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Obscurity security vulnerability 19 Aug 2013 | 09:11 pm
I’ve discussed steganography before on the Sciencetext blog. It’s a form of security through obscurity – steganos comes from the Greek meaning covered writing. It is used as a way to hide a message so...
Wibki – social bookmarking for the tablet generation 1 Aug 2013 | 12:30 pm
Social bookmarking? Surely not, you’re thinking…we had that with StumbleUpon, delicious and reddit etc for years. Ah, but wait a minute, this is new…Wibki isn’t just about storing boookmarks and letti...
ZenMate – Virtual Private Networking extension for Chrome 30 Jul 2013 | 12:07 pm
ZenMate Chrome is an easy to install VPN, encrypted and secure connection for home, hotel, hospital or other public Wi-Fi. Protects your privacy while browsing, precludes sniffing, tracking or wiretap...
R2B2 hacks your phone PIN 24 Jul 2013 | 10:49 pm
You somehow imagine that your smartphone is safe from anyone trying to break in by guessing your PIN, that’s a lot of tries, after all. But, what if someone builds a robot to try every possible PIN? ...
Copy cloud an alternative to DropBox and Wuala 16 Jul 2013 | 01:43 pm
Copy is a new cloud storage/syncing/backup service offered as an alternative to the likes of DropBox and Wuala. According to Documentally, it’s available on iOS, Android, Mac, Windows and Linux. It wa...
Finding online work-life balance 15 Jul 2013 | 11:00 pm
There have always been skivers in every trade. Those who don’t pull their weight. The dead wood. At least that’s how management commonly sees it. The employees’ perspective might not see the water coo...
Delivery doubles up on air miles 11 Jul 2013 | 12:40 pm
My laptop is on its last legs and as it’s an essential tool of the trade I’ve been forced to order a new one. Inevitably, the company has given me a delivery day but says it cannot guarantee a deliver...
#rant hashtag rant 25 Jun 2013 | 12:36 pm
I know almost everyone takes photos of their food and publishes them online, but what I want to know is why. That delicious plate of Venezuelan couscous and Jaffa Cakes with a wild raspberry coulis an...
Firefox addon warns you about PRISM 15 Jun 2013 | 02:20 pm
A new Firefox add-on, called “Dark side of the Prism“, has been designed to warn Internet users who have installed it automatically when they visit websites of companies linked to the government surve...
Another dose of bizarre twitter bios 14 Jun 2013 | 07:50 pm
Once you have more than your significant other and half a dozen workmates and friends following you on twitter you will probably start to notice some of the sillier people on the social network begin ...
