THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF COMPUTING Posted: 27/12/2012 12 good reasons to visit ... Views: 5436

As well as providing interim management services at Workload Innovation I spend a considerable amount of time as a volunteer at the National Museum of Computing, which is based at Bletchley Park ...

A CHANGE OF DIRECTION Posted: 21/12/2012 And some exciting opportunities ... Views: 1556

I have written before about working at The National Museum of Computing (TNMOC), albeit as a volunteer and how it is a good, exciting place to be. I have also written before about why it is a good place to visit ...

PARLIAMENT AND THE SNOOPER'S CHARTER Posted: 14/12/2012 The Government backs down ... Views: 2552

I have written a number of times about the so-called Snooper’s Charter, most recently about how opposition is growing to it. At that point we were waiting for the cross House Parliamentary committee to issue their first report ...

PROTECT YOUR SMARTPHONE - UPDATE Posted: 07/12/2012 More thoughts and suggestions ... Views: 1929

I talked a few weeks ago about protecting your smartphone; here I am talking about some real issues of not protecting your phone and some practical measures you can take to protect yourself ...

THE WITCH LIVES! Posted: 30/11/2012 The world's oldest original computer is reborn ... Views: 2642

This has been a memorable week for The National Museum of Computing at Bletchley Park. Last Tuesday we ''rebooted'' the Harwell Dekatron AKA the WITCH. It is the world’s oldest surviving original and working computer ...

10 MORE REASONS TO VISIT TNMOC Posted: 23/11/2012 The Museum continues to develop ... Views: 2619

A year ago, I talked about why The National Museum of Computing (TNMOC ) is a great place to visit, so I thought it was time to update that post. Back then I gave twelve great reasons to visit and here are ten more ...

MORE BIG BROTHER ACTIVITY Posted: 16/11/2012 And some good news ... Views: 2264

Just when I thought the whole privacy situation was improving with news that Parliament is about to bury the Snoopers Charter, The Sunday Times reported that a new hitherto overlooked database of personal details is being created ...

THE 25 WEAKEST PASSWORDS OF 2012 Posted: 09/11/2012 And another password story ... Views: 2985

It is a while since I talked about passwords; this post is prompted by reading about the 25 weakest passwords of 2012 and also some information that came out of two security breaches, at LinkedIn and Gawker ...

PHISHING THREATENS OUR ONLINE EXISTENCE Posted: 02/11/2012 It affects both businesses and individuals ... Views: 3942

There are times I wonder if the Internet is the Wild West? Dangerous, populated by rogues and the good guys struggling to stem the lawlessness. Anyway I was reminded of yet another threat to our online existence: phishing ...

12 STEPS TO PROTECT YOUR SMARTPHONE Posted: 26/10/2012 It's vulnerable to attack ... Views: 4280

I came across some very useful information the other day in PC Pro magazine and I thought it would be helpful to pass it on. The article gave some very clear advice as to how to protect and secure your smartphone ...

OPPOSITION GROWS TO THE SNOOPERS CHARTER Posted: 19/10/2012 Are the government crazy? Views: 1809

The Government's Communications Bill that will mean we will all be subject to real time monitoring of our Internet and mobile phone interactions, including all phone calls, email, web site usage and social media activity ...

THE POWER OF DATA MAPPING ... Posted: 12/10/2012 But can it be misused? Views: 2602

I was made aware of a map developed at Facebook that charts the friendships of over 500 million users. It looks at the locality of friendships on Facebook and graphically illustrates which cities had friendships between them ...

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