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Have you been following this fascinating series on BBC 2? It examines some of the social and cultural repercussions of one of mankind’s greatest achievements – and it’s not all good! Today, I find it quite impossible to imagine life without The Internet...
This amazing free report by Imperva presents an analysis of over 32 million compromised user passwords, obtained in the Rockyou.com breach . The report lists the top 20 passwords used, and here they are: Is your password in the list? If so, I’d consider...
So many people buy the very cheapest add-ons for their computer, or just buy the first thing they see on the shelves. Let me tell you, there is a lot of nasty rubbish out there. It all looks good in the box, but when you get it home and plug it in, things...
I’ve always jokingly said that my favourite computer game is Microsoft Office. Well, I think Microsoft must have heard me, because now, you can play Ribbon Hero and have fun while you learn how to become an Office power user. They say that if you find...
As a geek, it’s hard to avoid getting into conversations that end up in religious wars about which technology is best. The Sinclair ZX-Spectrum has 48K of RAM and a Z80 processor! Ah yes, but the BBC Micro has a real keyboard and polyphonic sound generator...
So what is Google Wave and what’s all the fuss? Well, you really have to try it, but it is a mashup of email, instant messaging, blogging, document sharing and collaboration. It has the potential to really shake up the established order and create...
Today I have 30 more Google Wave invitations to give away. There are no strings attached, just send me a private message by whatever method you choose, and you can have your invitation. It would be nice if you linked to my blog or mentioned me in a tweet...
This is where I find out who’s reading my blog… I have some Google Wave invitations to give away. If you’d like one, please email me directly, with “Google Wave” in the subject line. I only have a few, so if I don’t...
Installation: Ode to IT Men Everywhere Picked this up on Twitter from @MSWindows, it is very cool, sort of in the style of ‘ Flight of the Conchords ’ ( Spotify ). Shame about the lip-sync. There is a serious side to this. It’s called “Viral Marketing...
Those cunning Japanese have figured out a great way to commemorate Windows 7 General Availability: The Windows 7 Whopper! Share this post: | | |
Now that SSDs (Solid State Disks) are very nearly mainstream, some useful reviews and papers are starting to appear. I found an excellent resource created by AnandTech where they’ve analysed, prodded and poked many different makes of and come up...
I’ve run into a problem in Windows 7 RC where the ‘All Programs’ menu goes completely blank, making it a pain to access installed programs. The search feature still works and programs can be accessed that way. This happens when there are more than about...
Hmmm, I was using Facebook today responding to a ‘relative request’ when suddenly up pops this: Nice one Facebook. Fail ! If you see a dialogue like this one, do not click it! It is bogus, it takes you to a web page that makes up bogus malware infections...
That’s Google’s motto, the standard that they’re supposed to live by. In some ways, they do live up to it, but in some very important ways, they fail utterly. I’m fed up seeing things like this when I try to reset IE to factory defaults: Google , if the...
A sysadmin unpacked the server for this website from its box, installed an operating system, patched it for security, made sure the power and air conditioning was working in the server room, monitored it for stability, set up the software, and kept backups...
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