Digital-Lifestyles

May 2008

  • Keeping Your Passwords Private Part Two

    Following the recent list of what PC Magazine claim are the 10 most commonly used passwords by computer users, in part one we started to look at how you can protect your passwords and keep your booty safe.

    Microsoft Password Checker
    Microsoft offers a handy Password Checker application that lets you input text to test the strength of your passwords, from weak, medium to strong to best (it’s not that we don’t trust Microsoft, but we still changed our passwords around a bit when were testing them).
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  • UK Rural Broadband Overtakes Urban

    UK Rural Broadband Overtakes UrbanIt’s been announced that, for the first time, rural broadband installations across the UK have overtaken those in Urban areas, according to Ofcom.

    The whole of the UK breaks down to 59 per cent of households in rural areas now have broadband compared to 57 per cent of urban areas.

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  • Beware: Charity Disaster Phishing Scams

    Beware: Charity Disaster Phishing ScamsIt’s a sad reflection on today’s society that at times of human suffering there are those who will try to take advantage of the situation for their own gain.

    The United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) and other IT security organisations are warning that there are a number of phishing scams that are using donation appeals for the recent major disasters in Burma and China.

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  • Freshtel Announce Tesco Mobile VoIP Trial

    Freshtel Announce Tesco Mobile VoIP TrialAs predicted last week on Digital-Lifestyles, Tesco has announced a Mobile VoIP deal with Freshtel, initially a trial.

    More details were disclosed at the press conference yesterday.

    The most significant feature of the service is that calls will be able to be made from the existing mobile number. This is the first time we’ve heard of a mobile VoIP service offering this. There’s normally a separate number issued when you sign up for a mobile VoIP account.

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  • Keeping Your Passwords Private

    Keeping Your Passwords PrivatePasswords are a necessary evil in the online world. We’re going to give you some tips on keeping your all important passwords private.

    PC Magazine recently released a list of what they claim are the 10 most commonly used passwords by computer users.

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  • Pure-Fi Mobile Speaker System Streams Sounds From Your Pocket

    Pure-Fi Mobile Speaker System Streams Sounds From Your PocketIf you’re fed up battling with cables that tangle up quicker than a confused Cobra after a crateful of Carlsberg, Logitech’s Pure-Fi Mobile speaker system could be the perfect carry-around for you.
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  • Google Launches Google Health For Medical Records

    Google Launches Google Health For Medical RecordsSearch engine giants Google have progressed another step on their plans to dominate, well, just about everything, with the launch of Google Health, a health information service that combines their high tech search technology with a user’s online personal health records.
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  • Sharp Unleash A Herd Of 22 LCD TVs

    Sharp Unleash A Herd Of 22 LCD TVsThose crazy product-inventin’ cats at Sharp have gone new TV crazy, unleashing a veritable pack of twenty two new Aquos LCD TVs.
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  • The Worst Web Site Of The Year?

    The Worst Web Site Of The Year?Currently being lauded as a prime candidate for the Worst Website of 2008 is this eye-sucking monstrosity at Havenworks. com.

    Described by a visitor to the Web Pages That Suck website as “too awful to even even think of a comment,” the site as Havenworks looks like it was designed by a hyperactive, colour-blind designer in 1996 and manages to fail on just about every count when it comes to user friendliness.
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  • PM Gordon Brown Launches YouTube ‘Ask The PM’ sessions

    PM Gordon Brown Launches YouTube 'Ask The PM' sessionsGordon Brown. perhaps the least dynamic PM since John “yawn” Major, is looking to get down with the Web 2.0 Krew and get all interactive on our PCs.

    In an attempt to attract younger voters, the PM is launching an online version of prime minister’s questions, promising to respond to video clip questions sent in via the Downing Street YouTube website.

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