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Twitter finally gains academic approval »
Posted by: happygeek 15 hours, 10 minutes ago in News
So you think Twitter is just a 140 character waste of time? Maybe you should think again, universities in Australia and the UK have.
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IE 6 and 7 hit by hack attack code »
Posted by: happygeek 16 hours, 32 minutes ago in Science & Technology
If like some 40% or so of Internet users you are still using Internet Explorer 6 or 7, now might be a good time to ...
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Apple voids Mac warranties for smokers, claims hardware is biohazard »
Posted by: happygeek 17 hours, 24 minutes ago in News
This has to be the most bizarre excuse for voiding a warranty ever, but according to The Consumerist at least two Mac owners have been ...
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Confickers first birthday: how a year of havoc unfolded »
Posted by: happygeek 2 days, 9 hours ago in Science & Technology
21 November marks exactly a year since the Conficker worm was unleashed upon an unsuspecting world - and what a year it has been with an ...
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OMG! Gumblar gets busy »
Posted by: happygeek 3 days, 17 hours ago in Science & Technology
I just had a Jaws moment. You know, you think it is safe to go back in the water and then a bloody great shark ...
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Breakthrough heralds new era of cognitive computing »
Posted by: happygeek 3 days, 17 hours ago in Science & Technology
I can't say I have ever heard of ***** power being used as a driver for advanced chip technology development, but that's precisely what ...
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Introducing the Linux OAPC (Old Age Personal Computer) »
Posted by: happygeek 4 days, 15 hours ago in Health & Fitness
What do you get if you combine a computer company with a group of Vegans and someone who used to present a popular children's ...
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World Toilet Day - there's an app for that »
Posted by: happygeek 4 days, 17 hours ago in News
Rather surprisingly, tomorrow is World Toilet Day. Once you’ve stopped giggling there is a serious reason behind this: 40% of the world’s population ...
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Is prostitution more enjoyable than programming? »
Posted by: happygeek 6 days, 15 hours ago in News
Dr Magnanti is a developmental neurotoxicology and cancer epidemiology specialist, and turned to prostitution in 2003 when she was having money troubles during the final ...
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Are you a typical Twitter user? »
Posted by: happygeek 6 days, 16 hours ago in Science & Technology
Having been a member of Twitter (@happygeek) since Feb 2007 I'm not convinced there is a such a thing as a typical Twitter user ...
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How to destroy a botnet »
Posted by: happygeek 1 week, 1 day ago in Science & Technology
Wouldn't it be fun if you could take down, knock over and destroy a botnet? The good news is that it seems you can ...
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DDoS for sale »
Posted by: happygeek 1 week, 3 days ago in Science & Technology
the growth of DDoS as a service, whereby cybercriminals offer botnets capable of launching such attacks to the highest bidder is the biggest worry. "These ...
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Warning: iPhone exploit in the wild and stealing user data »
Posted by: happygeek 1 week, 3 days ago in Science & Technology
A new exploit is taking advantage of the same vulnerability that the ikee worm did, the often unchanged default SSH password of Jailbroken iPhones - but ...
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Programming Google »
Posted by: happygeek 1 week, 3 days ago in Science & Technology
First Google expressed an interest in the web browser client market, and then the operating system market and now it has launched its own open ...
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Why Microsoft was wrong to silence Bing cashback whistleblower »
Posted by: happygeek 1 week, 4 days ago in News
If someone spots a potentially costly security hole in your product would you say thanks and fix it, or send in the lawyers? Microsoft opted ...
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