Archive for the ‘wtf?’ Category
Real or fake? I’m hoping it’s fake – creepy stuff indeed.
I’ve just been using my favourite URL shortener, bit.ly, and something funny seems to be going on with the service..
It seems to have quickly switched to being resolved to j.mp! And then the site goes down for a short while – I’m guessing the creators of bit.ly realised the error. After a short time, [...]
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?
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 [...]
That’s the conclusion I came to, after finding an article on silicon.com. In an interview with Detective superintendent Charlie McMurdie, the police force in the UK are looking to create some kind of magical device that can be used like a "computer breathalyser."
The device would look on somebody’s PC for any illegal activity, such [...]
Rather than sort out their own house, Microsoft in typical and historical style, have decided to explain why their take on "Web Standards" is correct and everyone else should listen and understand their point of view..
Written by Molly Holzschlag using Microsoft’s new apparently open source (with bitter after taste) Oxite, Microsoft’s new blogging platform explains [...]
October 7th, 2008
UK Could Lose Rights To Tech Privacy – What You Can Do To Protect Yours
Comments, Tutorial, wtf?, by Paul Godden.£1 Billion has already been ploughed into a monitoring system in the UK that could make every user of technology in the country a target for Big Brother.
The system, based in a building in Benhall, and reported by TechSnake in July, is being funded to intercept all email, SMS and internet traffic to the tune [...]
I don’t know if you’ve ever owned any EA games, and I don’t know if you’ve ever needed their support with them – but trust me, don’t bother because you are going to get nowhere fast with the support team.
I have been a long time owner of EA Sports and Electronic Arts games generally for [...]