Archive for November, 2007
HP to stop building digital cameras News
HP to stop building digital cameras News – PC Advisor: “HP yesterday announced that it is to stop manufacturing, distributing and designing digital cameras, in order to concentrate more on its home photo printing and online photo services.”
Why You Can’t Get Your Hands on a Wii
Why You Can’t Get Your Hands on a Wii: “The Nintendo console’s broad appeal — and a maxed-out supply chain that can’t be ramped up to meet holiday demands — is making it almost impossible to snag a Wii at normal retail outlets.” Tell me about it…
Now That’s What I Call Personal Data 25 million!
Now That’s What I Call Personal Data 25 million
Smart Smoke Detector Means No More False Alarms
“The next generation of smoke detectors could distinguish between the smell of overdone toast and your house burning down”. I so need this.
ID profiles worth far more than credit card details to crooks
“Gunter Ollmann, a security researcher in the ISS security division of IBM, discovered that a list of 2,000 credit card details (including CVV2 codes and magstripe data) is worth about the same as 40 standard identities (ie name, address, phone number, social security number, and date of birth).” Read more…
A parents’ guide to the HMRC data giveaway
“If you are a recipient of child benefit in the UK, the chances are your records and bank details were included in one of the two CDs that Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has lost.” Read more…
Depeche Mode’s ‘Just Can’t Get Enough’ by Alex Leopard
Depeche Mode fan uses Leopard’s voice feature to make a cool tech/music video.
How To View Your Google Calendar In Outlook 2007
I’ve been looking for this since I started using Google Calendar, and now with Office 2007 you can easily view your Google calendar in Outlook. Outlook calls it an Internet Calendar, and uses the iCal link in your Google Calendar Settings. Log on to your Google Calendar account. In the left column, under Calendars, click [...]
Kindle: Amazon’s New Wireless Reading Device
Amazon is looking to bring reading to the next level, with the Kindle. It’s a “wireless reading device”, capable of downloading fresh content from the web using EVDO push technology. You don’t need a computer, there’s no syncing up data, and the battery is replaceable. It’s black and white, but then so are most books [...]
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Can I have a cheeseburger?