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From CNN: From bugs to lasers to cell phones, the Vatican is on guard for high-tech eavesdropping ahead of Monday’s opening of the conclave to elect a new pope to lead the Roman Catholic Church. Intensifying the speculation — and perhaps the taste for espionage — are the lack of a clear favorite, a media …
From CNN: Britain’s Prince Harry, who is scheduled to start his army officer training next month, has been told to brush up on his computer skills after reportedly failing a test at the elite Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. Col. Roy Parkinson, protocol officer at Sandhurst, said Friday that Harry underwent a series of tests, physical …
It has been my experience that Browser Helper Objects (BHO) cause the most problems on your computer. The problems are caused by “spyware” that hooks itself into Internet Explorer and then opens pop-ups or slows down your computer whenever you run Internet Explorer. To check what BHOs you might have installed, you can either use …
From InfoWorld: Intel is contributing to global warming, the company admitted Thursday. Not the bad kind, though. Two employees at Intel Russia have erected what may be the world’s most northerly Wi-Fi hotspot 130 kilometers from the North Pole. The hotspot was built in the Arctic Region at the Barneo ice camp, a tent complex …
From MSNBC: An infinite number of newly discovered monkeys trying to name themselves could have pounded on their keyboards a long time before coming up with this one: GoldenPalace.com. The Internet casino paid $650,000 for the right to name the foot-high primate, online auction house CharityFolks.com announced Wednesday. GoldenPalace.com won a March 3 online auction …