On IM's and data snooping

Posted on Tue 12 February 2008 in geek

Lee noticed I haven't been "on-line" for ages. What actually has happened is that I stopped using my various Yahoo IM accounts as they kept getting spammed every time I logged on. My MSN/Hotmail account seems to have died a while ago and the password I used to use …


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Mobile hacking and job hunting

Posted on Thu 07 February 2008 in geek

I'm taking a break from trying to get this Mac to talk to the Internet via my phone. Considering how easy it was to get the company VPN connection set-up I'm a little disappointed by the uncharacteristic kludge of mobile 'net. To be fair the Bluetooth pairing went very smoothly …


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Only Google...

Posted on Fri 01 February 2008 in geek

Only Google could disappoint investors with a 17% rise in profits over the last quarter. Considering many companies are going to find this year a tricky on to actually make money you could think the market is being a little harsh. It was interesting that the next story I saw …


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Dropping Off Google

Posted on Thu 10 January 2008 in geek

My parents where a little concerned to find their company website had dropped of Google's search index. In fact the mirror copy on this server (which curiously isn't linked to from anywhere) turned up higher in the search index. In fact searching using the site: keyword shows no results (which …


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Going Mobile

Posted on Tue 08 January 2008 in geek • Tagged with cod4, data, google, ps3

I spent bits of yesterday getting final meter readings in and cancelling my Sky account. The rest of it was taken up with a fair amount of cursing at Call of Duty 4 as I struggled my way through act 3. Having the rest of the household point out the …


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