Well done Twitter.
I like it.
Forbes Now: Twitter Improves Encryption Against NSA And Other Snoops. http://google.com/newsstand/s/CBIwzuSJww4
Monday, November 25, 2013
Hey NSA, Tweet THIS!!
Hack this, hack that, Now hack the car!!!
Years ago my friends & I used to play around & strip this of the cars, attatch that and generally just played with mechanics.
I remember once a bloke that lived over the back fence in Currie, swap out a auto gearbox for a manual 3 speed box in his old LJ Torana. Trouble was, how was he going to work the gearshift lever. What he finished up doing was simple & effective. He just cut a hole in the side of the hump in the floor, & for a few days, just stuck his hand through the floor. Later he attached a stick on each gear shift arm on the side of the gearbox.
When they started computerising cars & trucks, I used to ( & I still do), real crook.
Now have a guess whats comin.....
Lifehacker Australia: How You Can Hack Your Car With Ford SYNC AppLink [Video] http://google.com/newsstand/s/CBIws7Su5A4
Thursday, November 07, 2013
Bitcoin, extends it's reach in Holland.
Bitcoin is slowly, but surely, extending it'd reach in the world.
Question is, will it become a viable form of world-wide monetary currency exchange??
Sunday, November 03, 2013
Now this is investing!!
Ever put something aside, with the intension of then forgetting it, so you have it later when you really need it?
I don't know about you, but I can never forget about it.
But this bloke forgot about his bitcoins, & now look.
Saturday, June 22, 2013
They listened, Microsoft relaxes restriction to Xbox One.
As of today you can say "Unite and Conquer".
After Xbox gamers made a united planet-wide & I'm assuming, emotional, complaint to Microsoft, the Xbox division have decided to relax alot their hardline on DRM with their new Xbox One.
Don Mattrick, President, Interactive Entertainment Business announced on their blog, to kill the requirment for a 24 hour connection. There is still a need for an initial system setup connection, & I would assume that there will be the need for system updates at various stages.
The blog announcement also mentions their policy on the aquisition of games for the Xbox one, will remain as it is today with the Xbox 360.
I found it rather enlightening that one sentence toward the end of the post actually said " We appreciate your passion, support and willingness to challenge the assumptions of digital licensing and connectivity."
Is this Microsoft's way of asking if they can come back in out of the cold.
To get the latest on the Xbox in general go to news blogsite
Sunday, May 12, 2013
Nasa sites reliability as cause for 'Windows XP' demise over Linux.
Reason, stability and security. 'Debian 6' would have a much small chance of infection over the aging 'Windows XP'. Linux is also the OS of choice amoung the scientific community.
Extreme Tech has a story on it. If you have a look at the photo there is already a little Linux penguin sitting on a solar panel.
Sunday, April 14, 2013
CISPA, is it the SOPA on steroids??
SOPA, PIPA & now we're back to CISPA.
What is CISPA?
It's the "Cyber Intelligence Sharing & Protection Act". It is a U.S. law only, but once implemented, other govt's around the globe are sure to implement their own variation. It allows private firms to go round existing privacy laws, & collect data(e.g. E-Mail, txt msg's, any of your data stored in the cloud) & be delivered to the US Govt., all without any judicial oversite.
As Australia is laying it's own 'fibre' network this sort of law will pass alot easier, as it will be a Govt. Asset.
Zdnet has a good FAQ on the subject.
A must read for anyone if you have a interest in SOPA, PIPA OR CISPA
Anti trust against Android. Could it reach further than the Tech World???
A group called Fairsearch Europe, has filed an anti trust complaint at Google, saying it is unfairly giving the Android O/S for free.
We see alot of promotions where not just software, but services & products are sold far below cost, or free.
This BGR storyis interesting.
Monday, April 08, 2013
Aussie Galaxy S4 to get SnapDragon
Samsung Australia has signalled that the Aussie release of the Samsung Galaxy S4, will have the Quadcore Snapdragon processor from Qualcom.
There was some speculation that we'd get Samsung's own octocore Exynos.
Is the decision not to, influenced by the power drain on the battery, being too much from a LTE based, octocore machine???
Cnet Aust. has the gos on it
Saturday, April 06, 2013
Curiosity to have a month of silence
Are you the Europian Mafia??
If your driving a Volvo, just make sure you don't park next to another one. As you will see in this report, you could be mistaken for the Mafia!!
Swedes arrested in Switzerland for driving Volvos | Sveriges Radio Mobil
Monday, April 01, 2013
Wrist-watch or phone, that will be the question!!!
Friday, March 29, 2013
iPhone found to be more ‘vulnerable’ than Android smartphones - Yahoo! News
Yahoo News is running a story saying the the I-Phone maybe more vulnerable than Android,
or most of the other smart phones
WHAT. Can it be??
No. Surley not!! But, now-a-day's you never know. It's a bit like when I hear officials say that a system is secure from hacks, or "can't be hacked".
Everyone & everything has a weakness.
One of the I-Phone's greatest attraction to the hacker, is that Apple give the impression that (while not actually saying it), it's product is totally secure.
A good site to have a look at, to see what vulnerabilities have been ADMITTED to have been found (as oppossed to what is been kept quiet about), is at The ultilmate security vulnerability datasource, not just for Apple, but all other products, Android as well.