2007/05/17

[earobinson.blogspot.com] yup I did move my blog

Ill move it back when I can have rss feeds for each tag

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2007/03/09

Netvibes announce the Universal Widget API

Netvibes announce the Universal Widget API

Hello! The long-awaited Netvibes Universal Widget API has been released today!

Since our announcement, you've been thousands to subscribe to our
announcement list and we thank you!

We believe at Netvibes that UWA can really change the way we produce
and develop widgets. We've been working hard to release it. As you
know, the Universal Widget API will replace the Mini-Module API that
was used on Netvibes.

The launch of the UWA effort starts with a new website, a great
documentation and of course some cool examples. You will then be able
to implement your widgets on Netvibes, and also to have them running
on Google IG and Apple Dashboard. As promised, more platforms are
currently in the process of being supported. The Opera and Vista
support are just a few weeks away.

As you...

Source: http://blog.netvibes.com/?2007/03/09/125-new-developer-website-preview-of-universal-widget-api-uwa

2007/01/30

Linux Kernel hackers offering hardware companies free driver development

That's right, the Linux kernel community is offering all companies free Linux driver development. No longer do you have to suffer through all of the different examples in the Linux Device Driver Kit, or pick through the thousands of example drivers in the Linux kernel source tree trying to determine which one is the closest to what you need to do.

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2007/01/04

[earobinson.blogspot.com] UK in plastic electronics drive

UK firm Plastic Logic has said it will build the world's first factory to produce plastic electronic devices.

The Cambridge-based company has secured $100m (£50.6m) venture capital funding for the German plant.

Once built it will manufacture circuits crucial for the development of novel gadgets such as electronic paper.

Unlike silicon, plastic circuits can be made using simple printing techniques and could dramatically reduce the price of consumer electronic goods.

The factory will be built in Dresden, known for its strength in silicon technology.

Plastic spin-out

Plastic Logic is a spin out from Cambridge University and has been developing plastic electronic devices since 2000.

The firm is working on "control circuits" that sit behind screens on electronic displays. In particular, it is working on the electronic circuitry for "electronic paper" displays.

These flexible devices can store the text of thousands of books or newspapers and could one day replace paper.

Industry experts forecast the market for plastic electronics could be worth $30billion by 2015.

When it is built in 2008, the new factory could produce one million control circuits in a market that is tipped to expand to 41.6 million units in 2010.

The factory will be backed by funding from Oak Investment Partners and Tudor Investment.


Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/6227575.stm


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2007/01/03

[earobinson.blogspot.com] Bug In blogger

I have been talking with people on this thread about blogs being marked as spam and I have now made an entry in the google bug tracker as well as these screenshots and video.






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Word Verification in Blogger Beta Bug

Seems we have another google bug with many users not being able to post due to googles word verification causing them to log out! .... Well at least Diggs word verification works :)

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2006/12/29

New to wordpress

So I just started using wordpress, It looks a lot better than blogspot or most other blogs I can find but It still has may bugs and features lacking. So far I am unable to edit my categories to add new ones, this was the feature that really attracted me to wordpress in the first place. I would also like to be able to edit what my template looks like. Oh well its still in beta. For now I will keep using http://earobinson.blogspot.com as my main blog and anything I post here I will post there to, If I move I will let you know, but as It stands I wont be moving anytime soon.

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2006/12/21

[earobinson.blogspot.com] Report: Patent Law Stifles Drug Innovation

A report by the General Accounting Office concludes that current patent law discourages drug companies from developing new drugs by allowing them to make excessive profits through minor changes to existing pharmaceuticals. While pharmaceutical research and development expenses have increased by 147% since 1993, applications for approval of "new molecular entity" (NME) drugs, or drugs which differ significantly from others already on the market, have risen only 7%. According to the report, the majority of newly developed medicines are so-called "me-too" drugs, which are substantially similar to existing drugs, are less risky than NMEs drugs to develop, and which "offer little in the way of therapeutic breakthroughs."

Under existing patent law, these "me-too" drugs can receive new patents separate from the already existing drugs they are based on, allowing drug companies to make substantial profits without signficantly enhancing the quality of drugs available on the market. According to the report, "the ability of drug manufacturers to easily obtain patents for minor changes to products, or to receive patent exclusivity for new uses of existing products, have reduced incentives to develop new drugs."

