Installing the VMware Data Recovery plug in on your workstation

You cannot install the VMware Data Recovery plug in the same way you install the Converter or VUM plug ins. You can't just add it through plug in manager. You have to install it directly from the ISO. Would be nice, if that was mentioned in the docs. C'est la vie.

http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vdr_10_admin.pdf
http://vmware.com/files/pdf/data-recovery-evaluators-guide.pdf

Why does Java exist?

Seriously, what goes into the decision to write an app in Java instead of something else? Is it pure sadism?

God, I hate Oracle

Sorry, just had to get that off my chest.

I'll bet you can't guess the password

Remote control robots with Kinect? Hmm, maybe I should cancel my eBay listing.

http://news.softpedia.com/news/Hacked-Microsoft-Kinect-Used-for-Controlling-Robots-168490.shtml

Just kidding. Somebody please buy my Kinect.

Pretty sure this would've pissed off some founding fathers

Google wardriving - So what?

It's not news that Google's streetview trucks have been looking for wireless hotspots, and inadvertently capturing some of the traffic on these networks, including personally identifiable information (PII).
The news is that today in the UK, the ICO called it a "significant breach".
Really? Breach of what? If you transmit your own PII on an unencrypted open network, then that's the breach right there. Now the bits are in the air ready to be sniffed. With the new firesheep plugin, it's so easy a script kiddie could do it.
I feel like I shouldn't have to say this in 2010, but apparently I do. Don't send any PII over an open wireless network.