Science and Technology
Internet Diallers
The BBC’s Breakfast Programme had a piece on internet fraud this morning. In particular was the vexed question of rogue diallers. Those little Active X […]
Isaac Newton and the Catflap
I was watching an interesting programme on the history channel this morning over breakfast – Local Heroes. According to Adam Hart-Davis, Isaac Newton became distracted […]
Firefox Competes with MSIE
Firefox Version 1.0 is doing well with more than 5 million copies downloaded since its release. I said before that it is a good browser […]
Firefox Version 1
Firefox, the web browser form Mozilla, was launched on the 9th November. So significant is the launch of a product that rivals a Microsoft offering, […]
Mobile Phone Masts and Public Health
Okay – I guess I’m going to be a bit controversial here….Moi? Surely not? A recent court decision allowing a phone mast to be built […]
Technology Today
As I write this, I am sitting in a hotel room miles away from my computer. So this entry is being compiled using an iPAQ, […]
Bagel Virus
The Bagel Virus is doing the rounds again according to the BBC. Usual indications are an email containing the subject line: Re; Re: Hello Re: […]
Biometrics
From the Defy-ID mailing list: The EU seems to have gone back on its decision to use a single biometric identifier on passports and has […]
Feathered Fossil
The Chinese have discovered a fossilised embryo. Thought to be the earliest fossilised remains of a bird, it is unique because it has feathers. According […]