Tag: news
Tom Tom Never Warned You
All is not rosy with satellite navigation systems in the UK. As reported in the Metro this past Sunday, drivers are paying too much attention to their satnav systems and not enough to road ahead. In Exton (near Winchester in Hampshire) authorities have decided to warn drivers of the danger! Specifically, it seems The lane […]
Posted: February 21st, 2007 under General.
Tags: news
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Have you changed your router password?
BBC News reports that 50% of home users have NOT changed the default passwords on their router administrative privileges. Researchers from the University of Indiana and security firm Symantec created an attack that surreptitiously redirects a user to nefarious sites once they have visited a booby-trapped webpage. The attack works by re-writing the address book […]
Posted: February 16th, 2007 under General.
Tags: bad_guys, bbc, home_network, news, security_threat
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Another Technologic & Cultural Milestone
Wired News is reporting today that the world’s oldest newspaper, Sweden’s Post-och Inrikes Tidningar (started by Queen Kristina in 1645), will no longer be printed on paper rather it will be on-line only! In case you speak Swedish, here is the link to the world’s oldest newspaper, only available here.
Posted: February 7th, 2007 under General.
Tags: news, Wired_magazine, wired_news
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