Back to space this week for Because It’s Friday. Over the 32 years in space the NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has taken over 1.5m observations. Someone has to choose the best. Watch Dr Ken Carpenter get excited over this amazing image of the Carina Nebula. The image at the top …
Because It’s Friday – two stories about code breaking
Well actually one story and one video. After five centuries these secrets are finally revealed Modern day computer technology got a kick start in World War II when it was developed to crack codes. Google Bletchley Park, where one of these crypto computers and Alan Turing were based, and watch …
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Do you like Christmas shopping?
Whether you are a shopper or not, I have the blog post for you… For the last few years, as part of our Christmas celebrations, I have been asked to write an article for Octagon Technology exploring the world of “presents for geeks” – which has proven to be one …
Shopping with Google
Just in time for the US Thanksgiving, Black Friday and Christmas shopping sprees, here are five useful online shopping tips from Google that have an equal place as part of any organisation’s online cyber security plan: 5 ways to safely shop online this holiday season (blog.google) It is obviously Google …
This is on my Christmas list…
…oh no! It’s not out until February 2023. It’s not just computers—hacking is everywhere. Bruce Schneier Diana and I have attended several of Bruce’s speaking events both in the real world and online and I have had him answer my questions as well (he did not think much of the …