Britain’s Plans to Stop Internet Piracy Thwarted – For Now

ISP’s in Britain will no longer be made to disconnect users when found to be downloading illegal matterial, namely music and video files repeatedly. Culture Secretary, Andy Burnham, stated that the government had“serious legislative intent“, however, this did not come to fruition. Basically, it all comes down to a numbers game. Can you really make an effective effort to put a stop to more than 7 million file sharing internet users around the UK every year? The idea was to have a 3 warning procedue in which, if the offence were to be committed multiple times, the users internet connection would be shut off.

Google Down and Out

For a 40 minute period on Saturday, Googles system falsely flagged sites, even ist OWN with a warning error which stated that “this site may harm your computer“. It caused a rucuss for the next few hours, but the problem only persisted for 40 minutes according to Google representatives. The exact term used was “hiccup“ which they used and chalked it up to human error and learning experience which was never intended to happen. Normally, if this error were to show this statement, it would mean that that particular site has been known to or is prone to some sort of malicious activity, usually involving illegal installation of software onto the surfers computer.

Mission Secrets On Used MP3 Player

A Tourist from New Zealand got more than he bargained for when he bought a used MP3 player in a used electronics shop in Oklahoma recently. After the individual tried to use it, he noticed strange files, about 60 or so on the MP3 player and none of them were music. These files contained what seemed like mission data like briefings and soldier data including and not limited to soldier names, where they were stationed, phone numbers and even equipment deployment information. If in the wrong hands, it could have made a major compromise, however, it was suggested that this is unlikely due to the fact that the files were dated 2005, but may or may not put the individual soldiers at risk.

Coffee Diesel

who'da thunk that coffee by-products could be put to good use. According to scientists in Nevade, it's just that. The waste from coffee beans can be used to produce up to 340 million gallons of biofuel which effectively will cut our crude consumption even more. The next order of business is how effective or inneffective are biofuels on the environment? If it is the same, then we have to get off combustion technology for good.

Working Flashlight in 90 Seconds

Imagine being able to use your flashlight, run out of batteries and recharge it in ONLY 90 seconds! A californian company has done it. 5.11 Tactical developed the flashlight known as UC3.400 that is powered by rechargeable batteries - New LED torch that can be "recharged" (fully) in a minute and a half. This development can significantly impact not only the regular consumer, but has huge military applications available to it. For more information, please review this link: http://thefutureofthings.com/pod/5925/light-for-life-flashlight.html