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Archive for August, 2008

‘Fakeproof’ e-passport is cloned in minutes

By Rab Bakari • Aug 7th, 2008 • Category: Tech

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E-Passports Can Be Hacked and Cloned in Minutes

A computer researcher proved it by cloning the chips in two British passports and then implanting digital images of Osama bin Laden and a suicide bomber. Both passports passed as genuine by UN approved passport reader software. The entire process took less than an hour.
If it involves [...]



Why Rap Stars Are Hating on the iPhone

By Rab Bakari • Aug 6th, 2008 • Category: Features, Tech

by Benny Goldman for GIZMODO
At the Rock the Bells festival on a Sunday on Randall’s Island New York; Benny asked some of the most important hip-hop artists in the game—and my heroes since childhood—what they hated most about the iPhone. Whether they owned it or not, most of the stars had a good reason [...]



Computer waste shipped to Ghana - Contamination

By Rab Bakari • Aug 6th, 2008 • Category: Tech

Scientists sent by Greenpeace to Ghana have recently found extreme cases of chemical contamination at two “e-waste” facilities. Soil and water tests were conducted at two electronics scrap yards where various items such as broken computers, monitors, and televisions are shipped from the United States and Europe for processing and extraction of scrap metals…. [...]



Soul Food restaurants - adapt or go the way of the dodo

By Rab Bakari • Aug 6th, 2008 • Category: Food

The New York Times picked up on an article about the African-American cuisine known around the world as ‘Soul Food’. The assessment is that this cuisine may become a rarity in the overtly African-descended neighborhood of Harlem, New York USA.
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Soul Food in Harlem