Monthly Archives: August 2008

Protected: Answers or more Lies?

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Three ( 3 ) mobile broadband in Horncastle, Lincolnshire

I’ve been looking at getting a mobile broadband dongle for some time, and a friend recently purchased a T-Mobile version, but unfortunately it has no coverage in Horncastle, Lincolnshire. Research has shown that of all the mobile networks, 3 or Three has the best coverage for this area, so I’ve decided I’m going to order [...]

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Protected: Should I have left well enough alone?

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Belkin F5D7010 and F5D7130 don’t like wireless WPA?

The Belkin F5D7010 is a PCMCIA card that enables a laptop to connect to wireless networks. Unfortunately it would seem that only insecure (using WEP) or totally insecure wireless routers, as it doesn’t like WPA? The Belkin website states it does though, or at least should according to the WPA addedum that they pointed me [...]

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Protected: Looking back, and remembering good times

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‘Fake’ Anti virus and Anti malware step by step guide

On Wednesday I wrote a post about an exploit that was being used to takeover a users clipboard, so that whenever you tried to copy and paste, it inserted a malicious website address, taking you to a fake anti virus, anti malware, anti spyware site. The Register has done a step by step, on what [...]

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Larger Tesco store in Horncastle?

It seems that Tesco is wanting a larger store in Horncastle, and this is worrying a few people, although I can’t for the life of me find much news about this, aside from some letters to the editor of our local newspaper. This is shaping up to be the same sort of argument as Horncastle [...]

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eBay raising fees yet again

I wonder sometimes whether eBay is determined to destroy the very business model that has seen it rise to where it is. While people may laugh and mock about it, calling it a market for tat (or FleaBay), it gives a decent outlet for people to sell small and unwanted goods.

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Flash adverts lead to hijack exploit

Sigh - it seems that surfing even big safe sites, is no longer safe. Reports abound of major sites such as Newsweek, MSNBC, Digg hosting flash based adverts that are booby trapped to take over your clipboard.

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Happy Birthday ickle sis!!!

Pink just for you and have taken a screenshot so you can prove it!

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