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Rovnix Trojan infection outbreak infects 130,000 machines in Blighty

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Re: A simply secure OS ?

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I use Firefox in Ubuntu but without No Script as I found it a pain with many websites. What type of attacks am I vulnerable to? IF possible, please give specific examples.

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BBC clamps down on illicit iPlayer watchers

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Re: API keys

Please tell me where I can obtain a Nitro API key.

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Credit card of PayPal PRESIDENT cloned by UK crooks

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Re: Why magnetic stripe?

I realise that. However, we should be able to get cards which can be only used for Chip & Pin (i.e. no magnetic stripe). It's rather pointless having a relatively secure id system on a card when there's a very insecure one!

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Why magnetic stripe?

The obvious question: why do banks still put magnetic stripes on debit & credit cards? Given that all ATMs (though I know that they have not, because when I demagnetised the magnetic strip on my debit card, it didn't work on some ATMs) & merchants have converted to Chip & Pin in Britain, why? I asked my bank why & I was fobbed off. I've also looked at ATM security websites and they give no answers. Can anybody cast any light on this?

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STRIPPED DOWN and EXPOSED: Business kit from the good old days

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Any chance, Mr Dabbs, of my acquiring some of those gas masks? Please contact me on johnaaronroseatgmaildotcom

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HP clinches six week extension on whether to join shareholders' suit against Autonomy

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Suspicious

I never could understand (from Autonomy's website) what their products were let alone why they might sell large volumes / have a large turnover. So I sort of appreciate why HP might allege that Autonomy's management have committed fraud.

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Justice Ministry to spaff £70k finding out how prisoners like to use ILLEGAL mobes

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Jamming

The article quotes: The UK's Ministry of Justice after deciding that jamming the forbidden mobes would be "prohibitively expensive".

I find this hard to believe. It costs approx £50 to buy a jammer that works for over 10 metres radius. Many US cinemas have mbile phone jammers.

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Wolfram's new equation: Mathematica+RPi=child geniuses everywhere

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Re: Free Sage?

@John Smith

I hope that you're being facetious. The Sage app previously referred to is Open Source & is for Mathematical uses (i.e. similar uses as for Mathematica). It is free. It has no connection to the Accounting package. BTW there is an app called R (for Statistics use), also open source & free, which is equally as good as the commercial ones.

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Virgin Media to hike broadband prices by nearly 7 per cent

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Virgin's Cable versus BT's FTTC

AFAIK Virgin feeds into your home using a copper cable (coaxial, I think) from their street cabinets whereas BT feeds into your home using a copper cable normally strung up along telegraph poles from its street cabinets. I presume that Virgin's copper cable to its cabinet is shared by other properties in your street whereas BT's copper cable is yours alone to its cabinet. If I am correct, Virgin's copper cable will suffer from contention whereas BT's won't. Am I correct?

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'Only nuclear power can save humanity', say Global Warming high priests

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But it must be the right sort of nuclear power. Uranium based fission is a dead end due to waste disposal & limited availability of Uranium not to mention terrorist threats. Currently, it seems that Thorium Molten Salt reactors are the way to go.

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TalkTalk to block nuisance calls with no help AT ALL from Huawei

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I say hello etc, but I do not hear any sound. So, I guess that is someone with a grudge?

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I frequently receive 'number-withheld' calls where there is no sound on the line. Are these the type of nuisance calls referred to on the article as ooposed to someone with a grudge against me?

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BT's mobe interference claim laughed off air by ad watchdog

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Main problem was WiFI dropping but it also happened on wired ethernet (using 'adapters' through the mains: I forget the exact term). I tried changing the wireless channel but i didn't help.

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When we f'ibred' up, BT gave us a BT Hub Wireless Business Router. It kept on dropping the line to various PCs & Android devices. So I replaced it with a Netgear router. No roblems since. Conclusion: the BT router was rubbish. I'd be interested to know if others have had problems with BT Hub Routers.

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FROM MY COLD, DEAD HANDS: Microsoft faces prising XP from Big Biz

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Re: Code does not rot

I remember when I contracted to a very large bank (name starting with a B), it took approx 20 minutes to bootup & login on each morning: everybody switched off overnight. IMO that was wasted time.

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Another big SAP project hits the rocks in Oz

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Re: SAP replacement?

@ Robert Grant

I jsut Wikipedia'ed and there were 6 Paul Grahams. Did you mean the Computer Programmer? Or am I just showing myself to be a BOF? I don't know which features of SAP would be required in an equivalent: which ones are necessary? BTW Compiere & Adempiere both have modern UIs. But I suspect, that they don't have the necessary functionality.

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SAP is for saps

Every SAP project that I have seen or read about has been a failure in terms of either budget, timescale and/or meeting requirements. On my very limited exposure to SAP, the UI seemed at least 10 years out of date. Why do people still use SAP?

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REVEALED: Simple 'open sesame' to unlock your HOME by radiowave

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Re: Simple solution to being locked out

I suggest that Anonymous replier to my message looks at the particular key safes from Wilkos before making comments. The key safe that I bought is made of hardened steel. In fact, very similar ones are provided by some Social Services departments to older people.

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Simple solution to being locked out

Buy a key safe (approx £20) from somewhere like Wilkinsons. It's attached to the wall using serious screws, so difficult to lever/hammer off. . It requires a 4 digit pin to open it & remove the key(s). Preferably site the key safe out of view.

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Basic instinct: how we used to code

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Re: Gambas

Already tried that: as I previously said that didn't work. Is it to with my using Firefox?

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Re: Gambas

I forgot to mention that it has been ported to Raspberry Pi.

PS How do I get the Like & Dislike icons to display with the posted message? I've tried clicking on the icons underneath the space for writing the message and also dragging the icons to the message.

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Gambas

Gambas is a FOSS version of Basic similar to VB without the VB junk & is Object Orientated. Its author corrects bugs quickly & objectively evaluates requested enhancements. It incorporates an IDE, access to modern databases & the internet, online help and a runtime package. It is being ported to Android. Downside is that it runs on Linux though I understand that it can run on Windows using a Unix server program: instructions for that are on the Gambas website.

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