Even Apple changed its method of reporting iPhone sales recently, leaving many analysts scratching their heads about how to make financial projections.
Justice Minister David Ford has written to the Justice Committee to outline what progress has been made in finding "an effective and less intrusive method other than full-body searching for prisoners leaving and entering prison".
While Microsoft has closed the door on one method used by pirates to get as copy of Windows for free (leaving us to pick up the bill by keeping prices higher than they need to be), it seems that anther door was left open.