Monthly Archives: October 2010
trickle treat (definition)
trickle treat \ trickle treat \ verb: When Halloween lollies are only handed out a little bit at a time.
links for 2010-10-29
Slyck News – Who Supports COICA – A Look Inside This Dangerous Anti … There's a new bill being pushed hard in the halls of Congress. It's called the Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act (COICA), and it already has … Continue reading
links for 2010-10-27
Spy fears as Chinese firm eyes NBN deal SECURITY experts are alarmed that a company with links to the Chinese military is bidding to supply equipment to the national broadband network, warning that the equipment could be used to spy … Continue reading
links for 2010-10-26
IT sector? Australia doesn’t need it, claims Reserve Bank Reserve Bank Governor Glenn Stevens has waded into the debate about whether Australia needs a strong home-grown IT sector, claiming the nation hasn’t been disadvantaged by failing to grow one since … Continue reading
links for 2010-10-25
HTTPS Everywhere | Electronic Frontier Foundation HTTPS Everywhere is a Firefox extension produced as a collaboration between The Tor Project and the Electronic Frontier Foundation. It encrypts your communications with a number of major websites. (tags: HTTPS Firefox extension EFF … Continue reading
links for 2010-10-22
Silence of the dissenters: How south-east Asia keeps web users in line Governments across south-east Asia are following China's authoritarian censorship of the digital world to keep political dissent in check, the Guardian can reveal. Vietnam, Burma, Thailand, Cambodia and … Continue reading
links for 2010-10-21
NBN: Viable or Not? There has been a lot of bellyaching of late about whether or not the National Broadband Network (NBN) will be a viable proposition or not. Certainly, the purported cost of $43b is a lot of money, … Continue reading
links for 2010-10-18
Robot arm punches human to obey Asimov's rules – tech – 13 October 2010 – New Scientist ISAAC ASIMOV would probably have been horrified at the experiments under way in a robotics lab in Slovenia. There, a powerful robot has … Continue reading
links for 2010-10-17
Default Password List Default passwords for may routers, network devices and other things. (tags: default password network) How I’d Hack Your Weak Passwords If you invited me to try and crack your password, you know the one that you use … Continue reading
Rent this studio, comes with man peeing
When taking photos to advertise your rental property, remember to think about what the other people in the shot are doing (or look like they are doing). It is good to know that all facilities work, but we don’t need … Continue reading