Archive for March, 2009

last.fm Looking To Make Some Money

March 25, 2009

If you’re unlucky enough to live outside of the UK, the US or Germany, then you will notice that the free use of last.fm to stream music has been taken away. A move that in keeping with the current economic climate, and the acquisition of last.fm by CBS, means that users outside of the 3 [...]

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Printer Ink More Expensive Than Human Blood!

March 23, 2009

A quick post, with a link to a bar chart (don’t we all love bar charts?) with various liquids listed, and their price per ml. Top of the list is HP, just above blood! Does this mean that HP are a secret society of vampires, or do I have problems interpreting graphs?

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The BBC Hack 22,000 Computers For A TV Show

March 12, 2009

The BBC demonstrated that by acquiring some software from chatrooms on the internet, they were able to set up their own botnet and take control of 22,000 user’s PCs. Apparently the BBC are voicing that as this was not done with "criminal intent" it’s not illegal – and that no personal information was obtained from [...]

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The Incredible Hulk Uses Computers!

March 4, 2009

No, I thought it odd too – until I caught this old advert of a Tandy 1000, with Bill Bixby himself touting the advantages of a Tandy over a PC! Of course Bill didn’t know how well the PC was going to do, so we can’t really blame him. In fact we should really make [...]

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