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Drinking, long hours and YouTube don’t mix but bring in the viewers
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-11-10 03:50:19
Adam Smith, a British reporter volunteering to help the Obama campaign and file at story for his newspaper was caught on camera seemingly admitting to plagiarism, abruptly resigning and dissing the publications and people he worked for – all while drunk. He’s now the latest newly unemployed YouTube sensation!
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-11-10 03:50:19
Adam Smith, a British reporter volunteering to help the Obama campaign and file at story for his newspaper was caught on camera seemingly admitting to plagiarism, abruptly resigning and dissing the publications and people he worked for – all while drunk. He’s now the latest newly unemployed YouTube sensation!
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Will ID Cards be scrapped now PM admits data security is a myth?
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2008-11-04 18:03:42
As the UK Government continues to prove itself incapable of protecting citizen data, so critics of the proposed National ID Card scheme continue to argue such a Big Brother database will always be insecure. Now British Prime Minister Gordon Brown would seem to have finally admitted as much.
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2008-11-04 18:03:42
As the UK Government continues to prove itself incapable of protecting citizen data, so critics of the proposed National ID Card scheme continue to argue such a Big Brother database will always be insecure. Now British Prime Minister Gordon Brown would seem to have finally admitted as much.
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Hackers are smarter than dumbass lawyers
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2008-10-27 07:10:56
A new survey of UK legal firms has revealed that many are putting clients at risk by admitting to losing mobile devices containing confidential client data. How many? How does a dumbass 24 percent grab you?
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2008-10-27 07:10:56
A new survey of UK legal firms has revealed that many are putting clients at risk by admitting to losing mobile devices containing confidential client data. How many? How does a dumbass 24 percent grab you?
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80 percent of Internet child porn victims under 10 years old
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2008-10-26 05:50:53
The true horror of Internet child pornography has been revealed by the Internet Watch Foundation, a UK organisation that works with law enforcement agencies to help prevent such abuse. Be warned, this story does not make for happy reading...
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2008-10-26 05:50:53
The true horror of Internet child pornography has been revealed by the Internet Watch Foundation, a UK organisation that works with law enforcement agencies to help prevent such abuse. Be warned, this story does not make for happy reading...
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Johnny Cash too offensive for iTunes, but Pussycat Dolls are OK
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2008-10-24 10:02:11
Just what is up with the UK iTunes Store which seems to think that 'hot' and 'killer' are offensive words so has censored them in song titles, along with Johnny Cash? The Pussycat Dolls escape the filtering, however...
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2008-10-24 10:02:11
Just what is up with the UK iTunes Store which seems to think that 'hot' and 'killer' are offensive words so has censored them in song titles, along with Johnny Cash? The Pussycat Dolls escape the filtering, however...
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90 percent of Brits are baffled by broadband
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2008-10-23 10:43:52
A million Brits have hit their 'unlimited' limits, and nine out of ten admit to being baffled by broadband. Not surprising when only 22 percent of the major UK broadband providers are transparent about true service caps...
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2008-10-23 10:43:52
A million Brits have hit their 'unlimited' limits, and nine out of ten admit to being baffled by broadband. Not surprising when only 22 percent of the major UK broadband providers are transparent about true service caps...
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Xbox 360 construction in LEGO City
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Technology Lifestyle
Category: Consoles
2008-10-21 04:24:43
If you like those strangely amusing and compelling Xbox games that feature LEGO versions of Luke Skywalker, Indiana Jones and Batman then you'll love the Xbox 360 Gaming Zone that has just been built in the UK LEGOLAND theme park.
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Technology Lifestyle
Category: Consoles
2008-10-21 04:24:43
If you like those strangely amusing and compelling Xbox games that feature LEGO versions of Luke Skywalker, Indiana Jones and Batman then you'll love the Xbox 360 Gaming Zone that has just been built in the UK LEGOLAND theme park.
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UFO files published by Ministry of Defence
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-10-20 07:23:02
Previously classified files have been released by the UK government which reveal the USAF Sabre jet fighter pilot ordered to fire at an Unidentified Flying Object in British airspace, and a passenger jet headed for Heathrow which had a near miss with another UFO.
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-10-20 07:23:02
Previously classified files have been released by the UK government which reveal the USAF Sabre jet fighter pilot ordered to fire at an Unidentified Flying Object in British airspace, and a passenger jet headed for Heathrow which had a near miss with another UFO.
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The 1980s Netbook
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Hardware
2008-10-18 09:22:32
Think bad hair and worse fashion. Think IBM Compatible Personal Computers. Think British. Yes, the eighties are back as Apricot Computers is reborn with the launch of, you guessed it, a Netbook.
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Hardware
2008-10-18 09:22:32
Think bad hair and worse fashion. Think IBM Compatible Personal Computers. Think British. Yes, the eighties are back as Apricot Computers is reborn with the launch of, you guessed it, a Netbook.
