Here is a story that shows you always have to keep your guard up when dealing with cyber-security, as the threat landscape is constantly changing and the threat actors will always choose vectors that are in the news. This particular attack comes right back here to Smart Thinking – malware …
Because It’s Friday – back to space this week
I just missed these announcements for last week’s “Because It’s Friday”. NASA has released the first scientific infrared images produced by the James Webb Space Telescope: First Images from the James Webb Space Telescope | NASA Senior Project Scientist John Mather Reflects on Journey to Webb’s First Images – James …
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Because It’s Friday – A guide to computer terms from 1981 and good advice for computer users in 2022
Who remembers Tandy, the electronics store? There was one in the Grays shopping centre, when I was kid, as there were in many other towns around the country, and I bought stuff from them. Although the free battery card never really did work out. Radio Shack was the US parent …
Because It’s Friday – James Webb Space Telescope nearly open for business
Before we start there was an update to last Friday’s “Because It’s Friday”: Because It’s Friday – an ethical dilemma UPDATED 1 May 2022 – Smart Thinking Solutions This week it is space The work on the James Webb space telescope is proceeding and another goal has been reached – …
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Because It’s Friday – A Time Travel Story
I am pretty sure my love of good time travel stories started when I saw Rod Taylor in HG Wells’ The Time Machine – some time in the 1960s. It’s a classic, it looks good, and it kept to HG’s story. Then there are the Weeping Angels in Blink. An …
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