items tagged with David Heath

The current woes of the Internet – spambots, viruses, stolen credit card numbers and passwords; all of this is basically caused by stupidity.  Maybe we need a web driver's licence.

Commencing at 06:06 UTC (5:06pm AEST) an annular solar eclipse will be seen in a wide swath from South Africa through to the Philippines.  It will terminate with the sunset at 8:52pm.

Interviewed on this morning’s AM (ABC Radio) show, Telstra Chairman Donald McGauchie seemed to suggest that the company has plenty of plans to move ahead in ways that don’t include the National Broadband Network (NBN).

Domino’s Pizza will now come with a remote control – your brand-new TiVo box.  Early in 2009, you will be able to order a Domino’s Pizza delivered right to your door.  All you need do now is give the delivery guy your front-door key and you’ll never leave the sofa again.

Imagine running your own GSM network.  You can!  An upcoming presentation at the 25th Chaos Communication Congress in Berlin will demonstrate a GPL-licensed implementation of GSM.

After an on-again, off-again saga, EstDomains has been advised of irrevocable termination of their status of ICANN-accredited registrar.

The blogosphere is all a-lather over the supposedly faked images of Kim Jong Il.  Let’s add some perspective to all this.

(and five why Windows is not!)

Researchers claim to have cracked the Wireless Protection Access (WPA) standard.  Their results are due to be announced at the upcoming PacSec conference on November 12th and 13th in Tokyo, Japan.  The paper has also been submitted to WiSec 2009 Zurich.

After its mid-year launch and close association with a variety of Australian consumer electronic stores, TiVo is about to be taken seriously.  Or so it hopes.