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News Dec 2015
• Amazon joins in on killing Flash, stops accepting Flash ads (Geek.com) • Internet freedom is actively dissolving in America (OSnews.com) • Surgeon practices heart surgery using Google Cardboard before saving girl’s life (Geek.com) • Backdoors embedded in Juniper Firewalls (OSnews.com) • Target sells PS4 box containing only a block of wood (Geek.com) • Bluetooth … Continue reading
Humour: Knights of the Ikea Table
Knights of the Ikea Table, by Hippie Peace Freaks with Sarah Bott
News August 2015
• Behold Dismaland: Inside Banksy’s Disneyland-inspired theme park (Mashable) • Amazon joins in on killing Flash, stops accepting Flash ads (Geek.com) • You can now shoot crappy video (on purpose) with the new VHS Camcorder app • Lawyer demands trial by combat in New York court case (Geek.com) • An ‘artificial leaf’ could one day … Continue reading
News January 2015
• James Patterson releases the ‘world’s first’ self-destructing book • Golden Retriever can’t get enough of cute puppy videos • Bahraini activist sentenced to 6 months in jail for one tweet • Would you trust Facebook for your work? • How Verizon and Turn defeat browser privacy protections • UK prime minister Cameron wants to … Continue reading
Happy New Year 2014
Another circuit around the Sun completed, and we wish a happy New Year to all our readers, followers and casual visitors. Thanks for staying with us. May you have a happy and successful 2015. The Editors Image credit: christmasstockings.com/Creative Commons Google Images
How-to: ‘Tis the season for on-line safety
Our esteemed colleagues over at TalkTalk issued a cunningly un-disguised sales pitch for one of their products recently; it’s on a protected link, so feel free to ignore that! What was more useful was the advice in the sidebar for staying safe on-line over the coming holiday season. Six things you can do: Avoid buying … Continue reading
News: Full Circle Magazine 88 is out now
The independent magazine for the Ubuntu Linux community This month: Command & Conquer How-To : Minimal Ubuntu Install, LibreOffice, and GRUB2. Graphics : Blender and Inkscape. Linux Labs: Ripping DVDs with Handdrake, and Compiling a Kernel Arduino plus: Q&A, Security, Ubuntu Games, and soooo much more. ALSO: Don’t forget to search for ‘full circle magazine’ on Google Play/Books. … Continue reading
News
• Journalist Claims to Find Islamic State Training Camp Using Google (Mashable) • Most smartphone users download zero apps per month (OS News) • More Than 1,000 Businesses Hit by Same Cyber Attack as Target (Mashable) • Can smartphones break out of their rut? (OS News) • What Role Do Personality Tests Play in the … Continue reading
Opinion: But WHAT CAN BE DONE: Do’s and Don’ts To Combat Online Sexism [Guest Post]
Originally posted as: But WHAT CAN BE DONE: Dos and Don’ts To Combat Online Sexism by Leigh Alexander You may notice that a lot of things happen to do with sexism on the internet. Sometimes someone has done a sexist thing and people are talking about it. Sometimes someone has written an article about the … Continue reading
Summer Vacation
Everything Express quietly went on Summer recess this week as the team went out and about to events and conferences; LonCon3 and Fightcamp. Fortunately everyone came back alive (although Mr Smithie is still AWOL somewhere in the sunshine).
Opinion: The Dark Side of Social Media Settings Part II [Guest Post]
Article originally appeared as The Dark Side of Social Media Settings on Digital Inferno by Paul Levy, founder of CATS3000 and Rational Madness. No one claims to understand the majority of settings available to them on the social media platforms they use. What’s the solution? In platform induction, start with the settings. Training in becoming … Continue reading
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