Remember that story about the meteorite that struck Norway earlier this month, with ‘a force that rivalled the Hiroshima bomb’? Turns out that it maybe wasn’t quite that powerful at all; an astronomer got a little wrapped up in his own hyperbole. It was still a fairly big bang, though more like a ‘powerful conventional bomb’. What an anticlimax, eh?

‘Know your enemy’, Sun Tzu once said. And that goes for everyone, from emperors to executives – and now for sysops too. The University of Abertay in Dundee, Scotland, is starting the first Bachelor of Science Course in “Ethical Hacking and Countermeasures” at the beginning of the next academic year. Apparently they’ll use Home Office vetting procedures to ensure no nefarious villains sign up – I feel safer already.

What a fun concept: the simmer stove (theoretical only, at this point) recesses the heating element in the countertop to improve efficiency and safety.

Jamais Cascio (of Worldchanging fame) has penned a list of the 12 things journalists should know when interviewing futurists. Lots of good cautionary advice for those of us who get dazzled by futuristic glitter.

Yikes. Judging by the video, this coil hand gun is not a good toy for your cat.