Monthly Archives: June 2008

Accidental Justice

Tuesday, 24th June, 2008 – 22:46

The assassin took a step back and sighed. He turned slowly, lifted his collar and moved away from the bundle of rags. Peter had been such a nice guy. Pity really. Life was hard, but it didn’t need to be like this. Debts had to be paid. If they weren’t then there had to be [...]

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Komplett Close UK, French & German Sites

Tuesday, 24th June, 2008 – 21:29

Komplett.ie is still open for business, but visitors to komplett.co.uk today were greeted with this message:

To all visitors of Komplett.co.uk

As of 24 June 2008, Komplett.co.uk has closed down its UK operations. We regret to inform you that it is no longer possible for UK customers to make any purchases from Komplett.co.uk anymore.

We value the customers [...]

By Paul | Posted in Internet, Shopping | Tagged | Comments (0)

RSS Experiment

Tuesday, 24th June, 2008 – 04:21

I’m currently trying out a bit of messing around with some RSS Feeds. You can see the results here.

Feel free to let me know what you think.

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First Trojan Based on ARDAgent Root Exploit

Monday, 23rd June, 2008 – 15:21

Secure Mac are reporting that they have found a trojan designed to take advantage of the ARDAgent root exploit that I posted about previously.

The Trojan dubbed “AppleScript.THT” allows the remote attacker full access to the system, steals usernames and passwords, hides by turning off system logging, opening firewall ports and can also be used to [...]

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RTE Digital Radio Now Online

Monday, 23rd June, 2008 – 15:03

Via Rick O’Shea, RTE have launched their new digital radio stations online. At the moment, they’re only available in RealPlayer format - though there are links to the non-existent Windows Media streams.

The RTE “How to Listen” page also contains links to the normal broadcast radio stations and podcasts.

I’ve played around with it for a while, [...]

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Geeky RSS Feeds

Sunday, 22nd June, 2008 – 03:37

Courtesy of Slashdot, possibly the geekiest RSS subscriptions on the planet.

Should I be worried that the few I didn’t have already, I added to my RSS reader?

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