US test cyber vulnerability
The Department of Homeland Security have been investigating the dangers that a cyber attack could have on a “Real World” situation. The test which was conducted by the Idaho National Laboratory was conducted to test certain systems in key installations, like power plants etc.
The “Attack” took place on a power station, by hacking into a [...]
Dell to be carbon Neutral
Way back 1992 was when Michael Dell first considered making a computer completely out of recyclable materials. But it has taken nearly fifteen years for the second largest computer maker to reach the point where they can declare. “Dell will be carbon neutral in 2008”.
The company has been working hard on being environmentally friendly; [...]
Liverpool based Games Company sold to Sony
The owners of Evolution Studios have sold the business to Sony for £16 million. The business was started by Martin Kenwright, cousin of Theatre Producer and Everton Football Club owner Bill Kenwright and Ian Hetherington back in 1999.
The company’s top selling game “Motorstorm” has helped the business to achieve a turnover of over £10 million [...]
Is Vista crashing?
That would depend on who you ask. There are those that say the operating system that was launched in January is prone to crash when working in conjunction with other programmes such as Windows Mobile. But on the other hand Microsoft has sold over sixty million licences for the system that cost the company over [...]
September 20, 2007Dell launches computer recycling
For businesses that have less than ten pieces of equipment, it has not really been worth them recycling them, in fact the unused equipment would normally end up in a cupboard or down the tip. But there are some issues with computer equipment that has been used for business, which is data recovery!
It makes no [...]
:-) is 25 years old today
Probably one of the more important additions to the computing world is the lexicon; from this simple effect we have seen so much innovative ideas that have sprung from these simple keystrokes.
It was Prof Scott Fahlman from Carnegie Mellon University who was first inspired to use the three keystrokes to create a smiley face [...]
AOL test Bluestring
It has been announced that AOL is to begin testing a new free service which will allow users to have all of their music, photos, and video all in one site, this new service will be called Bluestring and it is hoped that it will be able to compete with the other services available on [...]
September 14, 2007Healthcard can be used worldwide
A GP surgery in London has begun to issue credit card sized data card which can contain all of the patients information, this would become very useful should the holder be involved in an accident or something. As all the emergency services would need to do is check the card and see the patients records. [...]
September 13, 2007Hollywood has some crazy ideas about computers
We all know that movies are all hype, but when it comes to computers their ideas totally go off the wall, which is why there is a list of top five computer movies that could never work:
1. Computers Can Talk to UFOs - Independence Day.
2. A Computer Might Become Self-Aware At Any Moment - War [...]
Computers being used to search for Steve Fossett
As the search for 63 year old Adventurer Steve Fossett enters its second week, computer users have turned to Google Earth in an attempt to cover the 17,000 square mile area in Nevada. The images have been updated and can be accessed through a system named “Mechanical Turk” by using this system the plane would [...]