The war between wetware and hardware.
apps et al.
by ed » Mon Jan 29, 2018 3:52 pm
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What is an app, exactly? It appears to be more than a simple link to a website. Why is it better than such a link? I have a web store that is...
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An App is ultimately better for you as a business owner. If you can incentivize your clients to download the app, you will gain access to data about...
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Apps and QR codes
by ed » Wed Jan 24, 2018 12:30 pm
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Anybody know about this stuff?
I want a mobil app and a qr code so people can easily download it
If the app changes on google play, can the qr code...
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Anybody know about this stuff?
I want a mobil app and a qr code so people can easily download it
If the app changes on google play, can the qr code...
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Last post by Grammatron Wed Jan 24, 2018 9:49 pm
odd excel prob
by ed » Mon Jan 22, 2018 12:13 pm
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I am trying to get the year from a column of dates. I am using right(cell,4) and I get odd results
6/3/2017 2017
8/12/2017 2017
9/5/2017 2017...
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In excel, what you see is not always the same data format that functions see. If in doubt, cast to another format or use a different function.
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Last post by Mentat Mon Jan 22, 2018 2:49 pm
Attention Windows users! Eat you heart out!
by sparks » Sun Jan 14, 2018 9:22 pm
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I'm just wondering how unstable the Reliability Monitor makes the OS? :)
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The most unstable thing around here is Abdul.
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Last post by shemp Sun Jan 14, 2018 9:53 pm
We're all doomed
by Grammatron » Fri Jan 05, 2018 9:59 pm
Q:Am I affected by the bug?
A: Most certainly, yes.
Q: What can be leaked?
A: If your system is affected, our proof-of-concept exploit can read...
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Last post by Pyrrho Tue Jan 09, 2018 11:29 am
Durable mouse
by Pyrrho » Wed Jan 03, 2018 1:28 am
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Okay...yet another mouse on which the left button is doing the old double-click routine. Any suggestions on a replacement that will last a while...
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seems more like a settings thing. I'd check the mouse button settings to see if something snuck in there.
Thanks, I'll try it with the double-click...
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Last post by Pyrrho Wed Jan 03, 2018 10:48 am
Inside the Gilded Cage
by Witness » Sat Dec 23, 2017 3:35 am
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Apple Had Way Better Options Than Slowing Down Your iPhone
On Wednesday, Apple confirmed what many customers have long suspected: The company has...
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Ignorant of pop cultural icons? FTFY :wink:
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Last post by Witness Tue Jan 02, 2018 2:45 am
About that DDoS attack...
by Pyrrho » Wed Dec 13, 2017 11:51 pm
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No, not ours.
THE MOST DRAMATIC cybersecurity story of 2016 came to a quiet conclusion Friday in an Anchorage courtroom, as three young American...
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Originally, prosecutors say, the defendants hadn’t intended to bring down the internet—they had been trying to gain an advantage in the computer game...
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Last post by Mentat Sat Nov 11, 2017 7:51 pm
Recycling
by Witness » Wed Nov 08, 2017 4:32 am
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Last post by Witness Wed Nov 08, 2017 4:32 am
Moderator
by Pyrrho » Wed Nov 01, 2017 10:42 am
To help us help you keep your mind right. For your own good.
Keeping online conversation constructive requires moderation, which takes time. We...
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Last post by Pyrrho Wed Nov 01, 2017 10:42 am
Photoshop PSD format
by Witness » Tue Oct 31, 2017 3:01 am
Comment in some code:
// At this point, I'd like to take a moment to speak to you about the Adobe PSD format.
// PSD is not a good format. PSD is...
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Last post by Witness Tue Oct 31, 2017 3:01 am
Comedy bot
by Pyrrho » Sun Oct 29, 2017 4:13 pm
Botnik/Wired Top 5 Products Of The Week
Amazon Alexa: The newest version of Alexa will judge your outfits and insult your processing power. The most...
