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Archive for: April, 2008
Rss feed of blogs Peter Roberts - UCL - London | 28/04/2008 | 2794 views
A weird idea from Canada but thought provoking - a campaign to get people to shut down their computers and so on for a day. The idea is to spread awareness of the dangers of excessive use of modern technology - from the telly through gaming consoles to the iPhone. Indeed. All things in moderation. It's on May 3rd. I'll be in Weston Park Mu... Group: Going green
Rss feed of blogs Peter Roberts - UCL - London | 24/04/2008 | 1236 views | 1 comment
The Register is reporting that determined hackers have injected malicious code into pages on supposedly reputable web sites. The compromised pages were attacked via SQL injection - this is typically where content posted from forms or via querystrings in URLs isn't properly checked before it gets near a database with hilarious consequences. It&#... Tags: Security
Rss feed of blogs Peter Roberts - UCL - London | 24/04/2008 | 2027 views
I wish I'd known it was walk to work day - I would've done just that today, even tho' it would've been a bit of a hike from North Greenwich. Mind you it may have been quicker than the Jublilee line was today. As the web site helpfully mentions - walking is free, a great way to stay healthy and it makes you feel good too. And in the ... Group: Going green
Rss feed of blogs Peter Roberts - UCL - London | 18/04/2008 | 1955 views
I've not had my daily dose of Dilbert today. It seems the site has been redesigned and gone all "web 2.0".This alone can be the kiss of death - but in this case it's even worse as it doesn't work at all on Firefox, whereas IE6 reports this exciting snippet:Fatal error: require() [function.require]: Failed opening required site... Group: Whatever...
Rss feed of blogs Peter Roberts - UCL - London | 17/04/2008 | 2262 views
If you can take horror movies, you may like to view this stomach churningly awful video. Apparently it was made to help Microsoft folk not take themselves so seriously all the time. Would it help them if other folk outside Microsoft made an extra special effort and didn't take them at all seriously either? I know not. I'll give it a go tho&... Group: Video extravaganza
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17 Apr, 2008
Peter Roberts - UCL - London 1070 views
16 Apr, 2008
Peter Roberts - UCL - London 2798 views | 5 comments
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16 Apr, 2008
Peter Roberts - UCL - London 2542 views
Group: Cringeworthy marketing gallery
15 Apr, 2008
Peter Roberts - UCL - London 1463 views
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15 Apr, 2008
Peter Roberts - UCL - London 1439 views | 1 comment
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10 Apr, 2008
Peter Roberts - UCL - London 1235 views | 1 comment
Tags: Security
10 Apr, 2008
Peter Roberts - UCL - London 718 views
08 Apr, 2008
Peter Roberts - UCL - London 1869 views
Group: Video extravaganza
07 Apr, 2008
Peter Roberts - UCL - London 1169 views
Tags: Security
04 Apr, 2008
Peter Roberts - UCL - London 1475 views | 1 comment
Tags: Security, Online banking
04 Apr, 2008
Peter Roberts - UCL - London 1110 views
Tags: Risk & regulation
03 Apr, 2008
Peter Roberts - UCL - London 1817 views
Group: Cringeworthy marketing gallery
02 Apr, 2008
Peter Roberts - UCL - London 1429 views
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01 Apr, 2008
Peter Roberts - UCL - London 1019 views | 1 comment
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