RFID is back in the news again, but not in a good way. Reports from Spain and the Czech Republic allude yet again to the weaknesses of 40-bit keys and the ease with which those codes can be broken.
The Prague Post reports that one Radko Soucek, dubbed national car theft champion, has been arrested and [...]

Phone makers produced 220 million units in the first quarter of 2006, which is down 9.5% from the previous quarter as per an anticipated seasonal slowdown. Nokia continues to be number 1 with 75,100,000 phones shipped in 1Q06 for a market share of 34.1% which is down slightly. Motorola and Samung, however, did well by [...]

Paul Dalton, who lives near London England, operates Miracle Detail which is likely to be the most expensive car wash, er detailer, in the world. Paul’s top-of-the-line package is the Pinnacle Wash, which takes 2 weeks, involves 61 steps and costs £4,800, or almost $9,000. As is to be expected, the detailing process involves repeated [...]