Box of tricks Can you beat a lie detector? We put one to the test

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The Face Detector

The Face Detector 05/10/2004 10:19 AM

DNS Flood Detector 1.10

DNS Flood Detector 1.10 10/30/2003 11:32 PM
Detect abusive nameserver activity.

Worm detector looks out for bad
behaviour

Worm detector looks out for bad
behaviour 01/22/2004 02:29 AM

Pocket Breathalizer with UV Detector

Pocket Breathalizer with UV Detector 06/14/2004 02:44 PM

Pocket Breathalizers are a dime a dozen these days, but this combo one has an extra ultraviolet detector on the tail end, so you can tell not only when you're too drunk to drive, but when you should be sipping that umbrella drink under an umbrella. $20 or so will get you one, although I don't know if UK retailer SilverCandy imports to the US. I'm tempted, though -- I've always been curious how much UV I get underneath a subway bench.
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Port Scan Attack Detector 1.3.1

Port Scan Attack Detector 1.3.1 12/25/2003 10:19 AM
Makes use of iptables to detect, alert, and respond to port scans.

Fax machine/intrusion-detector combo

Fax machine/intrusion-detector combo 06/16/2004 11:58 AM
Sharp's new Fappy fax machine will detect intruders to your home and fax a notice of their incursion to a preset panic-number. Link

Japanese Co. Sells Ghost Detector

Japanese Co. Sells Ghost Detector 04/02/2005 09:19 AM
AP via Newsday Apr 2 2005 1:35PM GMT

Japanese Co. Sells Ghost Detector (AP)

Japanese Co. Sells Ghost Detector (AP) 04/01/2005 10:12 PM
AP - The Japanese company that launched popular computer data storage units shaped like rubber ducks and sushi started selling a new product Friday — a ghost detector.

UK gov awards £1m to bio-terror
detector firm

UK gov awards £1m to bio-terror
detector firm 09/23/2004 06:33 AM
Nanotech firm develops synthetic antibodies

Port Scan Attack Detector 1.3.2

Port Scan Attack Detector 1.3.2 06/26/2004 11:11 AM
Makes use of iptables to detect, alert, and respond to port scans.

Love Detector Seems Better At Detecting
Excuses

Love Detector Seems Better At Detecting
Excuses 04/12/2004 03:44 AM
Well, I'd like to give Techdirt's readers the benefit of the doubt and assume that they would all be fairly skeptical of a product called "The Love Detector" that promised to tell you, just by hearing someone speak, if they were in love with the person they were speaking to. They even claim that it's accurate with 96% confidence - though when a Reuters reporter tested it out, he found it didn't seem to work at all, though a recording from the IRS seemed to indicate at least some special interest. This isn't the first time that articles like this have been written, but what's especially amusing is the excuses that the company comes up with every time they're confronted with examples of the system not working. It appears the company may have spent much more time coming up with excuses than actually making sure the device did what it's advertised to do.

Port Scan Attack Detector 1.3.3

Port Scan Attack Detector 1.3.3 09/11/2004 02:26 PM
Makes use of iptables to detect, alert, and respond to port scans.

Cheap Cell-Phone Detector

Cheap Cell-Phone Detector 07/21/2004 03:59 AM

New release of Patchfinder2 (windows
rootkit detector)

New release of Patchfinder2 (windows
rootkit detector) 01/19/2004 03:07 PM
Joanna Rutkowska (Jan 18 2004)

Smoke Detector Considered The Pinnacle
Of Innovation

Smoke Detector Considered The Pinnacle
Of Innovation 06/03/2004 12:07 PM
The details of how this study was conducted are not entirely clear, but apparently, when asked, folks in the UK consider the smoke detector to be the top innovative gadget, beating out mobile phones, microwave ovens and digital cameras. I keep looking for the punchline about how this study was sponsored by a smoke detector company, but can't find it. It's not that the good old smoke detector isn't a useful gadget - it's just that it seems strange that so many people would pick it as the most innovative. The article quotes people saying that this shows how much the Brits value practicality, but it makes me wonder if the Brits are having trouble filling out surveys properly - or if they just tend to set themselves on fire too often.

Apple Patents iPod Acceleration Detector

Apple Patents iPod Acceleration Detector 12/25/2004 05:18 PM

According to this article posted yesterday on CNET, Apple has applied for a patent on technology which would allow an iPod (or other device) to detect when it is falling and shut down the hard drive, minimizing the potential damage to drive and data due to impact. How soon this technology will find its way into the iPod, assuming it ever does, is unknown. Considering that IBM has deployed similar technology in its ThinkPads, I wouldn't be surprised if it appears within the next generation or two.

Apple aims to patent fall-detecting iPod [CNET via MacMerc]

Reactive event pattern detector engine.

Reactive event pattern detector engine. 05/09/2004 06:36 PM
ruleCore 1.1beta1 released

Student Fights University Over
Plagiarism-Detector

Student Fights University Over
Plagiarism-Detector 01/17/2004 10:45 PM
Slashdot Jan 17 2004 4:11PM GMT

Emergent cheese-sandwich detector
enlisted in War on Terror

Emergent cheese-sandwich detector
enlisted in War on Terror 05/28/2004 03:20 PM
Technology on Trial How not to win

Internet Patrol: Lie Detector; Cloned
Cattle Sale; Big Mac At 50

Internet Patrol: Lie Detector; Cloned
Cattle Sale; Big Mac At 50 04/13/2005 03:06 PM
CattleNetwork.com Apr 13 2005 6:30PM GMT

Yahoo Adds Spyware Detector To Firefox
Toolbar

Yahoo Adds Spyware Detector To Firefox
Toolbar 04/08/2005 10:04 AM
Search Engine Journal Apr 8 2005 12:46PM GMT

Summary adds new reports, traffic spike
detector

Summary adds new reports, traffic spike
detector 04/14/2004 07:58 PM
Summary, a Web server log analyzer, has been updated to version 2.5, adding: 27 new reports; traffic spike detection; new Growth, Growth Trend, Error Growth, and Error Growth Trend columns; the ability to display either 12 hour or 24 hour time; free form custom HTML reports; and more...