Commenting on the report, Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) said that existing patent law allows drug companies to drive up their profits at the expense of patients needing innovative treatments. "The findings in this new GAO report," said Senator Durbin, "raise serious questions about the pharmaceutical industry claims that there is a connection between new drug development and the soaring price of drugs already on the market. Most troubling is the notion that pharmaceutical industry profits are coming at the expense of consumers in the form of higher prices and fewer new drugs."

In his own statement on the GAO report, Senator Edward Kennedy (D-MA) touted a bill he has co-sponsored with Senator Mike Enzi, which would provide grants to scientists focused on developing innovative drugs.

Source: http://www.acsblog.org/ip-and-tech-law-report-patent-law-stifles-drug-innovation.html



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2006/12/20

Test Post

This is a test post.

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Murder Suspect’s Google Searches Spotlighted In Trial

Prosecutors claim a Mac specialist on trial in connection with the killing of his wife did a Google search for the words: “neck snap break” and “hold” before she was killed.

Robert Petrick, who is defending himself in Durham, N.C., cross examined a computer forensics expert this week. The expert testified about digital footprints he said the state discovered on several hard drives in Petrick’s home.

Prosecutors claimed that Petrick, who stands out in his Christian North Carolina community as a self-professed Pagan, left behind a trail of digital evidence including a visit to a site called bloodfest666. Investigators are also focusing e-mails to women they said Petrick was having affairs with and a download of a document entitled “22 ways to kill a man with your bare hands.”

Authorities claim that Petrick looked up the depth and topography of a lake where the body of his wife Janine Sutphin was found — before he reported her missing.

Google’s press office did not respond Friday to an email inquiry about the case, but a lawyer standing by for Petrick said he believes the evidence was all culled from the hard drives and he has no information that Google participated in the investigation.

Mark Edwards, who Petrick dismissed to represent himself, said that he believes he could have argued several legal points more expertly than the defendant but he may not have been as adept at cross-examining on computer forensics.

“He’s a computer geek,” Edwards said in an interview Friday. “I think he knew more about MacIntosh computers than the state’s witness did. I’m not sure how much the jury caught, but he seemed to be pretty pleased.”

The state’s laws require that Edwards attend the trial in case he is needed.

Edwards said the Google searches just came up, though the investigation began nearly two years ago. He said that there was a massive amount of information on all of the hard drives. Edwards said investigators also retrieved emails Petrick’s wife sent before her death.

Edwards and local television journalist Julia Lewis of WRALsaid Petrick apparently supported himself by running a computer business. Lewis said he seemed to know a lot about Linux and operating systems.

Prosecutors could not be reached Friday because of the holiday.

More computer forensics information is expected to come up during testimony as the trial wraps up next week. WRAL has been carrying live streaming coverage on its Web site.

Original Source: http://www.crn.com/components/weblogs/article.jhtml?articleId=173602157

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Faraway Vol. 2 - ApocalypticA

There’s something in the way you always somewhere else
Feelings have deserted me to a point of no return
I don’t believe in God but I pray for you

Don’t you slip away from me, it’s you I live for don’t you leave
Don’t you slip away from me, I’m vulnerable to your love

Don’t let them get you, stay away from the sun
It’s too bright for you
Your eyes getting blurry - stay, I’m crying your name
I don’t believe in God but I pray for you

Don’t you slip away from me, it’s you I live for don’t you leave
No, don’t you slip away from me, I’m vulnerable to your love

There is something in the way you’re always somewhere else
Feelings have deserted me to a point of no return
So the light fades out and you’re so close to losing

Don’t you slip away from me , it’s you I live for don’t you leave
No, don’t you slip away from me , I’m vulnerable to your love
Don’t you slip away from me
It’s you I live my life for
No don’t leave

Don’t you slip away from me, I’m vulnerable to your love
Don’t you slip away

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Fewer computers infected with virus

TIANJIN, Nov. 18 (Xinhuanet) — About 80 percent of China’s computers have been infected with virus in 2005, 8 percent lower than last year.This is the first time of drop for the PC virus infection ratio in China over the past five years, said sources with the Eighth International Conference of the Association of Anti Virus Asia Researchers (AVAR) here Friday.

According to a latest survey conducted by the Ministry of Public Securities, China’s companies, institutions and government offices have more access to the information technology this year.

They all strengthened the work concerning information network safety and are rewarded with a drop of virus infection ratio, said Zhang Jian, deputy director of the National Computer Virus Emergency Response Center.

The survey also said that China is not hit by serious virus so far this year.

According to the analysis of types of computer virus, the worm virus infection ratio is obviously higher than others, accounting for 74 percent.