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Last post by Pyrrho Sun Oct 29, 2017 4:13 pm
Fake Photos
by Pyrrho » Sat Oct 28, 2017 1:33 am
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The key idea is to grow both the generator and discriminator progressively, starting from low-resolution images, and add new layers that deal with...
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Sooner rather than later would be my hope: There's no room in this world for two drooling, chinless Man Children in charge.
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Last post by sparks Sat Oct 28, 2017 6:09 pm
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Last post by Pyrrho Sat Oct 28, 2017 5:42 pm
Word DDE ransomware
by Pyrrho » Sun Oct 22, 2017 8:10 pm
Last Friday, researchers at SensePost disclosed that a number of document-based attacks have been installing malware using DDE. They disclosed their...
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Last post by Pyrrho Sun Oct 22, 2017 8:10 pm
WANT
by Pyrrho » Fri Oct 20, 2017 11:06 pm
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Gimme. Maybe I'll start a GoFundMe campaign.
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Dick Tracy.
Before... Dick Tracy.
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Last post by sparks Sat Oct 21, 2017 7:03 pm
I think Seagate might suck
by Rob Lister » Mon Oct 27, 2014 12:36 pm
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I own two seagates. One for the last three years and one for about two years. Neither has given any indication of failing but that's they way they...
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I might try that when it packs up completely.
If that doesn't work, I'll try putting it in the microwave...
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Last post by asthmatic camel Sat Oct 14, 2017 2:40 am
Bug or feechur?
by Grammatron » Wed Oct 11, 2017 6:18 pm
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Both.
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My poor virgin ears. :shock:
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Last post by Pyrrho Wed Oct 11, 2017 10:57 pm
Twitter purists are mad
by Anaxagoras » Wed Sep 27, 2017 10:36 am
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THE INTERNET DOESN'T NEED—OR WANT—LONGER TWEETS
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WTF? Two empty posts Pyrrho??
It's there. You're blocking twitter links.
An undocumented feature of my V of FF no doubt.
Thanks again Listy....
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Last post by sparks Sat Sep 30, 2017 2:20 am
CCleaner got bugs
by Pyrrho » Tue Sep 19, 2017 12:01 am
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Talos recently observed a case where the download servers used by software vendor to distribute a legitimate software package were leveraged to...
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I'm goin' Carr . . . .
--J.D.
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Last post by Doctor X Fri Sep 22, 2017 11:06 am
One for AA
by gnome » Thu Sep 21, 2017 7:45 pm
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A photo AA added to another thread got me remembering this one.
Hacker Folklore: A Story About Magic
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Holy crap, I just realized that site has a double handful of awesome stories!
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Last post by gnome Thu Sep 21, 2017 7:52 pm
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Last post by ed Thu Sep 21, 2017 10:31 am
AI technology puts "gaydar" on a scientific basis.
by Rob Lister » Fri Sep 08, 2017 5:46 pm
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It took me a while to get there but I input my photo and it said I was more hetero than ed. Apparently they had ed on file. Me at 99%. Him at 66%....
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Why this forum exists.
Where is the NBL ?
What?
--J.D.
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Last post by Doctor X Sun Sep 17, 2017 3:39 am
Interactive app programming
by Pyrrho » Sat Sep 16, 2017 3:47 pm
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Okay...so part of my job is making interactive kiosk applications from time to time. Up until the licensing died on my laptop, I'd been using Adobe...
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MATLAB Web Server for the backend, and web assembly for the frontend. Duh.
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Last post by Mentat Sat Sep 16, 2017 9:10 pm
Photo shit Bucket
by ed » Wed Sep 06, 2017 1:36 am
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Changed their policy: no more third party hosting. IOW, the hundreds of links I created are now busted.
Fuck them.
