Monthly Archives: December 2005

Grid Discovers Huge Prime Number

Posted on 29 December 2005 by james

The largest known prime number, a 9.1 million-digit figure, has been found using a grid of computers by researchers at Central Missouri State University. It took all 70,000 computers 10 months to make this find. I read the story at … Continue reading →

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Google Store

Posted on 11 December 2005 by james

I’ve just stumbled across Google Store — actually not so much stumbled — I followed a link from Blogger, another Google service. Some of the things on sale are quite amusing — anyone fancy Google Goo or Google Arm Warmers? … Continue reading →

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Securing your Wireless Network

Posted on 9 December 2005 by james

The Wi-Fi Alliance (www.wi-fi.org) is a global, non-profit industry trade association with more than 200 member companies devoted to promoting the growth of wireless Local Area Networks. If you’re new to wireless security then check out their pages on Securing … Continue reading →

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High Security Password Generator

Posted on 1 December 2005 by james

If you want to generate a random password I recommend you check out Steve Gibson’s Ultra High Security Password Generator. As with everything at GRC – Steve’s done it properly. The page automatically connects via SSL (i.e. it uses https, … Continue reading →

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