Digital House n Home

[mojo1941]

Hi
I intend to continue my posts about the subject - which all started in CA say a couple of years ago and that was prompted by xbmc.org/ and then purchase of a
wd tv hub www.trustedreviews.com/Western-Digital-WD-TV-Live-Hub_Peripheral_review
all seems so long ago - tech moves at warp speed - we still have our eyes and ears - but what superb sensors they are....
This seems to me to be quite scary if it comes about = Do quantum computers threaten global encryption systems?

The modern world is a house of cards built upon encryption.
Make a mobile phone call and encryption is there to stop eavesdroppers listening in.
Spend money online and encryption ensures your card number and identity cannot be scooped up and used elsewhere.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-27974877

[Ratae]

Oooerr...just because I'm paranoid, doesn't mean that everyone isn't out to get me!

[nob]

Those that fired that rocket at that airliner can't have had encription turned on coz the yanks heard them bragging on their mobiles about it. If it goes through the air it can be picked up.

[mojo1941]

Im now very chuffed as Im on PAUG on my 10 yrs old Tesco mobile nokia candy bar & u can hammer nails in soft walls with it...
BTW its bad Brit written speak to end a sentence a preposition with.....

[mojo1941]

Anyone ever been & had a pint of the amber stuff here?
OK its a long way to go for a pint but...
www.yelp.co.uk/biz/forresters-and-squatters-arms-hotel-thebarton
btw as far as I know this post has nothing to do with a sober digi- home

[mojo1941]

Reversible USB cable design finished
The design for the new reversible USB interface - the standardised connection for data transfers between electronic devices - has been finished.

It means users will no longer have to worry which way round the part is facing when plugging it into a device.

The new USB Type-C is small enough for mobiles but "robust enough for laptops and tablets", its designers said.

But the new USB cables will not connect into the current ports that are found on millions of devices.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28771578

[mojo1941]

How to hack and crack the connected home

There are intruders in your home, ones that came with claims that they would make your life easier, that they could take over some of the drudgery so you could pursue some of life's finer pleasures.

What they did not mention was that they would let strangers look around your home and spill your secrets to anyone who asks the right questions.

These are not people letting you down, they are smart gadgets that will form what is known as the Internet of Things. All of them are a security disaster waiting to happen, suggests a BBC experiment.

dont leave your house keys behind the flower pot either...mo41


www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-27373328

[nob]

Funnily enough I've just watched about that on the BBC world news, hackers get in through CD players and tge like connected to your phone line. Once in they can find lots about the home network. Good passwords from default ones they say is the answer.

[mojo1941]

As far as I can see the 13A mains power socket off to a PC is the best anti hack device & its free - but the always on BB router is at risk 24/7/365 I suppose....dosent seem to be a good idea to turn it off = so they say but ? really so

[mojo1941]

Windows XP upgrade proves tricky business for John Lewis
"The scope of our project was 26,000 devices, both desktops and laptops, that needed to be upgraded to Windows 7," says Paul Miles, a project manager in John Lewis Partnership's IT department.

Those 26,000 machines are found in Waitrose supermarkets, John Lewis department stores and the company's head office.

Planning for the multi-million pound project began in 2011, says Mr Miles, but the big switch really got going in early 2013.

mmmm....glad Ive only got 2 xp old friends to worry about...mo41

www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28790582

[banjo]

Maybe someone should have challenged them to jump ship to Linux. Being a mutual outfit, the savings could have been passed on and may even have provided extra employment for sone 'nix savvy IT peeps... That's leaving aside the improved security situation and easier upgrade paths etc etc.


e&oe

[mojo1941]

hi banjo
mmmm...not so sure I agree LX has easier upgrade paths = each standalone version (they all are) seems to me to have to reinstall with the new version eg jumpyjackflash v21 redmonkey v14 ...as they say in Spain
Complicardo mi Amigo

[mojo1941]

Galileo: What does a more accurate sat-nav system mean?

With the planned launch of two satellites aboard a Soyuz rocket from French Guiana later this month, Europe is pushing ahead with its own satellite navigation system, known as Galileo.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28779524

[Ratae]

Aug 22, 2014 6:01:10 GMT mojo1941 said:

Galileo: What does a more accurate sat-nav system mean?

With the planned launch of two satellites aboard a Soyuz rocket from French Guiana later this month, Europe is pushing ahead with its own satellite navigation system, known as Galileo.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28779524

Hopefully, that poor old Smudger will be able to find his own arse using both hands!

[Deleted]

Using a sophisticated sat-nav system continues to amaze me.
At the beginning of this year a new bypass opened around a village about 10 miles from here. For the first couple of times I used the bypass, not using sat-nav, but having the map displayed on screen, it showed me driving some way off the road. It looked as though I was driving across open countryside. However, a month or so later, the maps in my car had been updated and the new road layout was showing correctly.
I asked my dealer about it and they told me the update was done OTA (over the air) with no input or involvement from me.