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Facebook data hoarder speaks out
 (Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:40:36 +0000)
Security researcher Ron Bowes tells BBC News why he collected and published the personal details of 100m Facebook users.

Google cleared of wi-fi snooping
 (Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:48:34 +0000)
No "significant" personal data was grabbed by Google when it snooped on wi-fi networks, says the UK data protection office.

Amazon offers new look UK Kindle
 (Thu, 29 Jul 2010 04:00:33 +0000)
Online retailer Amazon launches its popular Kindle e-reader into the UK market for the first time, with a new look and more books.

Nintendo game copiers 'illegal'
 (Wed, 28 Jul 2010 14:10:50 +0000)
A High Court has ruled that devices that allow gamers to play pirated video games on the Nintendo DS console are illegal in the UK.

Government's £6m web search bill
 (Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:29:17 +0000)
Four government departments spent almost £6m ensuring their websites appeared on search engine results pages, new figures show.

FBI to aid Afghan war leak probe
 (Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:10:25 +0000)
US Defence Secretary Robert Gates calls in the FBI to help investigate the leaking of 90,000 classified papers related to the Afghan war.

Frenchwoman 'smothered newborns'
 (Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:32:30 +0000)
Prosecutors say a Frenchwoman has admitted killing eight newborn babies after remains are found in a northern village but says her husband knew nothing.

Welfare reform options outlined
 (Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:00:35 +0000)
Ministers are to set out options for reforming the benefits system and moving people from welfare into work.

Child heart op ban 'should stay'
 (Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:17:11 +0000)
Children's heart surgery should remain suspended at Oxford's John Radcliffe Hospital where four babies died, a report says.

Lockerbie inquiry 'may visit UK'
 (Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:04:48 +0000)
The US senator, who is to chair a congressional inquiry into the Lockerbie bomber release, says he may send investigators to the UK.

Dell Studio 1735 Laptop
 (Mon, 06 Oct 2008 21:21:21 +0000)
I recently purchased a new laptop - a Dell Studio 1735. Its price tag of £1250 is high, but acceptable given the specification and options I added: 2.1GHz T8100 Core2Duo CPU 3GB RAM 320GB 5400 rpm hard disk ATI/AMD Radeon HD Mobility 3650 256MB 17...

UTF-8 Support
 (Sun, 30 Sep 2007 11:54:50 +0000)
After spending ages working with UTF-8 the other day, as I mentioned in my previous post, I've finally added UTF-8 support to this site. Both comments and posts by me are now able to contain all kinds of crazy characters without resorting to complex HTML ...

UTF-8 in PHP and MySQL
 (Sat, 22 Sep 2007 21:44:59 +0000)
I spent the best part of today researching how to properly handle Unicode - specifically UTF-8 - with PHP and MySQL for Web applications. Since this is something that has stumped me for a while, I decided to make this post about it. This will be as much ...

My Xbox 360 Died Again!
 (Wed, 08 Aug 2007 13:28:57 +0000)
Update (2007/09/22): I should probably update this to say that on the 30th August I received a refurbished Xbox 360 from Microsoft that not only works (no problems thus far, and I've had many a 5-hour gaming session on it), but it also considerably quiete...

More Spooky Occurrences
 (Fri, 09 Feb 2007 23:53:50 +0000)
What the hell is this? A CAD comic containing both a character whose name contains "lorddeath", but also a character named Andrew in the same panel. People are out to get me, I swear it :P

.NET FxCop 10 Install from CAB
 (Sun, 4 Jul 2010 10:46 +0100)
As numerous people online have pointed out, FxCop 1.36 has been pulled from the Microsoft Downloads website. The new version of FxCop is now available in the " Microsoft Windows SDK for Windows 7 and .NET Framework 4 Version 7.1 ... Read More (489 Characters)

Asterisk Speaking Clock Hanging Up (trixbox / asterisk / PBX)
 (Mon, 31 May 2010 20:25 +0100)
Asterisk 1.6 Speaking/Talking clock in my trixbox install was saying "at the sound of the tone the time will be exactly {hour} {minute}" and then hanging up. My symptoms matched one freepbx support ticket ... Read More (1795 Characters)

