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The following is a list of all entries from the General Interest category.

Can phishing go away??

Filed in General Interest, October 17, 2005, 12:49 am by

Bruce Schneier’s take on what he calls as “semantic attacks” such as Phishing and Pharming and how much more institutions …

96 BITSian Bloggers spotted so far!

Filed in General Interest, October 1, 2005, 8:58 am by

I was trolling the blogosphere for locating other BITSian bloggers and landed on Rathish Balakrishnan’s…

A 350-cc motorbike made of granite!

Filed in General Interest, , 1:00 am by

TweetA 20-year old entrepreneur in Chennai, India has created    a motorbike made of granite with a 350cc Royal Enfield engine and wants to sell it in the US market as a novelty. The petrol tank, front and rear fenders, foot-pegs and rear seat housing are made of pure granite.(Via The Hindu)

PSFK idea hunt

Filed in General Interest, September 29, 2005, 12:00 pm by

TweetPiers says “we need some more ideas and we only have 2.5 days left”. Any of you that have creative ideas, please submit them per these instructions. This could be a good opportunity to get your idea funded.

Learning a new language may not be as difficult as you think

Filed in General Interest, September 21, 2005, 1:00 am by

Research into language vocabularies shows that only about 3000 words are used on a daily basis actively. So by learning..