Archive for April, 2007
Two cautioned over wi-fi ‘theft’
From the BBC: “Two people have been cautioned for using people’s wi-fi broadband internet connections without permission. Neighbours in Redditch, Worcestershire, contacted police on Saturday after seeing a man inside a car using a laptop while parked outside a house. He was arrested and cautioned. A woman was arrested in similar circumstances in the town [...]
Google Buys DoubleClick for $3.1 Billion
“Google reached an agreement today to acquire DoubleClick, the online advertising company, from two private equity firms for $3.1 billion in cash, the companies announced, an amount that was almost double the $1.65 billion in stock that Google paid for YouTube late last year.”
PC Woes
Late in the afternoon last Wednesday (4th April) my PC started acting strangely. The monitor kept going into power-saving mode while I was using it, and when it woke up again some of the icons were missing in the System Tray and Quick Launch bar. I decided a reboot was in order, but it took [...]
Jaiku
Twitter is so March 2007…
Handy Password Checker
Microsoft has a handy password checker available where you can test the strength of your passwords. If you have trouble creating passwords, have a look at their advice on how to create strong passwords. Make sure to change your passwords regularly, and don’t use the same username/password combination in more than one place. If you [...]
Thoughts on Twitter
I mentioned Twitter before and didn’t really give a specific preference for or against it, but now I’ve played with it for a couple of weeks I’m in agreement with Liz Lawley, who has shared her thoughts on twitter. Have a read, sign up for Twitter, add me as a friend and let me know [...]
Ficlets
Are you a writer of fiction? Do you struggle writing complete novels? Would you like to work collaboratively with other writers? Ficlets: “A ficlet is a short story that enables you to collaborate with the world. Once you’ve written and shared your ficlet, any other user can pick up the narrative thread by adding a [...]