17 Dec
2009

A distinct disinterest

What is it with the state of security that i’m seeing around me? People are using weak passwords, or the same password for everything, and not only that. The people who are supposed to be responsible for security do not discourage or prohibit the use of such passwords. Hell, weak passwords are sometimes even encouraged. […]

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3 Dec
2009

Hackerspace “Forskningsavdelningen” raided in Malmö, Sweden

Forskningsavdelningen means “Research Department” in English. A Swedish hackerspace, located in the south-western part of Sweden in Malmö, was raided recently. The reason for the raid was said to be an un-licenced party being held at the premise, and suspicion of alcohol being served to minors. Nothing strange here, the laws on alcohol are usually […]

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29 Nov
2009

Playground of the Giants

I’ve been giving megacorporations a whole lot of thought lately. In this article, i’ll be looking at three of them: Microsoft, Google and Apple. First, let’s delve in to the big G, Google. Google is a verb. How many companies have ever become a verb? “Google that.”. There’s a whole lot of buzz around Google, […]

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22 Nov
2009

Expiring veterans/money

This is just a bit of news i picked up elsewhere, it’s probably in all the major news outlets here, so i won’t bother with sources. Check any magazine. There’s 87 million euros (that’s like a kazillion u.s. dollars) of money that’s been collected by different organisations to benefit the veterans of our wars. There […]

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18 Nov
2009

Xbox 171109 Update

Microsoft seeded the the Fall update to their Xbox 360 gaming console. The update was significant in that it finally offers the possibility to “rent” movies from the Zune store (i guess in the US they have like Netflicks or whatever as well?). So naturally, i was a bit excited. One could even say anxious, […]

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5 Nov
2009

Nuevos Hardwareos

A client was generous enough to donate me an old laptop to play with. It’s a Compaq EVO N610C. You may remember if from about 8 years ago, or so? It’s got that silver wlan antenna thingy behind the screen? Yeah. That one. Anyway, it’s a nice piece of work despite being old. It’s a […]

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