Convert Unix Linefeeds To DOS C#
 (Fri, 23 Apr 2010 22:47 +0100)
Googled around for a quick way to fix line feeds in a string on a Windows computer and found all sorts of silly suggestions (converting all Windows line feeds to Unix, then Unix to Windows or worse just adding additional \r's to all \n's you see, even if t... Read More (361 Characters)

Asterisk yum upgrade breaks IAX
 (Mon, 22 Mar 2010 23:04 -0000)
I have spent the past 3 hours wondering why I can no longer connect to my phone server via IAX. Eventually I found these pages : http://sysadminman.net/blog/2009/asterisk-upgrade-breaks-ax-extensions-942 http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/security/AST-2... Read More (486 Characters)

DataTable C# - DataTable.Rows.Add NullReferenceException
 (Sun, 14 Mar 2010 20:39 -0000)
Today I had the misery of learning about the quirks of the DataTable. Basically adding the second row would generate a "NullReferenceException" - "Object reference not set to an instance of an object." After a while I learnt that unless I specifical... Read More (3948 Characters)

Weakened Arizona immigrant rules still draw protests
 (Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:47:31 -0400)
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Arizona on Thursday appealed a judge's decision to block key parts of the state's crackdown on illegal immigrants and police in Phoenix arrested scores of activists protesting the remaining measures in the law.

Unemployment claims fall, but still elevated
 (Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:08:28 -0400)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New claims for unemployment benefits slipped last week, but stayed at a stubbornly high level that underscored the labor market recovery was having trouble gaining traction.

BP lawsuits over oil spill take center stage
 (Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:35:53 -0400)
BOISE, Idaho (Reuters) - More than 2,000 miles from the Gulf of Mexico shoreline, a panel of U.S. judges heard arguments from lawyers on Thursday on how piles of oil spill-related lawsuits against BP Plc should be merged.

WikiLeaks may have blood on its hands, U.S. says
 (Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:44:55 -0400)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks may have blood on its hands, the Pentagon said on Thursday, warning its unprecedented leak of secret U.S. military files could cost lives and damage trust of allies.

Fed officials clash on need for more stimulus
 (Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:00:19 -0400)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal Reserve officials clashed on Thursday over whether the central bank should be more aggressive in supporting the stumbling economy and one said the Fed's current policy may be contributing to worryingly low levels of inflation.

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Fanboy Funhouse Episode 11: Lobie’s Body Issues
 (Mon, 26 Jul 2010 19:25:15 +0000)
Lobie inducts Angelina Jolie into the Nerd Worship Hall of Fame! Breaking news from the Robot Apocalypse! Plus, Nar interviews Kinsey Schofield about the wonders of social media!

Fanboy Funhouse Episode 10: Directed by Michael Bay
 (Sat, 17 Jul 2010 07:20:22 +0000)
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Fanboy Funhouse Episode 9: “Dragonmaster Dan”
 (Tue, 22 Jun 2010 23:42:15 +0000)
In this EPIC episode of Fanboy Funhouse: - Nar and Ryan hit the floor at E3! - Writer/Actor Tony Janning almost breaks down in tears in an exclusive interview about the upcoming season of his hit web series, “Legend of Neil”! - The Twitter bird almost poops on Nar’s shoulder! - Saug’s nightmares are haunted by the mysterious Dragonmaster Dan! Follow @Fanboy_Funhouse [...]

Fanboy Funhouse Episode 8: “Pity the Fool”
 (Thu, 10 Jun 2010 00:20:56 +0000)
Nar and fellow movie trailer expert Anthony McLemore analyze the trailer for The A-Team and the Funhouse welcomes a new member to the family — our new robot!

Fanboy Funhouse Promo!
 (Thu, 03 Jun 2010 09:18:54 +0000)
Check out this insane promo for Fanboy Funhouse — it’s 30 seconds of Funhouse wackiness cut from our first 6 episodes!