fickr geofences

if you use flickr you can now create up to 10 circular geofences with a radius of 50m to 5000m that will hide all exif geo positioning info from your public photos

• https://www.flickr.com/account/geo/privacy/?from=privacy

the windows smb flaw does NOT just affect windows XP but windows 7 and gnu/linux too

the windows smb flaw does not just affect windows XP but windows 7 and gnu/linux too

• https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2017/05/12/wanna-decrypter-2-0-ransomware-attack-what-you-need-to-know/
• https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2017/05/25/wannacry-the-rush-to-blame-xp-masked-bigger-problems/
• https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/msrc/2017/05/12/customer-guidance-for-wannacrypt-attacks/
• http://hackaday.com/2017/05/25/linux-sambacry/

and gnu/linux users will need to update their samba to 4.4.14, 4.5.10 or 4.6.4 ASAP

windows vista isnt dead just yet

windows vista isnt dead just yet although after installing SP2 windows update hangs and svchost will use 100% CPU and 1G continuously for many days

so the first thing you have to do after installing SP2 is disable automatic updates

then manually install

• https://technet.microsoft.com/library/security/ms16-073
• https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=52775
• https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/security/ms17-010.aspx
• http://www.catalog.update.microsoft.com/Search.aspx?q=KB401259

alternatively the guardian recommend you throw away any amd sempron notebooks and switch to a free unactivated or beta version of windows 10

• https://www.theguardian.com/technology/askjack/2017/mar/16/upgrade-microsoft-windows-vista-options-unsupported

or buy a refurb notebook

• http://www.tier1online.com/i5-laptops/?sort=bestselling

while wired has some other suggestions

• https://www.wired.com/2017/04/youre-somehow-still-windows-vista-upgrade-right-now/

youtube uk live webcams

hastings

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRWsI8l-n5E

leek railway

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ex2AL0hLg6c

norfolk

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nPoDb4kFfA
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFHTDpFtduY

weymouth

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuQ1EmVtqEA
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICI8SPUvzy0
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjixVsiKLAw

DDR2 and DDR3 memory is now available in 3 types (@amd, @intel and dualmode)

DDR2 and DDR3 memory for desktops and notebooks is now available in 3 types (@amd, @intel and dualmode)

• Intel DDR2/3 are 10bit with 8K blocks (DO NOT WORK WITH AMD HW)
• AMD DDR2/3 are 11bit with 16K blocks (DO NOT WORK WITH INTEL HW)
• Dual Mode should work with both AMD HW and Intel HW

See

• https://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1043995/ocz-releases-special-memory-for-amd-am2-cpus

mozilla firefox now has 3 versions too

mozilla firefox now has 3 versions too

• Firefox Setup 52.1.2 (non esr)
• Firefox Setup 52.1.2esr
• Firefox Setup 53.0.3 (64 bit)

except that Firefox Setup 53.0.3 (64 bit) is not really 64 bit as it does not run on windows vista home premium 64 bit

• https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/all/
• https://www.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/new/

 

mozilla #thimble the ide to help anyone learn html, css and javascript

Thimble is an online code editor that makes it easy to create and publish your own web pages while learning HTML, CSS & JavaScript.

• https://thimble.mozilla.org/en-GB/?ref=webmaker.org

windows vista (64 bit) now has 3 versions of IE9 you can choose from

windows vista (64 bit) now has 3 versions of IE9 you can choose from

• https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/download/internet-explorer-9-details.aspx

which one will you choose

• BOIE9_ENGB_BO0085_VIS
• IE9-WindowsVista-x64-enu
• IE9-WindowsVista-x86-enu

anti-virus advice from @actionfraud, @ncsc and @microsoft_uk (inc help for #WXP and #WIN2003 (non #cso) users)

anti virus advice from @actionfraud, @ncsc and @microsoft_uk

• http://www.actionfraud.police.uk/
• https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/guidance/ransomware-latest-ncsc-guidance
• https://www.microsoft.com/security/portal/mmpc/shared/ransomware.aspx
• https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/17466/windows-defender-offline-help-protect-my-pc
• https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4013550/windows-protect-your-pc-from-ransomware
• https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/msrc/2017/05/12/customer-guidance-for-wannacrypt-attacks/

Note that MS are EVEN taking the highly unusual step of providing a security update for all customers to protect Windows platforms that are in custom support only, including Windows XP, Windows 8, and Windows Server 2003.