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The worst Microsoft ads of all time

Posted by Richard On September - 29 - 2009

The worst Microsoft ads of all time

A cringe-inducing Microsoft advert has been doing the rounds this week - but there are plenty of other skeletons in the company’s closet

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ID Cards, security or control?

Posted by Richard On June - 2 - 2009

AN extract of a documentary movie entitled ‘taking liberties’ on freedom showing what could happen with the introduction of ID cards

Who’s Watching You? Surveillance society?

Posted by Richard On May - 28 - 2009

CCTV bankA new three part series looks at why the UK has become one of the most watched places in the world - with millions of CCTV cameras, a growing network of number plate recognition cameras, one of the largest DNA databases in the world and government plans for the basic details of all our phone calls e-mails, and every internet site we visit to be logged and kept.

We all benefit from better crime detection and from easier and cheaper services. The government argues that: “If you’ve got nothing to hide, then you’ve got nothing to fear.”

He goes inside the CCTV nerve centre, sees how all of our journeys can be monitored, and meets undercover agents, those who are watched and those who have fallen foul of modern surveillance. Read the rest of this entry »

Viral Video Hoax, or Proof of Impending Cyber Apocalypse?

Posted by Richard On May - 27 - 2009

This video of hackers taking over the lighting controls in an urban skyscraper in order to play the world?s most awesome game of Space Invaders is ominous proof that intruders really are eyeing utility control systems as targets, warns security vendor McAfee. Read the rest of this entry »

Video: IBM RFID Commercial - The Future Market

Posted by Richard On May - 24 - 2009

The evolution of Supermarkets is the RFID technology revolutionizing the logistics services. A video from IBM.

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