Recent tech news

[engadget.com] Danish wind turbine eats itself
What would happen to wind turbines in a storm? The answer is in. Check this out.

[engadget.com] Cold boot disk encryption attack is shockingly effective
To those who care about computer security, this is once again a reminder that no software can save your data from being stolen if your computer is left unattended. To those who don't care about computer security, you can laugh all you want.

[informationweek.com] Black Hat Conference: Security Researchers Claim To Hack GSM Calls
While technology has become much more affordable, it is not necessarily so for protecting sensitive data in an ever more connected world. The more we rely on the virtualized computing environment (hint: Matrix) to do business, the higher is the cost to counter malicious acts.

[tbo.com] When good toys go bad X: Elmo makes death threats to toddler
Choosing a toy isn't as simple as choosing carrots. Also do you really know what you get for what you pay? Where does the dark side of a talking toy come from?