Zhang said that China still lacks professionals of network safety maintenance.

He urged the governments at all levels to provide more training chances for the related workers and specialists and increase investment for the development of anti-virus technologies and software.

Original Source: http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-11/18/content_3801253.htm

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2006/12/18

[earobinson.blogspot.com] Something Awful Search

I have created two Google custom search engines to search the somethingawful.com, currently the archive search is not working but I think the other one is working great, and I would love to get some feedback.

Link: http://www.edwardandrewrobinson.com-a.googlepages.com/somethingawfulsearch

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[earobinson.blogspot.com] Google "did you mean..." suggestion inappropriate

While researching the history of mafia in Rhode Island, I did a search for "RI mob" - look what Google recommends! Oh, won't somebody please think of the children! LOL

Search for this: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=RI+mob&btnG=Google+Search

Source: http://digg.com/tech_news/Google_did_you_mean_suggestion_inappropriate_HILARIOUS

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[earobinson.blogspot.com] ePassports 'at risk' from cloning

The ePassport is one of the many measures pursued by the United States and governments internationally after the horror of 11 September.

It will, we are promised, keep the unwanted and dangerous outside our borders, while streamlining entry for those welcome to come and visit.

But as the implementation of the scheme gets underway it is becoming clear that there could be serious problems with it.

With the old passport, we knew where we stood. If you lost it you knew you had lost it, but with the new, machine readable passports the story is very different.

When you take a digital photo the image is, in effect, a code, which means that however many prints you make they are all exactly the same.

Five-minute replica

So when Lukas Grunwald and Christian Bottger realised they could clone the new ePassport they were pretty sure it would be identical to the original, and undetectable. So how did they do it?

The chip inside the ePassport is a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) chip of the type poised to replace the barcode in supermarkets.

The good thing about RFID chips is that they emit radio signals that can be read at a short distance by an electronic reader.

But this is also the bad thing about them because, as Lukas demonstrated to me, he can easily download the data from his passport using an RFID reader he got for 200 Euros on eBay.

Lukas is less forthcoming about where he got what is called the Golden Reader Tool, it is the software used by border police and it allows him to read the chip on his ePassport, including the photo.

Now for the clever bit. Thanks to a software he himself has developed, called RFdump, he downloads the passport's data onto his computer and then onto a blank chip.

Using a standard off-the-shelf component you can just buy at a component store you can have a cloned ePassport in less than five minutes.

Security risks

When the cloned ePassport is read and compared to the original one it behaves exactly the same.

The UK Home Office however dismissed the ability to get hold of the information on the chip.

A spokesman said: "It is hard to see why anyone would want to access the information on the chip.

"Other than the photograph, which could be obtained easily by other means, they would gain no information that they did not already have - so the whole exercise would be pointless: the only information stored on the ePassport chip is the basic information you can see on the personal details page."

The spokesman said the chip was one part of the security features of the ePassport.

He said: "Being able to copy this does not mean that the passport can be forged or imitated for illegal or unauthorised use.

"British ePassports are designed in such a way as to make chip substitution virtually impossible and the security features of the passport render the forgery of the complete document impractical."

According to Lukas Grunwald of the consulting company DN-Systems an ePassport holder is more at risk from someone trying to steal their data.

"Nearly every country issuing this passport has a few security experts who are yelling at the top of their lungs and trying to shout out: 'This is not secure. This is not a good idea to use this technology'".

DN-Systems' Christian Böttger also believes the system was set up in a hurry.

"It is much too complicated. It is in places done the wrong way round - reading data first, parsing data, interpreting data, then verifying whether it is right.

"There are lots of technical flaws in it and there are things that have just been forgotten, so it is basically not doing what it is supposed to do. It is supposed to get a higher security level. It is not," he said.

Danger

A European Union funded network of IT security experts has also come out against the ePassport scheme.

Researchers working within the Future of Identity in the Information Society (FIDIS) network say European governments have forced a document on its citizens that dramatically decreases security and increases the risk of identity theft.

RFID chips can be read at a short distance and tracked without their owner's knowledge, while the key to unlocking the passport's chip consists of details actually printed on the passport itself.

It is almost like writing your pin number on the back of your cashpoint card.

"The basic access control mechanism works based on information like the number of the passport, the name of the passport holder, the date of birth and then other data which are simply readable by anyone who looks on the passport," said Professor Kai Rannenberg of Frankfurt University.

"If you have that information and put the respective software into the reader, the reader can overcome the basic access control of the passport."

