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http://www.silicon.com/bin/bladerunner?30REQEVENT=&REQAUTH=21046&14001REQSUB=REQINT1=55962 “The results are in: ditch the office and work at home if you want to stay healthy. The evidence is contained in two surveys published recently which focus on the stresses of office life and the benefits of teleworking.”

http://www.observer.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,6903,811027,00.html “Government’s secret Celldar project will allow surveillance of anyone, at any time and anywhere there is a phone signal “

http://www.bbc.co.uk/so/weird/cam/ See if you can spot a ghost live on the web

Here is a picture wot I dun
http://chrisg.com/chrisg/images/pear.png.

I am aware there might be a fair amount of people who dont “get it”, and I know you are not supposed to explain jokes, but if you are interested then check out http://pairprogramming.com/

“Hacker” Kevin Mitnick has written a book on social engineering and formed a company to help companies be more secure. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/2320121.stm

I know you have probably already got this in your email (yes, I mean you Dom) but I love it Buck’s Backyard Steak Grab http://games.alentus.com/games/makai/games/buck.asp

Evilly cunning phone scam from Japan http://www.economist.com/business/displayStory.cfm?story_id=1367988. “Dubbed wan giri, or “one-ring hang-ups”, the scheme targets millions of mobile-phone lovers. Unscrupulous operators make thousands of random calls from normal phone lines, letting the phones ring once before hanging up. They count on inquisitive folk, or those anxious not to miss a single call, ringing back the number shown on their screens. Those who do find themselves listening to advertisements for all sorts of dodgy services.”

Escher’s “Ascending and Descending” in LEGO http://www.lipsons.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/escher/ascending.html

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/2311193.stm “A system offering internet access using radio signals is launched in a bid to bring new technology to Wales’ poorest areas.”

http://www.3g.co.uk/PR/October2002/4180.htm

“VTT has released findings predicting that within 10 years third-generation (3G) mobile phone networks could be rendered obsolete by a new fifth-generation network”

“By 2010, the new network should, according to VTT, already be capable of providing the high data speeds originally promised by 3G operators, offering services such as high-resolution real-time video.”

I’m afraid I find it difficult to get excited about something that is so far away and should apparently already be in place