Detector malware online con múltiples
motores antivirus

Detector malware online con múltiples
motores antivirus 07/04/2004 06:31 PM

"EE Times - Lie-detector glasses offer
peek at future of security"

"EE Times - Lie-detector glasses offer
peek at future of security" 01/22/2004 02:49 AM

News Bits: New Gateway Laptops, USB
Ghost Detector, Tablet PC Based Software
and Job Opportunity

News Bits: New Gateway Laptops, USB
Ghost Detector, Tablet PC Based Software
and Job Opportunity 04/05/2005 04:12 AM
NotebookReview.com Apr 5 2005 8:46AM GMT

Compulogic Door Guard Remote Base
Station Intruder Detector and Site
Monitor, Simple Deployment GSM Alarm
Unit, Features Web Connectivity

Compulogic Door Guard Remote Base
Station Intruder Detector and Site
Monitor, Simple Deployment GSM Alarm
Unit, Features Web Connectivity 12/17/2004 06:31 PM
The Compulogic DoorGuard provides an immediate security alert via its inbuilt GSM communications capability in the event that remote sites, for example a radio base station is illegally accessed. The Door Guard unit can additionally be used to monitor temperature and other conditions at the base station. [PRWEB Dec 2, 2004]

Max Secure Spyware Detector - Secure
your Corporate Network from Spies

Max Secure Spyware Detector - Secure
your Corporate Network from Spies 04/18/2005 03:55 AM
Max Secure Software, developer and global leader in information security products varying from a broad range of security software solutions, and services designed to help individuals, small and mid-sized businesses, and large enterprises security announces release of new product, Spyware Detector Enterprise Edition. [PRWEB Apr 18, 2005]

Ten CSS tricks you may not know

Ten CSS tricks you may not know 09/01/2004 05:49 AM
With so many different ways of using CSS some important tricks and techniques may have passed you by. See how many of the ten you already know and maybe learn something new!

"Ten CSS tricks you may not know"

"Ten CSS tricks you may not know" 09/03/2004 02:42 AM

Ten CSS Tricks

Ten CSS Tricks 09/01/2004 05:33 PM

Ten CSS tricks you may not know: Fantastic round-up of CSS tricks. Good stuff.

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Bag-O-Tricks for PHP

Bag-O-Tricks for PHP 11/17/2002 09:46 PM
"..everything under the sun which would be very helpful for all in creating dynamic sites and even for newbies."

Old School, New Tricks

Old School, New Tricks 12/23/2003 11:49 AM
Students at Brooklyn's Packer school are field testing the wireless future. And you thought high school was tough. By Lev Grossman (Time via MyAppleMenu)

Brain tricks

Brain tricks 05/21/2004 03:51 PM
Red and green dots have never been so interesting. At least to a geek like me. I love it when my brain plays tricks on me.

Tricks of the Trade

Tricks of the Trade 08/27/2004 01:33 PM

The Morning News has a fun article on "tricks of the trade": documenting little tricks used in various professions. Great stuff.

This year, for instance, a programmer can always tack the phrase "and I'm thinking of incorporating some XML functionality"� onto a project summary to explain why he'll need an extra week, account for a missed deadline, or impress a superior. In this respect, the gap between software engineers and birthday clowns is almost negligible.

[...]
Nurse

Patients will occasionally pretend to be unconscious. A surefire way to find them out is to pick up their hand, hold it above their face, and let go. If they smack themselves, they’re most likely unconscious; if not, they’re faking.

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More Cool Web Tricks

More Cool Web Tricks 08/13/2004 02:30 PM
WebDevInfo Aug 13 2004 6:44PM GMT

Tricks of the trades

Tricks of the trades 03/22/2005 04:37 PM
Trade Tricks is a collection of all the little 'tricks of the trade' which people build up with experience. Some are pretty hum-drum, but others are useful even if you don't practice the trade. For example, this tip for checking if a diamond is real may at some time be handy, and this one for washing a pan would have been useful last night. Found via, and run by the writer of, defective yeti

Snowboard tricks

Snowboard tricks 11/06/2003 01:26 PM
Chicago Tribune Nov 6 2003 12:54PM ET

Spammer Tricks

Spammer Tricks 12/02/2002 07:24 PM
John Graham has posted about some recent spammer tricks that he is working to address in the next release of POPFile....

Spam That Tricks Me

Spam That Tricks Me 11/06/2003 04:11 AM
If you get enough spam, I'm sure you know the feeling. As you sort through your mail, deleting the obvious spam, you find one that you're not sure about and you end up opening it - and sure enough, it's spam that tricked you. Every time you do that, you probably feel a little silly for getting tricked. I know I do. Columbia Professor Sree Sreenivasan discusses a few of the messages that tricked him and explains why he was fooled. He's a lot more forgiving than I am, but I get fooled by more than my fair share. Meanwhile, picking up on Sreenivasan's column is another reporter who points out that if any readers want to email him, they need to come up with a subject line that is clearly not spam. I agree. I know there have been a few borderline emails that I opened and turned out to not be spam - but I couldn't tell from the subject lines. I'm sure there are others that I've ended up deleting.
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