They’ve been awarded a patent on designing, develloping and maintaining a patent portfolio. <sarcasm>No, the patent system isn’t getting out of hand</sarcasm> It seems to be running around naked with its’ underwear on its’ head and staws up its’ nose, flailing arms holding mini lightsabers. Patentkampioen IBM patenteert patenteren | Webwereld.
Don’t know if this will work in Europe, but in the US, a starter gun is considered a weapon. You simply declare you are carrying a weapon at baggage check in, they issue a little label you sign and they stick on the bag, and the bag doesn’t get rifled or checked, because the TSA Read more about Pack a Gun to Protect Valuables from Airline Theft or Loss[…]
GSM encryption is falling apart at the seams! Using an unoptimised implementation of a proof of concept on a PC, Israeli researchers managed to break the KASUMI system in under 2 hours. 3G GSM encryption cracked in less than two hours — Engadget.