Wifi Driving Me Mad

Blasted signal is dropping every two seconds. Don't know why, but it is bugging me. Coupled with everything else, this is the Monday of nightmares. … [Read more...]

The Great British Blunder

You probably heard the news this week about the loss of data concerning 25 million UK citizens.The data included names, addresses, and bank details. For those specializing in identity theft, it must be something of a dream come true. However, for the victims, it may well be the start of a … [Read more...]

Bulletproof Iphone?

I actually managed to hold an Iphone yesterday. One of my lawyer students managed to bring one over from the US, and with the help of Internet sourced hacks, she managed to get it to work in Italy.I could not see this marvel of modern technology in action, so to speak, because the battery was … [Read more...]

Odd code in spam email.

I got this odd spam today. The odd thing is the '3D's that are used in the code. The link at the bottom is strange too. What is '.c=om' ? Here is the message code: <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD><META … [Read more...]

Will anyone ever come up with an alternative to Microsoft’s operating system?

Recently, I have been hearing more stories of woe in connection with Microsoft Vista. Only this time, they have not just been gripes about five-year old printers not working. Instead, Vista's lock-down security seems to be stopping programs from running. Now, I do not know which programs are … [Read more...]