Weird Tech: Wooden car faster than a Porsche
This week heralded the arrival of the world’s first wooden supercar. And with a staggering top speed of 240mph, it makes the Porsche and Lamborghini look decidedly pedestrian.
Made from a combination of maple, plywood and MDF, the Splinter weighs in at just 1,134kg - that’s some 240kg less than the super lightweight Porsche - and houses a 4.6 litre V8 petrol engine. No word on price yet, but expect to see the very cool Splinter out and about soon.
Over at Microsoft, the company found itself into a spot of bother recently after refusing to credit a hacker who found a flaw in Microsoft Office 2003. Microsoft made the controversial decision based upon the hacker’s chosen name, Chujwamwdupe (those of you who speak Polish will see why).
Highly irritated, the hacker consequently published the attack code online. For many this won’t pose a problem, as the bug had recently been patched - but it’ll be some time before all Microsoft’s customers install the update.
tech.co.uk