It was announced yesterday that the inventor and computer pioneer Sir Clive Sinclair died at his home in London after a long illness. Although according to his daughter he was still inventing last week. Sir Clive Sinclair: Computing pioneer dies aged 81 – BBC News If you follow the link to the article above you […]
Here is the man who wanted a flying car… Read More »
Have you read “Where’s my flying car?” part 1? If not you should. I was 10 in 1971 – decimalisation came in that year – and this was on the television: 1971: Tomorrow’s World: Cassette Navigation – YouTube (You should really take four minutes and thirty-four seconds to watch this video – speed it up if you are short of
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Who watched the Jetsons? If you say yes to that question then we are of a similar age or you are a real geek. If you say “no” then google it – and that simple statement “google it” is what this blog is about – technology today. No one told me I’d have Google in
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Back in December 2020 I wrote a blog where I asked “Where is my flying car” and then a few days later I wrote a sequel as there was an announcement of a flying car for sale. Here are the links to those articles: Where’s my flying car? – Octagon Technology Where’s my flying car? The Sequel – Octagon
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We all still need to be on our guard as the situation between Russia and Ukraine continues. There are stories circulating that hackers on both sides are now moving their interests against countries that are supporting the other side in the conflict. A number of my posts this week highlight why training is a key
Clive’s weekly Cyber Security roundup – 8 April 2022 Read More »
Do you know what an .xlsb file is? Hackers do and they are using them in phishing attacks. Phishing attacks have been high on the cyber news cycle this week – with warnings about various groups, not involved in the Russia Ukraine Conflict, taking advantage of the confusion and sending malware and malicious links out
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The first item I’d like to highlight this week, is a good news story. It is the success of the students from Girvan Academy, in the NCSC CyberFirst Girls Competition Scotland. The UK Government’s controversial draft Online Safety Bill has not been amended or dumped yet – with the The Internet Society now joining the
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I have been on leave for the past two weeks – so if you needed your cyber-news fix you needed to go directly to SmartThinking.Solutions, as I kept the stories up to date there, whilst I was away. Now I am back, I will be posting the weekly digests here again. Since late last year
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