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Tuesday, February 12th, 2008When I’m surfing online and it isn’t for work directly then I’m mostly looking for news which can be world news or 
inspirational news to write about on my blogs. I think that the biggest problem of modern internet and global communication is that there are too many fraudulent sites and blogs out there to have clear and real view of what’s happening in today’s world.
When I was contacted by the guys of Newstin.com for a review I was quite excited since I’m real critical about the subject matter. There are a millions of so called News sites out there; why should I look into Newstin.com and can they really be called a news site?
If you look at the site you see a clear over view with the top stories at first glance. So far nothing to complain; the site has 10 main categories and isn’t cluttered at all. I’m having a closer look at two categories which are the category Health and the sub-category Male Health.
Investing in Whisky is Hot!
Wednesday, December 12th, 2007No my friends, it wasn’t me (I wish it was though;)).
A while back I wrote two articles about investing in Whiskey or Wine and an article about investing in time by buying a quality watch. In the article about investing in time I wrote that you could find great and valuable deals at Sotheby’s and Christie’s. This weekend I ran into this press release with the following headlines.
RAISE YOUR SPIRITS THIS HOLIDAY SEASON AT CHRISTIE’S
First Auction of Spirits to be held in New York Since Prohibition
Looking at what they had to offer I was really surprised, they really had a great assortment. Unfortunately I had missed it because it was last weekend. Not that I had bought a bottle (maybe one of the cheaper ones) but it would have been nice if I could have followed it via the net (if that was possible).
Christie’s had in particular 3 auctions that where really amazing.
The first was a $54,000 bottle of Scottish Macallan. This whisky was distilled at Macallan in Scotland in 1926, bottled in 1986 and rebottled in 2002.
The US Financial Crisis is now Becoming the Minsky Crisis!
Tuesday, December 11th, 2007I ran into this simple explanation today that I wanted to share with you which I though was pretty interesting. The reason I looked this up is because I like to follow the financial and economy news from around the world. I studied among others business economy in my young(er) days. And now especially since I follow the news all the time now that I’m a Problogger and I’m at home “24/7”.
We all know that the financial crisis in the US is dominating the world economy. My guess is that this will continue in the next 1 – 1.5 year. On a side note; this effect has already struck several big countries like Spain who are now encountering the same problems. Since this is a global problem and the end isn’t in sight many economists and analysts are looking at this and are looking for a solution. Well, maybe not a solution but they want to give the cause a name.
Sem Schilt Wins the K1 Gran Prix 2007.
Sunday, December 9th, 2007For me personal it’s the most important and anticipated night of the year and what a night it was!!
Tonight it’s fight night and it’s time for the 15th K1 World Gran Prix. The big question was; will Sem Schilt win his third in a row K1 final?
Tonight’s the night – It’s fight night!!
The tournament would start in the first round with some very promising matches. The one I was looking for the most was Badr Hari VS Remy Bonjasky. Both fighters were fighting at their best. They were great; this match was an exhibition model for what modern kickboxing is. Bonjasky won after 3 rounds on points. The other first round matches where Jerome Le Banner VS Hong Man Choi which ended in a 3th round jury decision (3-0), Sem Schilt VS Glaube Feitosa also a 3th round jury decision (3-0) and the fourth match was Peter Aerts VS Junichi Sawayashiki which was as expected a walk over by Peter Aerts. Aerts won within the first 60 seconds with a low kick followed by a huge blow in the head. The fighter from Japan was practically carried out of the ring after several minutes of lying there in the ring.
Hacking wireless keyboards is extremely easy!
Wednesday, December 5th, 2007You don’t have to be a modern man to have a wireless keyboard and mouse. Now a day’s almost every household has at least one wireless set. I alone have already have 3 sets on my desk.
The team of Dreamlab Technologies has hacked two wireless keyboards from Microsoft. Dreamlab warns that it is possible to “sniff” the keyboard strokes that are made. What this means is that it is possible to capture and decrypt keystrokes, meaning that user names, passwords, bank details or confidential correspondence can be very easily copied.
More and more keyboards and mousses are using Bluetooth these days but the majority still uses a rf-connection. Dreamlab Technologies examined this type and it seems that the security is lacking on these models.
Dreamlab used the Wireless Optical Desktop 1000- and 2000-models from Microsoft for the hack. The Swiss data company used a radio transmitter and self written software to capture the keystrokes
The software listens to the made keystrokes and decrypt them within seconds. As soon as the keyboard communicates with the computer a data package is send over and the Dreamlab software intercepts that and uses this for the decrypting of the keystrokes. Hacking wireless keyboards this way is extremely easy
