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Limbless veterans to be the first all-amputee team to attempt Channel crossing

A group of four amputees will be braving temperatures as low as 18°C to swim the English Channel as a relay team in September this year.

: The Editorial Team; International Security, Safety & Strategic Defence; Posted On Monday, 23 June 2014 11:12

Story of unsung WWI hero...providing new insight into history

Lawrence Brodley’s grandfather, Benjamin William Badcock, was an ordinary man who lived through extraordinary times. Born into a military family, it was no surprise that Badcock enlisted himself in 1897. What ensued was a dangerous and glowing career through the Boer War, garrison in the UK and finally WW1. Told sensitively by Brodley, his grandfather’s story is one of the most complete and authoritative accounts of this period ever made public.

United Kingdom: With the centenary of WW1 just months away, the world’s eyes are turning toward those four years that changed the world. However, picking through the political rhetoric and historical drama, many unsung heroes of the Great War emerge. One of those heroes was Benjamin William Badcock (officially SSM (1st Class) Ben Badcock, MC, ASC), and his story is now being shared by his grandson in a gripping and invaluable new book.

: The Editorial Team; Books and Arts Review; Posted On Monday, 23 June 2014 11:09

Protection at source: Bennet hypermarkets reduce shrink and improve shopping experience with Checkpoint Systems

Checkpoint Systems has announced that hypermarket retailer Bennet has completed the roll out of electronic article surveillance (EAS) loss prevention solutions in their stores in Italy.

The solution involves the installation of 1,000 P20 EAS antennas from Checkpoint’s EVOLVE solutions – as well as radio frequency (RF) tags, Alpha high-theft solutions and point-of-sale deactivators – in addition to the rollout of an RF source-tagging programme aimed at increasing on-shelf availability, improving open merchandising while reducing labour costs and inventory shrink.

: Emma Scott; Global Retail; Posted On Thursday, 12 June 2014 08:48

Tripwire comments on the Microsoft Patch Tuesday

Craig Young, security researcher writes:

“This is a huge month for Internet Explorer updates with a total of 59 CVEs being resolved. Amongst these MS has released a fix for an IE 8 bug which was reported through HP’s Zero Day Initiative back in October 2013. Although no attacks have been detected in the wild, the ZDI advisory has given attackers a head start understanding this vulnerability, possibly reducing the time required for researchers to reverse engineer the fix and devise exploit code.