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IPad 2 – Is it for you?
Thursday, 28 April 2011 10:02

ipad2There are a few of shortcomings that make me say yes and no.

It depends on what you are looking for Laughing

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Do you use the same password for everything?
Friday, 08 April 2011 16:21

keyWell there's bad news and good news.

By now you should know that passwords can be stolen and used by the bad guys. As the recent  RSA attack and Gawker Hacks showed, you don't even have to be particulary careless yourself, it can be the web site you deal with or any one of a thousand drive by exploits, phishing scams or whatever.

This really only matters a lot if you use the same password for multiple uses. But you know you shouldn't do this but how else can you remember them all?

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Photocopiers a Security Risk?
Friday, 08 April 2011 14:44

photocopier_glassThis should put fear in your heart! it seems that "Nearly every digital photocopier sold since 2002 stores images of whatever it copies on an internal hard drive".

Check it out here or here.

My thanks to Peter Taylor for drawing this to my attention

 
Have you got a web site?
Sunday, 20 June 2010 07:16
v6actnow_logoIf so there is a question you need to ask but first some background.

You may have heard that the Internet is running out of addresses. This is rather like the telephone company running out of phone numbers and just as serious. Twenty years ago nobody would have anticipated that this could happen and it is a tribute to the success of the Internet and its pervasiveness.

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Extending WiFi Networks - Wirelessly
Thursday, 04 March 2010 13:19
linksys wrt54glOur house has dead spots which have been difficult to sort out and I have tried various techniques to get good access. Running cables around is difficult due to the two story construction and herself's, not unreasonable, objection to wires running in visible locations.
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