The experts say it is not too late to roll back and rethink the ePassport.

If not, the danger is obvious - that a scheme, the declared aim of which is to increase our security, could well do the exact opposite.


Original Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/click_online/6182207.stm



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2006/12/16

[earobinson.blogspot.com] Anti Net Neutrality Commercial on TV

This commercial was on TBS. Its probably the most unbelievable thing I've ever seen from a commercial.

Feel free to contact the NCTA (the ad's sponsor):

National Cable & Telecommunications Association
25 Massachusetts Avenue, NW - Suite 100
Washington, DC 20001-1413
Phone: (202) 222-2300

http://www.ncta.com/ContentView.aspx?contentId=40

Brian Dietz is SVP of Communications
Phone: (202) 222-2358 Fax: (202) 222-2351
bdietz@ncta.com

Rob Stoddard is SVP of Communications & Public Affairs
Phone: (202) 222-2350 Fax: (202) 222-2351
rstoddard@ncta.com

Daniel Brenner is SVP of Law & Regulatory Policy
Phone: (202) 202-222-2445 Fax: (202) 222-2446
legaldepartment@ncta.com

http://www.ncta.com/Biographies.aspx

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2006/12/13

[earobinson.blogspot.com] Google Fixes Yahoo-Copied Splash Page

At 5:06 pm this evening we wrote that Google had apparently stolen the content and the look of a Yahoo page promoting IE7, even showing the Yahoo toolbar with the Yahoo logo blurred out. Six hours later, Google has replaced the site in question with an entirely new one. This one thankfully shows the Google Toolbar prominently installed.

I can only imagine the email strings being fired around Google HQ this evening. New site is below. Robert Scoble, who has lots of experience with PR headaches of this kind while working for Microsoft, gives some advice to Google.


Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/60138256/

This to me seems like an admission of guilt

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2006/12/06

[earobinson.blogspot.com] Breaking Benjamin "The Diary of Jane"



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2006/12/05

[earobinson.blogspot.com] mmmm foot food



ok so ignore how ugly and rude this guy is, and the part of the video where he eats something he peals off his own foot (1:39:00), the ideas are good all the same so lets look at them

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2006/12/01

[earobinson.blogspot.com] Not So Silly String In Iraq

American troops in Iraq have become masters of improvisation, like bolting jury-rigged armor to humvees to shield themselves from sniper fire and shrapnel. Lately, an even more novel item has joined their battle kits. Stratford, N.J., mom Marcelle Shriver recently got a call from her son Todd requesting ... Silly String. Marines working with his unit in Iraq had shown the Army combat engineer how it can be used to detect trip wires. Before searching buildings, for example, personnel spray doorways from at least 10 ft. away with streams of foam--and see if they're snagged by barely visible wires, which are often affixed to bombs. The Army acknowledges the off-label use, and Marine spokesman Captain Jay Delarosa says, "We force Marine trainees to improvise." Shriver is raising money to mail string to Iraq (aerosol cans are haz-mat and costly to ship). So the next time you waste string at a party, remember it could save a life.


Source: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1561143,00.html

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2006/11/29

[earobinson.blogspot.com] Me

From Me


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[earobinson.blogspot.com] Bug In blogger beta still not resolved

Well I previously posted about a bug in blogger beta and the funny thing is google emailed me to tell me it had been resolved but it still has not been. Wow thats sad :( More info can be found here http://groups.google.com/group/blogger-help-publishing/browse_thread/thread/6ff86ddce4e0a23b

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[earobinson.blogspot.com] Penn and Teller: Bullshit! War on Drugs



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2006/11/27

[earobinson.blogspot.com] French parliament dumping Windows for Linux

France's gendarmes and Ministry of Culture and Communication have done it, and now members of the country's parliarment are about to switch to open source.

Starting in June 2007, PCs in French deputes' offices will be equipped with a Linux operating system and open-source productivity software.

The project, backed by parliament members Richard Cazenave and Bernard Carayon of the Union for a Popular Movement party, will see 1,154 French parliamentary workstations running on Linux, with OpenOffice.org productivity software, the Firefox Web browser and an open-source e-mail client.

A spokesperson for the parliament's administration said a decision as to the choice of Linux distribution and e-mail client hasn't yet been made. Currently, some of the parliament's servers have been running Linux, with Apache Web servers and the Mambo content management system.

The project was the subject of a study by technology services company Atos Origin, whose conclusions convinced the French National Assembly to make the switch.

