Did you know you can test your Internet connection speed for Netflix™ specifically? Netflix™ now provides their own speed test servers so you can readily calculate the quality of the video stream. How much speed do I need? These are guidelines only and are based on single user / single device use. Streaming video—standard…
Genius hid a Morse code message in song lyrics to prove Google was copying them. “Over the last two years, we’ve shown Google irrefutable evidence again and again that they are displaying lyrics copied from Genius,” Gross said. To catch Google, Genius watermarked lyrics with the help of apostrophes, alternating between straight and curly single-quote…
Recalling the difficulty the Soviets had jamming American radio transmissions, Elaine Ou, a blockchain engineer and her colleague Nick Szabo, a well-known digital currency researcher, devised a plan to bypass the Great China Firewall by sending bitcoin transactions via ham radio. Read the full Wired™ article here.
Quick Heal published a blog post analysing various targeted emails being used to deliver a remote access Trojan to victims. Specifically utilising Excel file attachment. Learn more here.
On Thursday, researchers from threat intelligence firm Mimecast are disclosing findings that an Excel feature called Power Query can be manipulated to facilitate established Office 365 system attacks. Read the full Wired article here.
In the earliest days of messaging between remotely connected computers, email was purely a text based (7bit) system. At the time each character sent was considered an expense. An expense not only because of the hideous cost of very low bandwidth across any distance but also because of the limited bandwidth. So, we should remember…
OPQ are pleased to let our customers and future clients know that all shared wireless packages have now been upgraded. Some packages have had upgrades in speed of 100%! The best part? Extra speed at no extra cost! What can we do for you? Have a look at our wireless shared packages: For Business For…
IBM X-Force reports: BleepingComputer published an article on a new phishing scam attempting to trick users into providing their Outlook Web App credentials. The body of the email claims that there are various messages that require user approval before delivering. Each email entry is accompanied by a link to release, whitelist, or deny the associated…
After 18 years, Apple ditches iTunes in favour of dedicated apps. Full story from Wired.
Take a step back and think about the trail of data you leave behind in our digital world. Full story from Wired.
