Monthly Archives: August 2007

Data potty

Posted on 12 August 2007 by james

How’s this for an outdoor connectivity solution! At Chaos Communication Camp 2007 hackers get their bandwidth fix via 16 “data potties” and two and a half miles of fibre cable. Full story at Wired.

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How botherders make money

Posted on 11 August 2007 by james

Security blog www.security-watchdog.co.uk has a great video showing the types of adware and spyware that botherders seek to install on your PC. In the video David Marcus from McAffee shows how a system can be infected by half a dozen … Continue reading →

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Steve displays more Jedi mind stuff

Posted on 8 August 2007 by james

You got to admire the guy; he’s good at what he does. Here’s yesterday’s Apple Special Event.

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Thought provoking acronym and logo

Posted on 6 August 2007 by james

Is it just me, or is anyone else amused by the acronym and logo used for the 7th Thailand Open Source Software Festival?

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Another alternative to running Windows on a Mac

Posted on 5 August 2007 by james

Boot Camp and Parallels are two ways of running Windows (and other OSs) on an Intel Mac. Now, there’s a third way, Fusion, from VMWare. It’s currently available as a free Beta download. There’s also an option to purchase a … Continue reading →

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PayPal introduces OTP dongle in US, Germany and Australia

Posted on 3 August 2007 by james

If you have a US, German or Australian PayPal account you can sign up for a PayPal Security Key. This additional layer of security means that you have to ‘know’ something (your password) and ‘have’ something (the dongle). The dongle … Continue reading →

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