"The study showed that open-source software will from now on offer functionality adapted to the needs of MPs (members of parliament) and will allow us to make substantial savings despite the associated migration and training costs," the parliament said.

Open-source supporters have welcomed the decision. Benoît Sibaud, president of April, the association for the research into and promotion of open-source computing, said the decision to migrate to open source will enable the French parliament to have greater control over its information technology without depending on any one vendor and to make better use of public money.

This will be the first case of a French public institution switching its PCs to a Linux operating system. Previous open-source initiatives concerned servers, as was the case with the Minstry of Agriculture, and with OpenOffice and Firefox, which were adopted by France's gendarmerie.

Source: http://news.com.com/French+parliament+dumping+Windows+for+Linux/2100-7344_3-6138372.html

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2006/11/24

[earobinson.blogspot.com] 11/24/2006 10:34:00 AM

"Canadian carriers Bell Aliant, Bell Canada, MTS Allstream, Rogers, SaskTel, Shaw, TELUS, and Videotron have all opted in to a blacklist, dubbed Project Cleanfeed Canada, provided by Cybertip.ca, the Canadian tip-line against child exploitation. The idea of having a national blacklist sends shivers down my spine. I'm a pessimist, I believe that any form of censorship will eventually be abused despite it's good intentions." Besides engtech's post on the subject, Dr. Michael Geist has some considered comments about this issue. From that post: "Critics are quick to draw parallels to Internet censorship in countries such as China. However, those countries involve state-based content blocking, with no transparency or legal recourse. In fact, several democracies - most notably Australia - have established limited blocking rules, while British Telecom, the UK's largest ISP, voluntarily blocks child pornography as part of its CleanFeed program. Even with various legal safeguards, many Canadians would undoubtedly find the blocking of any content distasteful. Yet to do nothing is to leave in place an equally unpalatable outcome that silences those would speak out against unlawful hate speech for fear of personal harm."
Source: http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/11/24/054220&from=rss

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2006/11/23

[earobinson.blogspot.com] Bug In blogger betta

I have recently been experimenting with setting up a blog to post all the songs played on edge102 what I found was that my blog was marked as spam (no problem it does have a high post count) but the funny thing is that after typing in the word verification as to notify google that my blog is not spam, I'm asked for my password. Its at this point that the bug arises, google will not accept my password no matter what. If I enter the wrong password they tell me so, if I enter the correct password, (the one I used to log in to make the post in the first place) the screen refreshes and they again ask me for my password.

I hate bugs :(

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2006/11/20

[earobinson.blogspot.com] 11/20/2006 11:48:00 PM

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) -- Tipped off by three plastic pipes mysteriously skimming the ocean's surface, authorities seized a homemade submarine packed with 3 tons of cocaine off Costa Rica's Pacific coast.

Four men traveled inside the 50-foot wood and fiberglass craft, breathing through the pipes. The craft sailed along at about 7 mph, just 6 feet beneath the surface, Security Minister Fernando Berrocal said Sunday.

The submarine was spotted Friday 103 miles (166 kilometers) off the coast near Cabo Blanco National Park on the Nicoya peninsula.

"This is the first time in the country's history that a craft with these characteristics has been caught near the national coasts," Berrocal said in a statement.

U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agents, FBI and Colombian officials aided Costa Rican authorities in the operation, Berrocal said.

Two Colombians, a Guatemalan and a Sri Lankan were arrested and taken to the United States, since they were captured in international waters, Berrocal said.

Officials took the submarine to a Costa Rican Coast Guard station and were trying to determine its origins, the Security Ministry said. It was found with several tanks of gas, but Costa Rican authorities said the vessel, which had a bailer to keep out water, probably did not travel far.

So far this year, Costa Rican authorities have seized 18 tons of cocaine.

In March, the Colombian navy seized a 60-foot fiberglass submarine that likely was used to haul tons of cocaine out to speedboats in the Pacific Ocean for transportation to Central America and on to the United States. Three people were arrested and two speedboats seized during the operation, but no drugs were found.

Colombian authorities say smuggling cocaine by sea has become the top method of transport in recent years, as radar systems have made it difficult to smuggle drugs in small airplanes.

Source: http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/americas/11/20/costa.rica.sub.ap/index.html



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[earobinson.blogspot.com] Noam Chomsky talks on the Iraq war



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2006/11/15

[earobinson.blogspot.com] Nine Inch Nails - Fuck You Like An Animal



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[earobinson.blogspot.com] NIN - Everyday is Exactly the Same



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