Sony VAIO Z Series - VGNZ17GN Explored

http://www.hardwarezone.com/articles/view.php?cid=14&id=2700

Security Engineering

Ross Anderson's Security Engineering is a great book, and the author has generously made available all of 1st edition and a few chapters of 2nd edition available here.

Windows Vista Tip: Take screenshots with the Snipping Tool

http://lifehacker.com/software/windows-vista/windows-vista-tip--take-screenshots-with-the-snipping-tool-228885.php

How far more for the ST Index to fall?

http://thefinance.sg/2008/09/19/how-far-more-for-the-st-index-to-fall/

Cryptography set to enter its prime

http://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/080918_CryptographyPrime.html

Make your lost USB drive call for help

http://lifehacker.com/software/windows/make-your-lost-usb-drive-call-for-help-209086.php

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Ban Leong Introduces eGear Mini Notebook Docking Kit

http://www.hardwarezone.com/news/view.php?cid=9&id=11717

Bill To Add Accountability To Border Laptop Search

http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/09/17/0226221&from=rss

AHA assures HDB fire insurance plans not affected

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/376390/1/.html

Spy vs spy: Spyware found at Hungarian secret service

http://www.sophos.com/blogs/gc/g/2008/09/16/spy-vs-spy-spyware-found-at-hungarian-secret-service/

Police force raids house in search of lost memory stick

http://www.sophos.com/blogs/gc/g/2008/09/15/police-force-raid-house-in-search-of-lost-memory-stick/

Lost memory stick contained confidential patient records

http://www.sophos.com/blogs/gc/g/2008/09/16/lost-memory-stick-contained-confidential-patient-records/

The pun on "Memory" was hilarious!

Protection program defeats keyloggers

http://www.scmagazineus.com/Protection-program-defeats-keyloggers/article/116662/

Apple Employee Posts Job Description On LinkedIn, Divulges Future iPhone CPU Plans

http://gizmodo.com/5050221/apple-employee-posts-job-description-on-linkedin-divulges-future-iphone-cpu-plans

Laptop, BlackBerry and disc stolen from HSE

http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/11399/cio/laptop-blackberry-and-disc-stolen-from-hse

USB Drive Loaded with British Military Troop Movements Found on Floor of a Nightclub

http://gizmodo.com/5047278/usb-drive-loaded-with-british-military-troop-movements-found-on-floor-of-a-nightclub

Studying for JLPT

In Singapore, the Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT) is conducted by the Japanese Cultural Society. Application form costs 2 bucks and choosing Level 1 will set you back another 45 bucks.

The following are three good resources to brush up your listening skills. The first one is especially useful as it contains audio, video, and the written word for high bandwidth learning. The other two are audio only.

• NHKニュース
  

• NHKラジオニュース

• XFM 96.3 (only from 6:50am to 9am, Mon-Fri)

Last but not least, WWWJDIC is a good free online dictionary.

Computer Forensics: Results of Live Response Inquiry vs. Memory Image Analysis

http://www.cert.org/archive/pdf/08tn017.pdf

CSI Stick grabs data from cell phones

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10028589-83.html

Schneier also blogged about it. Of interest is one poster who commented, "There is also an application for HTC mobile devices than can be placed on a MicroSD Card to dump the entire contents to the card as soon as it is inserted."

VIA releases open source Xorg driver

http://laforge.gnumonks.org/weblog/2008/08/29/