Facebook and passwords
There’s been reports in the last week or so, particularly from the U.S., where job applicants …
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Monitoring your laptop power
Nowadays, we’re all concerned about reducing our power usage and carbon footprint. As I’ve previously blogged, …
Sometimes you need a whale, sometimes you need a minnow
In the old days, when buying a server, you brought the most powerful you could afford. …
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DigiNotar Digital Certificate security risk
In breaking news, it has been reported that a Dutch digital certificate company, DigiNotar, has had …
Scammers pretending to represent Australian Computer Society
There are reports circulating about people phoning computer users claiming to represent the Australian Computer Society …
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Keeping your cool (laptops)
Generally speaking, the “faster” a computer system runs, the more power it consumes. And, as I …
Keeping your cool (Desktops)
Every watt of electricity that goes in to a computer will end up being converted into …
On hard disks and backups
It’s an inescapable law of physics that anything which has moving parts will fail eventually. So, …
Myki and database privacy
News today that the Police have already asked the Transport Ticketing Authority to provide movement details …