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Another week – Another Company Security Breach

Ebay were the latest on line company to experience being ‘hacked’ In late February/early March Ebay experienced a breach in its database which contained passwords (but not financial information – quite lucky really as Paypal is part of the Ebay...

Morrissey, Election Debates and Social Media

Last week we were informed that Morrissey (Stephan Patrick) had joined twitter – YAY his fans rejoiced, me?  well I am old school Morrissey and took it all with a pinch of salt – was he mellowing in old age – nah I was having none of it. He embraces...

Google – don't you forget about me !

Most people want to be remembered so why the concern when some people want to be forgotten – I suppose in everyday life we can be quite anonymous if we chose to, so with the new EU ruling can the same now be said for an online presence? Here’s a little light...

He's Certified !!!

No not in that way!! This month Andy P became a STEM ambassador. But what is it ? The definition given on their website is ‘STEMNET’ (the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Network) creates opportunities to inspire young people in...

Week notes #28

Ok so I have missed a few weeks *hangs head in shame* but its easily done – you become so involved in your busy life that you forget the little things. So whats been happening then; Heartbleed – the computer bug which was given its own logo and name....

Week Notes #22

It’s been a strange ole week – we saw (or didn’t as the case continues) a fully loaded passenger plane disappear without a trace. A US company DigitalGlobe has asked people to help scour satellite images of the area from its network to help locate Flight 370. In fact...

Week notes #21

In a week where it came to light that police in India failed to act upon approximately 600 corruption complaints over a period of 8 years as they had forgotten the computer password. It would seem that 2 police officers are now trained and can access the cases. Police...

Week Notes #20

In a week that has probably not been seen by most gamers as the PS4 was released last Friday to a rapturous reception (and the XBOX ONE the Friday before)  – Blimey make that a fortnight – perhaps it would explain why our developers are all been bleary eyed and tired)...

Week Notes #19

In a week where Snapchat has reportedly rejected a $3 billion offer from Facebook (yes readers a cool $ 3 BILLION) we look at the little man vs the big companies. Why is it Facebook are so keen to buy up Snapchat – surely it cannot be because of its quirky...

Week Notes 18

In a week when ……………Randi Zuckerberg (Marks sister) rallied to have children spend more time offline – Xbox release a statement (on Facebook amongst other places) saying you don’t have to be online to play one of their new games…..and we...