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put img dx
delete dx
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Last post by Pyrrho Wed Sep 06, 2017 11:05 pm
Paint, we hardly knew ye
by Pyrrho » Mon Jul 24, 2017 3:20 pm
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Microsoft's graphics program Paint has been included in a list of Windows 10 features that will be either removed or no longer developed.
Paint has...
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The thing with Paint is there are no questions. No functionality either. But there ya go.
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Last post by Rob Lister Mon Jul 31, 2017 11:49 pm
Vladimir Putin versus all you sneaky shpiony
by gnome » Mon Jul 31, 2017 4:41 pm
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My prediction: This will cause plenty of people lots of hassle (including whoever is chosen to be made an example of) but will not significantly dent...
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In similar news:
Apple has removed VPN apps from China’s App Store
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Last post by Witness Mon Jul 31, 2017 8:17 pm
Google phishing detection
by Pyrrho » Fri Jul 28, 2017 9:31 am
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Website I manage for a relative...Google declares that it's found social engineering and flags a URL which gets the red background and warning in...
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I got this from an image hosting site:
Made me laugh, but I think I'll use another one. :mrgreen:
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Last post by Witness Sun Jul 30, 2017 2:56 am
Microchip 4 U
by Pyrrho » Tue Jul 25, 2017 12:00 am
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Three Square Market is offering to implant the tiny radio-frequency identification (RFID) chip into workers' hands for free - and says everyone will...
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. . . Similar technology is already in use in the USA for cattle sheep roundups. :)
ftfy :P
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Last post by xouper Tue Jul 25, 2017 12:39 pm
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Last post by ed Fri Jul 14, 2017 1:41 am
Internet sites charging for services that were once free
by Anaxagoras » Wed Jul 12, 2017 5:47 am
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It's an outrage! :freedom:
Fucking Chad. Asshole. :x
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I am aware of that issue, but there are free imaging capture programs that will get around the problem of not being able to download your own...
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Last post by Doctor X Thu Jul 13, 2017 9:20 am
Crashed Radio Shack flogs off its IPv4 stash
by gnome » Mon Jul 10, 2017 12:47 pm
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Dibs on 139.60.212.86 !!
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Something similar is phone numbers. Certain phone numbers can be valuable. Apparently all the phone numbers in the 212 area code (New York City,...
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Last post by Anaxagoras Wed Jul 12, 2017 7:58 am
Has your email been compromised?
by ed » Sun Jun 25, 2017 11:29 am
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Find out --- got the link from Shopify
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Compromised? I tend to think of it as a night in a cheap hotel .
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Last post by Fid Sun Jul 02, 2017 11:54 pm
Wanna haunt someone from beyond the grave?
by Nyarlathotep » Sat Jul 01, 2017 8:11 pm
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What I really want to do give someone I trust and who knows me well my FB password and about six after I die, start posting on my account like...
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Dammt, what can a boyo do these days to have a bit of fun. Fuckwads!
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Last post by Fid Sun Jul 02, 2017 11:46 pm
Batchfile to prevent Petya/Not Petya ransomware
by asthmatic camel » Wed Jun 28, 2017 8:57 am
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While analyzing the ransomware's inner workings, Serper was the first to discover that NotPetya would search for a local file and would exit its...
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Not if you are poor.
Yet you are poor.
--J.D.
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Last post by Doctor X Thu Jun 29, 2017 6:14 am
Great news for AC
by Witness » Mon Jun 05, 2017 3:03 am
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Intel officially announces Core i9 - up to 18 cores
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At the top of the lineup is the Core i9 Extreme Edition processor – lauded as the first consumer desktop CPU with 18 cores and 36 threads, all of...
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Last post by asthmatic camel Wed Jun 28, 2017 8:53 am
Govt websites hacked
by Pyrrho » Sun Jun 25, 2017 6:52 pm
The Ohio governor's website was apparently hacked on Sunday, along with the state's prison system's website.
The official website for Ohio Gov....