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Space really stinks
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-10-18 08:08:08
Steve Pearce is one of the leading UK experts on smell. Which is probably why NASA asked him to recreate the smell of outer space. You might be surprised at the results so far...
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-10-18 08:08:08
Steve Pearce is one of the leading UK experts on smell. Which is probably why NASA asked him to recreate the smell of outer space. You might be surprised at the results so far...
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Man pokes Facebook profile changing wife with cleaver
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2008-10-18 06:48:56
Most Facebook users laugh off the old chestnut of 'I have just poked your wife' but one man didn't see the funny side when his missus changed her profile status to single...
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2008-10-18 06:48:56
Most Facebook users laugh off the old chestnut of 'I have just poked your wife' but one man didn't see the funny side when his missus changed her profile status to single...
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What shall we do with a drunken iPhone?
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Technology feature
Category: iPhone
2008-10-18 05:44:18
Could this be the most expensive pint of beer that never existed? If Molson Coors loses a court battle that is brewing over the iPhone iPint application, the virtual beer could cost as much as USD 12.5 million...
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Technology feature
Category: iPhone
2008-10-18 05:44:18
Could this be the most expensive pint of beer that never existed? If Molson Coors loses a court battle that is brewing over the iPhone iPint application, the virtual beer could cost as much as USD 12.5 million...
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Is the UK’s Ministry of Defence really the Ministry of Data Loss?
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-10-13 00:55:15
Yet another UK “data loss” scandal has erupted, with the shocking news that “up to” 700,000 defence personnel have been exposed to whoever has an unencrypted hard drive with all of this personal information.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-10-13 00:55:15
Yet another UK “data loss” scandal has erupted, with the shocking news that “up to” 700,000 defence personnel have been exposed to whoever has an unencrypted hard drive with all of this personal information.
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Sex toys, cheap smells and live insects satisfy UK web shoppers
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: E-Commerce
2008-10-11 04:10:36
Now who could have seen that coming? Apparently Brits have the best time online when buying sex toys, cheap perfume and live insects...
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: E-Commerce
2008-10-11 04:10:36
Now who could have seen that coming? Apparently Brits have the best time online when buying sex toys, cheap perfume and live insects...
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Study finds most celebrity stalkers are mentally ill
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Health
2008-10-07 09:23:55
An Australian-led study of people who stalk the British Royal family and European politicians found that, as a group, they have a very high percentage of psychotic illnesses.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Health
2008-10-07 09:23:55
An Australian-led study of people who stalk the British Royal family and European politicians found that, as a group, they have a very high percentage of psychotic illnesses.
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Adobe brings philanthropy in house
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Vendors
2008-10-01 16:46:16
Bucking the outsourcing trend, software developer Adobe has set up its own philanthropic organisation - the Adobe Foundation - after years of corporate giving through the Silicon Valley Community Foundation.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Vendors
2008-10-01 16:46:16
Bucking the outsourcing trend, software developer Adobe has set up its own philanthropic organisation - the Adobe Foundation - after years of corporate giving through the Silicon Valley Community Foundation.
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James Bond Online: the strange tale of MI6, Facebook and eBay
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: E-Government
2008-09-30 05:13:24
The British Secret Intelligence Service, better known as MI6 to spy fans around the world, is not as secret nor, it would appear, as intelligent as you might think.
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: E-Government
2008-09-30 05:13:24
The British Secret Intelligence Service, better known as MI6 to spy fans around the world, is not as secret nor, it would appear, as intelligent as you might think.
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Bad Phorm: New BT trial begins, Safari users spared
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2008-09-29 06:23:03
Controversial behavioral advertising targeting outfit Phorm will start new trials of the Webwise system with BT Total Broadband customers starting tomorrow and lasting many weeks. iTWire explains how, and why, to opt out.
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2008-09-29 06:23:03
Controversial behavioral advertising targeting outfit Phorm will start new trials of the Webwise system with BT Total Broadband customers starting tomorrow and lasting many weeks. iTWire explains how, and why, to opt out.
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Halo 3 controversy: Maddie, where are you?
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Technology Lifestyle
Category: Consoles
2008-09-28 07:45:41
Halo developer Bungie stands accused of using the disappearance of 4 year old British girl Madeleine McCann to publicise the forthcoming Halo 3 expansion pack. Could anyone really be that sick?
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Technology Lifestyle
Category: Consoles
2008-09-28 07:45:41
Halo developer Bungie stands accused of using the disappearance of 4 year old British girl Madeleine McCann to publicise the forthcoming Halo 3 expansion pack. Could anyone really be that sick?
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Most spammed town in UK revealed
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Spam
2008-09-25 07:39:35
Ever wondered why the spammers seem to target you? Does it make you think you might need some help in the bedroom after all, or perhaps a fake Rolex would look good on your wrist? Relax, you could just be living in the wrong town...
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Spam
2008-09-25 07:39:35
Ever wondered why the spammers seem to target you? Does it make you think you might need some help in the bedroom after all, or perhaps a fake Rolex would look good on your wrist? Relax, you could just be living in the wrong town...
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