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Stories · 3

  1. UK Police Cracking Down on Broadband Theft

    Hardware · Wireless · · posted by samzenpus · from the throw-away-the-key dept. · 672 comments
    dubculture writes "A 39 year-old man in West London was arrested for dishonestly obtaining free internet access" from an unsecured wireless router nearby. The article discusses a couple of other cases, including one where a fine of £500 (~US$1000) was handed out for, essentially, taking advantage of someone else's inability (read: apathy) towards securing their home network."

  2. Cell Phone Makers Patent "Brain Shields"

    Yro · Patents · · posted by timothy · from the driving-while-yakking-causes-cancer dept. · 203 comments
    CyberLeader writes: "An article in the UK Times is reporting that cell phone manufacturers have patented 'brain shields,' or components intended to reduce the stray EM radiation that might enter your noggin from your phone. This despite their consistent claims that cell phone radiation is harmless."

  3. Lost in space

    · posted by ryuzaki0 · from the shame-it-does-not-run-linux dept. · 0 comments
    Voyager 1 is now the most distant man-made object in space. Time for the aliens to pick up that plaque telling them where we live. I think that's the right plaque... Nasa has tons of them.