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LastPass Password Phishing Exploit
The LastPass password phishing exploit could trick users into giving away their password. If you use LastPass check this exploit out at The Hacker Blog and IT Pro. It involves unscrupulous people phishing for LastPass passwords. Update for LastPass Password Phishing Exploit This issue is now fixed for all the latest versions of Lastpass on Chrome…
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Browser Choice In Microsoft Windows Ends
Browser Choice – What’s That About In December 2009 the European Union obliged Microsoft to offer a choice of browsers to their European customers when they installed new versions of Windows. This browser choice was also delivered in updates to Windows and so the Browser Choice screen was born and has been with us ever since.…
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Asteroid 2014 UR116 Will Cross Earth’s Orbit
This Asteroid Will Cross Earth’s Orbit Although thousands of asteroids have been discovered and their orbits determined there are thought to be many undetected ones. This asteroid will cross Earth’s orbit of the Sun every three years and is called Asteroid 2014 UR116. It was recently discovered by a Russian professor at Moscow State University, Vladimir Lipunov. It is the…
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Bank Machines Will Use Windows XP Beyond The MS Deadline
Well, well, well, whose not keeping on top of things then. It looks like all the major banks. This article from ITPRO taken from Reuters points out that some major banks will not have updated their Automatic Telling Machines to Windows 7 by 8th April 2014. This is Microsoft’s published deadline after which there will…
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Make Google The Home Page In Windows 7
Introduction A friend found they had got MSN as their Home page and asked me how they could make Google the Home page in Windows 7. What They Saw I haven’t seen their screen but I would expect it to look like the screen shot above, when they select their Home page, with MSN showing. Here I…
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Internet Explorer Suggested Sites – Not My Favourites
I don’t necessarily want Internet Explorer Suggested Sites on my Favourites Bar in Internet Explorer. I just want My Favourites. Yes, I’m talking about the Suggested Sites shortcut which appears on the Favourites Bar and defies all attempts to remove it permanently. Deleting the shortcut from the Favourites Bar does not prevent it from returning.
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I Reduced Windows 7 Startup Time To Two Minutes
Introduction I have wanted a way to get a reduced windows 7 startup time for a while. I was concerned about the time it took from switch on to the point where all apps that start automatically were ready for use. This has generally increased over the years during the time I had previous versions…
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IE9 Zero Day Vulnerability Fixed
For a week now it has been known that there is an IE9 Zero Day Vulnerability. Get This Zero Day Vulnerability Fixed Now Microsoft have published a fix which came to me today in the form of an update as follows (for Windows 7): Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer 9 for Windows 7 for x64-based Systems (KB2744842)…
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Phishing Email NOT From TESCO Bank
Where Does This Email Pretend To Come From? This phishing email pretends to come from: Tesco Personal Finance customerservice@consumercardservicing.tescofinance.com. As you can see from the image of the email content below if you were to click on the link: http://www.tescobank.co.uk/1/2/TESCOCAM10;&user=% colin.ride@btinternet.com % . . . you will not go to a Tesco website. Look carefully…
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Malware Discovered In Google Marketplace Apps
Malware discovered in Google Marketplace Apps by Symantec is designed to make premium rate calls from your mobile. So check your bills. See the detail here.
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ns&i index linked bonds
I have seen a reference on citywire money to ns&i index linked bonds. One person – nodrog60 – has an issue with advice he was given over the phone by ns&i. As a result he thinks the interest on his investment will be a pittance. Amongst many others one person – ND – has been very…
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Venus Transiting the Sun on 5th-6th June 2012
In the feature image you can see Venus transiting the sun on 8th June 2004 – the first transit since 1882. Venus Transiting the Sun on 5th-6th June 2012 won’t happen again until 2117. Remember not to look directly at the sun and focus the sun onto a white card with a telescope/lens. Unfortunately for us…
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Wikipedia Protests by turning the English section OFF for 24 hours on 18th Jan 2012
Wikipedia Protests! What exactly is it doing? Wikipedia protests against SOPA and PIPA by blacking out the English Wikipedia for 24 hours, beginning at midnight January 18, Eastern Time. Readers who come to English Wikipedia during the blackout will not be able to read the encyclopedia: instead, they will see messages intended to raise awareness…
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Mortgage lenders have moved the goal posts making it difficult for homeowners to move
It’s all here about these mortgage lenders on City Wire. Note the FTSE 100 went above the 5700 mark today but finished at 5697.
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They Monitor Mobile Phone Movements To Improve Customer Service
This was brought to light by APEX NEWS on 4th January 2012 as follows: One of the signs at the Princesshay shopping centre in Exeter informing shoppers that their mobile phones are being monitored. The popular shopping centre has been accused of using Big Brother tactics after it was revealed it was using stealth technology…
