack for the time beinghttp://www.redwolf.com.au/column/archive/2005_02.html#003659 |