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Parents, be VERY worried about sending your children to school, unscrupulous IT literate students might be getting them hooked on a drug called Linux … This is both funny ( I dare you to read the letter outloud and not smile) and sad (because if peple like this really are in positions of power, the […]
Thousands of people have fallen for a fake DM (Direct Message) Email claiming to be from the micro-blogging service Twitter.com and proceeded to hand-over their passwords/usernames. I wonder if the complete muppets that fall for these scams will ever learn to READ the url’s of things before randomly clicking on them ! See more on […]
Microsoft have announced that the forthcoming Windows Server 2008 R2 release will be available ONLY in the x64 version. – leaving all users of the current release of x86 W2k8 Server (Web and Datacentre editions) with a near-immediate upgrade issue for both hardware and software. With many of the initial problems of the 64-bit version […]
Now the dream gadget every woman has been waiting for is unveiled in the form of the IronPhone.
I like gadgets – devices to perform a specific function/purpose, to make my life easier, more enjoyable, or just different. I’m not alone in this – which is why every high-street has a gadget-shop of some kind. Sadly the human brain is wired so you can only think one of: “bling” is fashionable technology is […]
I’ve recently discovered a MMRPG (Massive Multiplayer Role Paying Game) browser based and free, very reminiscent of the early sim-city type programs. This wonderful gem is called Travian, and available to play right now 😀 It’s been around for a while, with active forums, comprehensive wiki, clans (alliances) and so forth, but takes a bit […]
(or at least cause an epileptic fit) Chuck together One dark room 100 helium filled balloons 100 white LEDs Some string and servos Music by a Kraftwerk Addict This simple formula of light, sound and acrobatic bubbles by designers “Electric MoOns” is either a masterpiece, or an experiment in causing people to up-chuck – you […]
“Punchable” is how the tabloids have been describing online scammer Liam Young of OXYUK. For those that missed his entry into the Big Brother House here’s the video summary … Habitual Liar Liam Young Enters The Big Brother House And for completeness sake, here’s link to the video of the lttle bollock-sucker getting evicted from […]
Well, C4′s Big Brother series has started again, with a selection of Endemol hand-picked “characters” to represent a cross section of the UK’s up-and-coming lads and lasses … presumably some attempt by the program makers to “appeal” to a new audience, as the viewing figures continue to decline. One of the contestants (HouseMates as they’re […]
Deep in an underground bunker, mad scientist geeks are working night and afternoon (real geeks are like vampires, alergic to sunlight) on the next google launch … ANDROIDS This week the big–G registered and drop-caught a number of new domains now sitting on the G’s nameservers including… androidhandset.com androidhandsets.com androidmobile.com androidphone.com androidphones.com androidplatform.com androidsdk.com androidsoftware.com […]
Well, it’s almost the end of the year, so in every industry it’ll be Lists and Resolutions for a while now… The constant dross is on the goggle-box, designed either to make you conform, or simply to confirm that 99% of viewers are brain-dead like… 100 most unappaling songs ever 100 mind-numbing sports personalities 100 […]
#3 Serverbeach During a storm a power feed failure lead to the ServerBeach datacentre to switch onto generator power. Sadly at SB the generators didn’t cover the aircon units, just the servers. Internal temperatures quickly soared to 60+ degrees in the DC, meaning everything had to be immediately shut down to save the building catching […]
In anticipation of the major marketing machine and hype engine gearing up for next years Windows 2008 launch, MickeyMouseSoft have announced a plethora of versions and licences designed entirely to confuse you … There will be ELEVEN versions of W2k8-Server Standard 32bit Standard 64bit Standard 64bit with Hyper-V support Enterprise 32bit Enterprise 64bit Enterprise 64bit […]
Newcomer to the web2.0 scene, and quite obviously looking to cash-in on the social discussion (group-blogging) concepts is myLot. With a slightly different take on the “value of a user”, and knowing they need to play a very serious game of catchup, myLot are prepared to pay you a SMALL amount of their revenue (derived […]
Well, the RegFly issues continue, with their official response being basically … Thank you, your call is important to us, we’re hanging up on you now, as a method of improving our customer service. Goodbye. Read the full details at : ICANN Announcement 2/March
Yes, internet marketers have finally been recognised as some of the dumbest people on the planet. So in order to part a few more of them from their wallets, already largely emptied by the purchases of out-of-date SEO tricks and secrets and insider information which really condenses down to if you want to guarantee entry […]
Carbon Dioxide emissions are thought to be a contributor to the (as yet unproven) Green House Effect and something many people are worried about.Despite scientists spending half of the last 30 years trying to convince us of a 2nd Ice-Age on its way, they’re now claiming the exact opposite. We have no idea which of […]
So, since publishing the last few blog entries for the edification of the masses, we’ve seen a massive upsurge in spam, where we are getting the bounce messages, as it puports to be from us… A cursorary glance at the headers show that the spam is actually being generated by a number of exploited boxes […]
For those looking for some background material on the little slime-bag 🙂 Companies/Firms to research: Ultra Technologies Limited Dot Com Avenue (aka Dot Con Avenue / DCA) TrueHosting ExpertHosting Europeanregistry.biz and a whole slew of domains and business used to spam from http://www.lessgovernment.com/html/tharchive/monument/avoid_true_hosting_at_all_cost8.htm http://www.dotconavenue.com http://www.theregister.com/2004/11/29/uk_spammer_goes_awol/ And if you can get it from Google Cache as […]
