Let’s finish the year on one of my favourite Because It’s Friday topics – flying cars. Here is a video from Adam Savage – of MythBusters fame – looking at a flying car that is very close to production and commercial use as an air taxi to feed regional airports …
Because It’s Friday – Choosing one image out of 1.5 million, Ada Lovelace and Christmas Shopping
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 – Bruce Schneier on CAPTCHA
Regular readers know I read and quote a lot of stuff by Bruce Schneier, today he will make you smile: CAPTCHA – Schneier on Security Something extra today One of my support team suggested I post this on my “Because It’s Friday” slot, for all the IT support staff everywhere …
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VPN on your Google and Android devices
I am a big advocate of using VPN services – I think they are an important part of everyone’s online privacy – I have listed some of the ways they benefit your security and what to look for in a secure VPN in this article: More about VPNs – CyberAwake …
Cracking Ransomware Encryption
You should not rely on the technique in this article as your “ransomware recovery plan”: Researchers Quietly Cracked Zeppelin Ransomware Keys – Krebs on Security If you read the article, you can see that breaking the ransomware encryption is not easy or guaranteed. Neither should you plan on paying up: …