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Downtime
Taking a look at the lighter side of IT - technology may be a serious business but it rarely fails to raise a smile too.
March 2008
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Reasons not to improve public sector data security and accuracy
28 Mar 2008 -
Miss Bimbo not ideal role model, watchdog claims
27 Mar 2008 -
Avoid a life of misery in Chinese jail, Sophos says
27 Mar 2008
Recommendation of Joy of Tech comic strip on the unsuspected benefits of poor public sector IT security.
A website encouraging young girls to embrace surgery and dieting pills in pursuit of beauty and popularity is being investigated by a communications watchdog. Those complaining say that the Miss ...
“Ready, aim, fire!” was one way that Private Eye suggested races could begin at the Beijing Olympics this year. If the Chinese government has any plans to become more liberal, it certainly passed ...
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2008’s malware threat: anti-malware campaigns
27 Mar 2008 -
Virtual violence spawns immoral-panic quandry
27 Mar 2008 -
Using Facebook to catch out the Facebook users
22 Mar 2008 -
Stand clear of the doors, they may be on fire
21 Mar 2008 -
Dork into sport doesn’t go - unless cash is involved
20 Mar 2008 -
Please delete temporary files before divorce
19 Mar 2008 -
Comments: We love them. What do you reckon?
17 Mar 2008
A campaign to get people to buy anti-malware has misfired after users complained that the software maker was responsible for pop-up messages advertising pornography and drugs to improve sexual ...
The Times reports that video games will be forced to carry cigarette-style health warnings to protect children from unsuitable digital content. This will, of course, have completely the opposite of ...
Passing notes in class, sticking bubblegum under desks and carving “Mr Gibbons sucks” into tabletops were just some of the activities Downtime indulged in during our youth. But now it’s the 21st ...
A fire in Australia. What’s the problem?... it was probably a barbie out of control. Well not this time. This one involved a computer and the midnight express waiting at platform one. Downtime ...
Computer “nerds” may wear shorts, but usually with sandals rather than sports shoes. You rarely see them celebrating sporting contests. But two enterprising UCLA students have found a way to help ...
Gary Kessler, 52, is an associate professor of computer science at Champlain College in Burlington - and a man who strikes fear into those who forget to delete their temporary internet files. The ...
Mitchell and Webb video sketch on the rise of user-generated content (UGC).
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Eggstra hits guaranteed
13 Mar 2008 -
Budget day 2008: What's in the brown bag, Alistair Darling?
12 Mar 2008 -
The identity quiz: Can you remember how to prove who you are?
06 Mar 2008
It used to be that buying and selling property was a good way to make money, but these days trading in domain names seems to be the way to go. Just like the old days, success lies in being able to ...
What's in the brown Budget bag, Alistair Darling?
Link to a great Wired article on the difficulty of remembering your security question answers for phone banking services and the like.