links for 2006-02-04

Video: Hacking WEP with Kismac in 10 minutes A very interesting video showing how easy it is to crack WEP with some very simple tools. (tags: hacks video Mac Apple google wep wifi) New Del.icio.us popular sites This is a really cool list of popular sites showing up in the last 24 hours. (tags: blog…

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Govt. Decides To Take Second Look at JPEG Patent

Looks like the feds have decided to take a second look at the controversial JPEG patent which forces companies to pay millions of dollars in royalties each year to support the popular standard in applications and web browsers. Forgent’s JPEG patent to be reviewed: The US Patent and Trademark Office has agreed to review the…

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Hybrid Cars Need Bells

In the spirit of putting little whistles on your car to warn deer of your approach it now appears hybrid car owners will need a similar recourse. Why? Pedestrians can’t hear the quiet cars. Mercury News: “Jenny Sant’Anna was so excited. She had waited months for just the right hybrid, choosing a Toyota Highlander because,…

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IE7

Yes, as expected I am running Internet Explorer 7 beta on my 64bit system and so far I have only good things to say. I’m a bit in shock that Microsoft if breaking from the convention of putting the file menu bar across the top and controls beneath that it helped develop but, you get…

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Patent Ruling Forces Office Upgrade

Microsoft is being forced to provide a patch disabling some of the features in Office 2003. Yahoo! News: “Microsoft is telling new corporate customers to update versions of its Office suite and Access software package following a 2005 patent infringement ruling that required Microsoft to remove the patented software from its products. Microsoft on Monday…

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