Malaysia to open e-mail accounts for every adult by 2015

Malaysia plans to offer every adult in the country a free Web-based e-mail account to ensure that tax returns, court documents and other official notices reach the population of 28.3 million.

The government has named Tricubes Berhad, a local smartcard reader and authentication software vendor, as the operator of the service. Starting from July, the company will begin setting up a email account for citizens over 18, with a goal of total coverage by 2015, company officials said — via redwolf.newsvine.com

Lessig: Copyright isn’t just hurting creativity: it’s killing science

The Architecture of Access to Scientific Knowledge from lessig on Vimeo.

Lecture at CERN, Geneva, Switzerland, 18 April 2011: A new talk about open access to academic or scientific information, with a bit of commentary about YouTube Copyright School.

Copyleft crusader and Harvard professor Larry Lessig gave a new talk at CERN last week about copyright and how it has affected open access to academic or scientific information, with a bit of commentary about YouTube Copyright School. As usual, it’s blistering commentary. It’s time to recognize that free access – as in ‘free’ as in speech access – is no fad, and it’s time to push this non-fad war broadly in the context of science, says Lessig — via redwolf.newsvine.com

Why Multi-word Phrases Make for More Secure Passwords Than Incomprehensible Gibberish

We’ve always argued that the most secure password is one you don’t even know, and is basically incomprehensible. Security expert Thomas Baekdal argues that these incomprehensible passwords—while secure—are not as secure as a more memorable and simple phrase. In other words, this is fun is a more secure password than s$yK0d*p!r3l09ls. Here’s why — via redwolf.newsvine.com

After Rustock, botnet rebuilding underway

In March, Microsoft, the US Federal Marshal service and security firm FireEye took down the Rustock botnet, a network of a million compromised computers surreptitiously managed by a group of criminal bot operators.

While the takedown resulted in spam dropping by nearly a third, it netted an unintended side effect: An increase in the volume of email messages with malicious links or attachments. Security experts theorize that the takedown of the Rustock botnet has left a deep pit in the supply of compromised computers and that bot operators are scrambling to build bigger botnets — via redwolf.newsvine.com

List of knots

This list of knots includes many alternate names for common knots. Knot names have evolved over time and there are many conflicting or confusing naming issues. The overhand knot, for example, is also known as the thumb knot. The figure-of-eight knot is also known as the savoy knot or the Flemish knot.

Mobility scooter caravan built to beat Royal Wedding queues

The £5,500 QTvan is the world’s smallest caravan and is so named because it caters to three peculiarly British obsessions: queuing, tea and caravans.

As well as a 19” television on which to watch the ceremony highlights, and a drinks cabinet with which to toast the happy couple, the tiny caravan boasts tea-making facilities – essential for a royal day out.

If any extra provisions are needed, the caravan is so compact it can be towed inside a supermarket — via ETA

Sharma House / Kamat and Rozario Architecture

The existing structure was a 30 year old typical Bangalore house with thick load bearing walls. Most of the outer walls were very close to the plot boundary cutting out a large amount of light. The neighbor’s house too was hugging the boundary wall in certain areas which cut off even more light.

The requirement [Kamat and Rozario Architecture] was to de-clutter the existing house and add more spaces, to meet the needs of the family. Our challenge was to rid the house of its dark, dingy corners and simultaneously make it ‘vastu compliant’. We decided that instead competing with the vastu prerequisite, it would be more productive to convert it to an asset — via ArchDaily

‘Tired of snow’ message stomped in park sums up weary Calgarians’ sentiments

A message written in the snow Thursday afternoon tapped into how many Calgarians feel about the most recent blast of winter weather.

Paul Yancey, who works in accounts payable at Suncor Energy, said he spent part of his lunch hour watching a man from his office window stomp out the words “I am tired of snow” in James Short Park below.

Yancey believes it took the unknown artist no more than 10 minutes to complete his work — via redwolf.newsvine.com

How To Set Up Your Own Online Store

With free tools and cheap web hosting, there’s really no reason you can’t have your own catalog and shopping cart on the web if you’ve got something worth selling. Whether you’re looking for a side project or a real source of income, here’s a starting-from-scratch guide to setting up shop on the web — via Lifehacker

If You’re Going To Kill It, Open Source It!

Some companies fail, some kill off product lines that are not profitable, but in the end, where does all the knowledge go? Nowhere, usually. In a world of disposable everything, is it time that we demand companies do what’s good for humankind in addition to the bottom line?

If companies are going to just kill something off, why not open source it? Some companies do just that, and others, like Nokia, will promise open source (Symbian, dead product) and then quickly reverse itself, locking it up — via redwolf.newsvine.com

The Purse-Snatching Raccoon

At last word, the serial purse-snatching bandit at the Sandridge Golf Club in Vero Beach, FL remained at large.

Authorities describe the perpetrator as having a medium build and a noticeable limp. That’s in addition to the four legs, long furry tail, pointed nose and masked eyes indigenous to all raccoons — via redwolf.newsvine.com

Several Student-Led Experiments to Fly on Endeavour

STS-134, the final flight of the space shuttle Endeavour – is set to carry several experiments of students from the middle school, high school and collegiate levels. Two of these payloads are sponsored by the NASA Florida Space Grant Consortium.

Another experiment, one comprised of squid embryos is being spearheaded by the University of Florida and will research the physiological impact of the micro-gravity environment on the animal’s growth and development — via redwolf.newsvine.com