Live from Austin!

Why are people releasing new hard drive designs that use 40 bit DES encryption? A 600MHz Celeron can crack that in a weekend. Sheesh.

Today I saw a loudspeaker demagnetizing CD.

Yup, the idea is that you play it, and it sends special digital signals through your loudspeakers, removing residual magnetism and hence improving sound quality. A bargain at £11.99

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I swear you can sell hi-fi nuts anything if you can come up with a Star Trek explanation of how it might work.