Some slightly related from Technorati and Google.
[Daily Best Articles from Web Design to Home Services & Much More] Aviation Instruments Encrypt Engine-Monitor Data: kitplane01 writes "Airplanes engines need to always work, and are monitored by engine monitors. JP Instruments' engine-monitor units have begun to encrypt the data output of its monitors so it can't be read by third-party software. Whether this is to protect itself liability-wise or to discourage competitors is unclear. It seems the company is working on a fix, which may require a fee from users to translate the file format."
[Land and Hold Short] JPI Slashdotted: JP Instruments sells a line of engine monitors that is popular among owners (at least, owners who spend more on their planes than I do). Engine monitors help you to find problems before they get serious, by detecting (say) an unusually high temperature in one cylinder hours before it actually fails — that’s important for safety, of course (think single-engine plane over mountains in IMC), but also also for the pocketbook, since engine maintenance and overhauls are one of the most expensive parts of flying.
[Weblog.sinteur.com] the Daily Irrelevant » Blog Archive » Engine Monitor Data Change ...: In the days of Internet forums, companies have to be careful about riling their customers — those customers are likely to start chatting online, find other disgruntleds and build a crescendo of bad feeling. That seems to be what’s happening with some users of JP Instruments’ (JPI’s) engine-monitor units. JPI has encoded the data output of its monitors so it can’t be read by third-party software that owners would use to collect parameters and monitor the condition of their engines. Whether this is to protect itself liability-wise or to discourage competitors is unclear, but it has certainly made some customers unhappy.
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[Megginson.com] Land and Hold Short: JP Instruments sells a line of engine monitors that is popular among owners (at least, owners who spend more on their planes than I do). Engine monitors help you to find problems before they get serious, by detecting (say) an unusually high temperature in one cylinder hours before it actually fails — that’s important for safety, of course (think single-engine plane over mountains in IMC), but also also for the pocketbook, since engine maintenance and overhauls are one of the most expensive parts of flying.
[Yro.slashdot.org] Slashdot: News for nerds, stuff that matters: Thomas Hawk writes "HP has recently been making the rounds promoting their new company blogging efforts. Nora Denzel, HP's senior vice president and general manager of HP's Adaptive Enterprise and Software Global Business Unit has started a podcast and a number of new bloggers including David Gee, the head of worldwide marketing for HP's management software business, have also started company blogs. So imagine my surprise when I tried to legitimately leave a comment critical of HP at David Gee's HP blog and had my comment quickly erased and my HP passport (required to leave comments) revoked. Is it one-sided blogging to only let people say positive things about your company on your blog?" Update: 05/07 04:24 GMT by Z : Indeed, "Update: It would appear that David Gee has changed his mind and hasreinstated my comment along with a comment from him saying he would passthe feedback along.
Reflected tags on Technorati: Blog, Encryption, Global Security Watch