Wednesday 20th January 2010 |
G’day, Hope this finds you fit and well. Here is what I thought might inform, interest or entertain. Have a great week! Tom Grimshaw |
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Corporate spy risks from free email Gmail, Yahoo! Mail and Hotmail "completely vulnerable" by default. http://www.itnews.com.au/News/164576,corporate-spy-risks-from-free-email.aspx |
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Systems suffer new year hangover Software systems across the world went haywire on 1 January because they were not programmed to handle the year 2010. http://www.itnews.com.au/News/164632,systems-suffer-new-year-hangover.aspx#poll |
More details emerge on Google hack The ultimate goal of the attack on Google's systems, according to Drummond, was to access the Gmail accounts of Chinese human rights activists. http://www.itnews.com.au/News/164628,more-details-emerge-on-google-hack.aspx |
Russian security firm rails against responsible disclosure A little known Russian security firm has taken the bold step of releasing details of zero-day exploits in business software every day for the rest of January, according to reports. http://www.itnews.com.au/News/164630,russian-security-firm-rails-against-responsible-disclosure.aspx |
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Brain and Body Boost Formula Just read a brochure for a new product formulated to give you a mental and physical boost. It contains turmeric, ginger, boswellia, guggul and black pepper, just in case you wanted to concoct something exotic for your next curry. |
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Google Online Storage Google Docs allows you to store anything now. It does not have to be Google Docs files. You get 7.5 GB for free. If you do not have an off-site backup in place and you trust someone else to store your data, see this link: http://docs.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=50092&hl=en The file size limitation is 250 MB per file. https://www.google.com/accounts/PurchaseStorage Available plans: 20 GB ($5.00 USD per year) 80 GB ($20.00 USD per year) 200 GB ($50.00 USD per year) 400 GB ($100.00 USD per year) 1 TB ($256.00 USD per year) |
Alert and Aware = Alive in One Piece Just received an email that was an hoax but it did raise the point that we should be aware of unattended bags, especially in heavily populated areas. http://www.snopes.com/rumors/soapbox/juvalaviv.asp |
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One Skilled Pilot! Remote controlled airplane stunts - indoors! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gulv_bvZS94& |
All You Need Is Love Beautiful rendition - enough to please a beatle. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nh7D2g5v-Sg& |