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Last post by Pyrrho Sun Jun 25, 2017 6:52 pm
Binky
by Pyrrho » Sat Jun 10, 2017 11:06 pm
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Hah.
Just Like A Real App
Binky supports all the other stuff you do to make you feel like you're Doing Something while waiting for the bus or...
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I prefer old school Blinky
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Last post by Bruce Sun Jun 11, 2017 12:44 pm
Osiris Ransomware
by ed » Thu Jan 12, 2017 9:25 pm
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Got it
Advice
oh, fuck
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...so on this forum server there's a default email address which for some reason had collected 150 megs of email. I decide to see what's in there....
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Last post by Pyrrho Sat Jun 10, 2017 7:16 pm
Mouse hover Zusy malware
by Pyrrho » Sat Jun 10, 2017 11:24 am
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On Windows, where else?
Security researchers have spotted a booby-trapped PowerPoint file that will download malware to a computer whenever a...
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Yup. This saves them a click.
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Last post by Pyrrho Sat Jun 10, 2017 3:01 pm
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Last post by Doctor X Fri May 26, 2017 9:31 pm
Jen gets the Internet
by ed » Thu May 18, 2017 9:21 pm
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I think the IT Crowd is probably the most consistently funny thing that I've ever seen on TV.
Here Jen (head of IT) is presented with the Internet
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I think the IT Crowd is probably the most consistently funny thing that I've ever seen on TV.
Well, with canned laughter you always know when it's...
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Last post by Witness Sun May 21, 2017 1:42 am
Old Wacom tablet
by Pyrrho » Sat May 20, 2017 7:54 pm
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Let's see if this thing will work on this Win10 system.
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Intuos 3 is what I have. Works fine, only I'd like to be able to remap the movement a bit.
You mean part of the tablet —> full screen? Works also....
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Last post by Witness Sat May 20, 2017 10:21 pm
Free cheap website builder
by ed » Mon May 15, 2017 2:02 pm
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What is the best way to make a simple website?
I feel the need to do something for zombie hillary
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You know, Abdul is a mean fucker. You wouldn't know just looking at him but there it is.
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Last post by ed Mon May 15, 2017 10:55 pm
HP keylogger
by Pyrrho » Fri May 12, 2017 11:14 pm
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LOL
Swiss security researcher ModZero claims that it has discovered an audio driver installed on several HP laptops that contains a feature that...
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Seems like some coder forgot to excise that part of the driver… :roll:
All users of HP computers should check whether the program...
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Last post by Witness Sat May 13, 2017 6:38 pm
Hard disks evolution
by Witness » Tue May 02, 2017 8:04 pm
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:mrgreen:
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I still have some Seagate 40mb drives.
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Last post by Pyrrho Tue May 02, 2017 11:56 pm
SilverPush
by Witness » Mon May 01, 2017 5:49 am
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From 2014:
SilverPush has announced the launch of a unique cross-device ad targeting platform.
The company’s groundbreaking system uses ultrasonic...
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So it's some kind of spyware in other words.
Creepy.
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Last post by Anaxagoras Mon May 01, 2017 6:29 am
FireFTP
by Pyrrho » Fri Apr 28, 2017 11:46 pm
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Firefox browser extension. Hmm. Clicked on a notification link on a certain other forum and FireFTP opened up a connection to what purported to be US...
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With Windows Containers it might be possible to at some point run your browser in a container where it can't see your Host OS at all.
Thanks. Looks...
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Last post by Pyrrho Sat Apr 29, 2017 7:39 pm
Great free image optimiser.
by asthmatic camel » Wed Apr 26, 2017 6:47 am
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I used to use Photoshop to compress images for web use but don't have it any more. This does the job really well, and can be used either online or...
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I will check that out.
I've been using IrfanView for simple stuff and Gimp for more complex stuff for about a decade so I'm kind of use to those....
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Last post by asthmatic camel Thu Apr 27, 2017 8:34 am
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