It’s been a while since I noted any news about Phorm, the outfit that hawked a system for illicit DPI snooping in internet traffic. The Register today reports that the EU is to sue the UK over its failure to… Continue reading →
Here’s a rather good webcomic from the ever-reliable xkcd.com: Actually, it’s a very pressing concern – how does one keep track (securely) of the passwords that protect our many accounts round the web? Not quite so sure about Google, though!
Grrr… Over the last couple of years, I’ve migrated two websites from their original hosting company to the same people who are my current ISP. This was because of persistent “500 Internal Server Error” problems, always due to excessive load… Continue reading →
Image via CrunchBase I’ve been trying to overhaul my reprint collection* and bibliography, using the Mendeley Research Networks system. Access to many journals comes via Elsevier’s ScienceDirect, which has been down for most of yesterday “for scheduled maintenance”. At the… Continue reading →
Just a brief addendum to the previous posting about iTunes, iPod Touch and Rhythmbox. Since then, I’ve ended up with updating iTunes on two PCs. I intended to shift everything to the new Win7 PC (though in truth I rarely… Continue reading →
At the beginning of July, Rupert Murdoch’s press empire moved to charge for access to The Times and The Sunday Times web sites. Up to now, this has been at a charge of £1 for a day’s access, or £2… Continue reading →
So there I was, on my own with plans to get out on the bike somewhat thwarted by heavy rain showers, and very much at a loose end. So I took it upon myself to tidy up this website. I’ve… Continue reading →
The UK ISP TalkTalk was recently spotted shadowing its customers’ tracks around the internet. The excellent NoDPI.org has a comprehensive summary of why this is illegal (TalkTalk becomes StalkStalk). Interestingly the man in charge, despite claiming to have deleted all… Continue reading →
A story that surfaced in TalkTalk forums a while back, and more recently in the Phoenix Broadband Advisory Community and the No DPI forums has now come to the attention of The Register (TalkTalk turns StalkStalk to build malware blocker). … Continue reading →
The New Humanist blog is one of many web sites reporting on a fracas involving criticism via Twitter of Scientology (Welsh councillor in trouble for calling Scientology “stupid” on Twitter ). The synopsis of this story is that When Cardiff… Continue reading →
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