Monthly Archives: December 2007

Linux as a BT conversation snooper

By | Published: December 31, 2007
There is no denying the fact that open source software are the prime tools for hacking (and cracking). In this example, see how you can use Linux to eavesdrop on a conversation between someone using a Bluetooth headset and another person. I wonder how you can make this more secure considering that almost all Bluetooth hands-free [...]
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gOS: internet-powered Linux

By | Published: December 31, 2007
If you have not heard of the news about Google using Linux, where have you been? ha-ha-ha. Anyway, it was rumoured that Google will be releasing its own Ubuntu-based Linux distribution and when gOS was previewed, everyone thought that was it. Unfortunately (or fortunately, depending on how you look at it), it is in no [...]
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How to add shine to your boot sequence

By | Published: December 31, 2007
By default, most Linux distributions still retain its uber-geekiness by showing each and every detail of the boot process, e.g., what hardware are detected, services that are started, etc. Frankly, I think this is only necessary on first boot, right after you install it or when you first run the installer, so you know that [...]
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Linux on your Macbook – what works and what doesn’t

By | Published: December 31, 2007
A friend of mine just got an office-issued black Macbook and he mentioned dual-booting it with Mac OS X and Ubuntu via ReFiT. Whilst there is nothing wrong doing it, I just do not see the point unless you really hate using the BSD-based Mac OS X and its eye-candy. Ironic, but Linux is being [...]
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Nanosolar Update

By | Published: December 31, 2007
I have been pretty interested lately in what Nanosolar is doing, so this is a timely update from The Guardian (which as I have mentioned before promotes this blog on the front page of their… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] Original post by miscellaneous [...]
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United Kingdom: Government toughens up rules for home renewable power generation

By | Published: December 31, 2007
Guardian: The government appears to have seriously undermined one of its key climate change initiatives by toughening up the rules under which householders can obtain financial assistance to erect wind turbines and install solar panels. A low carbon buildings programme started in April 2006 and due to end this summer, has seen only £7.5m [...]
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All About: Cities and energy consumption

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window.document.getElementById(‘post-7932′).parentNode.className += ‘ adhesive_post’;CNN: Humans can now officially be called an urban species. More than half of the global population now live in cities and the United Nations says that by 2030, 60 percent of us will live in them. People in the Tsim Sha Tsui district of Hong Kong, regarded as one [...]
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Indonesia uses boats to rescue flood-hit people

By | Published: December 31, 2007
Reuters: Indonesian relief and rescue workers used a helicopter and rubber boats on Monday to deliver aid and rescue people marooned on Java island after massive flooding triggered by days of torrential rain. Nearly 100 people have died and about 60,000 left homeless after the floods and a series of landslides buried houses in [...]
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Indonesia: Clean water, a basic necessity for everyone

By | Published: December 31, 2007
Jakarta Post: The government said demand for clean water, particularly in Java, Bali and East Nusa Tenggara far exceeds supply, forcing people to `over-exploit’ groundwater. Demand will continue to increase in line with population growth, at a time when potable water supplies are drying up due to unpredictable changes in the weather. [...]
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Across Florida, drought appears here to stay

By | Published: December 31, 2007
Orlando Sentinel: Brought to life by two of the driest years in more than a century, Florida’s drought now rivals the worst in state history, threatening water supplies, seafood production, boater navigation and forests. It could get a lot worse. Don’t look for much rain soon if the global-climate bully called La Niña keeps [...]
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China: Beijing Raises Air Quality Goal for 2008 Games

By | Published: December 31, 2007
Reuters: Beijing is aiming for more ‘good air days’ in 2008 as it prepares to host the Olympics in August, a senior official said on Friday, with the city’s notorious pollution a major concern for athletes and organisers. Beijing recorded 244 "blue sky days" by Dec. 28 this year, a day short of [...]
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United Kingdom: Moving targets keep low-carbon economy on the back burner

By | Published: December 31, 2007
Guardian: As we look back on the past year and look forward to the next, there are clearly huge challenges for our economy. The housing market, consumer spending and economic growth look poised on the edge of a pretty steep drop, and there is a growing chance of a recession. But Gordon Brown – [...]
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Heavy Rain Sparks New Landslide Fears in Indonesia

By | Published: December 31, 2007
Reuters: Torrential downpours overnight sparked fears of further landslides on Saturday in Indonesia’s Java island, where rescuers were still struggling to recover bodies of recent landslide victims, officials said. Nearly 100 people were killed or missing after landslides buried houses under thick mud across the Central Java province this week, while thousands were [...]
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Climate change refugees need help from world

By | Published: December 31, 2007
Toronto Star: The House of God is shrinking. So named by the traditional Maasai people who live in its shadows, Tanzania’s Mount Kilimanjaro is undergoing a slow but steady transformation – one that threatens everyone around it. The majestic glaciers that cap Africa’s tallest mountain are melting, victims of a warming Earth. [...]
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Coal-to-Chemicals Projects Boom in China

By | Published: December 31, 2007
Wall Street Journal: For years China has been a magnet for the chemicals industry, attracting European and American companies with its cheap production costs and growing market. Now China has another attraction for the energy-intense chemical industry: vast supplies of coal that can replace oil and natural gas as raw materials for chemical production. [...]
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