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Submission + - New Zealand rocket is missing (abc.net.au) 1

Submitted by MichaelSmith on Tuesday December 01, 2009 @04:20AM

MichaelSmith writes: A six metre sounding rocket has been fired from Great Mercury Island in New Zealand but so far part of it has been recovered. This project was covered by slashdot in November.

Submission + - US Army files found on second hand MP3 player

Submitted by MichaelSmith on Monday January 26, 2009 @04:54AM

MichaelSmith writes: A New Zealand man who bought a second hand MP3 player from a store in the US found it loaded with the names and personal details of American soldiers, as well as a mission briefing and information about equipment.

Chris Ogle says he will return the unit to the US Defence Department if asked, and that it never worked as a music player anyway.

A slightly different version of the story is available from TVNZ.

Submission + - Asus Eee sold out in Australia (theage.com.au)

Submitted by MichaelSmith on Wednesday December 05, 2007 @06:18AM

MichaelSmith writes: After two days on sale in Australia the Asus Eee Linux based laptop has nearly sold out. According to the article some families have bought two or three units and some schools have made multiple purchases. A scan of the Eee user forums suggests that installations of windows are not the hottest topic of conversation about this device.

Submission + - US seeks mini-Imperial Walker mule-bots (theregister.com)

Submitted by MichaelSmith on Monday July 16, 2007 @07:28AM

MichaelSmith writes: The Register has an article about a prototype military walking robot which I think looks totally creepy. A bit like the bottom halves of two people built into a metal chassis and powered by a chainsaw motor. This is a direct link to the embedded video.

Submission + - Kurt Vonnegut has died, so it goes

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MichaelSmith

on Thursday April 12, 2007 @05:01AM

MichaelSmith writes: "American science fiction author Kurt Vonnegut has died at the age of 84. Vonnegut was most famous for his ground breaking book Slaughterhouse-Five as well as the Sirens of Titan and at least one legendary short story. As Isaac Asimov might have said: Kurt is in heaven now"

Submission + - Worm exploiting Solaris telnetd vulnerability

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MichaelSmith

on Friday March 02, 2007 @08:51AM

MichaelSmith writes: "Several news sites [ itwire zdnet itnews] are reporting that a worm is starting to exploit the Solaris Telnet 0-day vulnerability. From the itnews article: By adding simple text to the Telnet command, Ullrich explained that the system will skip asking for a user name and password. If the systems are installed out of the box, they automatically come Telnet-enabled."

Submission + - Australian Army chief approves of blocked web site

Submitted by MichaelSmith on Sunday October 22, 2006 @08:00AM

MichaelSmith writes: More than a year ago a former member of the Australian Defense Force set up a web forum for ADF members. Recently the site was blocked by the Department of Defense, presumably as part of routine workplace filtering. The interesting bit is that the the head of the Australian Army, General Peter Leahy wants the block removed. In the process he blames the "geeks" in the DOD for filtering the site, though I, for one, am not taking that personally. From his perspective a geek is probably anybody not in the ADF.

Submission + - Opportunity is almost at Victoria Crater

Submitted by MichaelSmith on Thursday September 28, 2006 @08:01AM

MichaelSmith writes: The Mars Rover Opportunity is now only 45 meters from the rim of Victoria Crater. The rovers navigation camera has taken a great picture of the interior of the crater. NASA seems keen to drive the rover into Victoria to do some geology but by the look of it I think they will be unlikely to be able to drive out.

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