Another student hacks another police website
Oh the fun. Once again, another police website has been hacked by a student, showing that even the police aren't safe from all crimes.
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Charlie Osborne talks about (and to) the next generation of IT users.
Charlie Osborne
London-based medical anthropologist Charlie Osborne is a journalist, graphic designer and former teacher.
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Q'n'A: Your correspondence to date
Over the last week or two, I've been inundated with an email. On a serious note, there have been a few questions asked; not that they need clarification as I've already covered these things, I'll answer these anyway.
Untrustworthy students: lighten your restrictions
You know the drill. You spend thousands, if not tens of thousands of dollars on higher education at your college or university of choice.
Podcast: Diary of a dial-up user (part 4 - final)
This is the final installment of this soap-style, badly written diary of my broadband woes, fights and mishaps. It's been nearly two weeks without broadband at my new house, battling my way online through the means of dial-up Internet.
Adeona offers independent stolen laptop tracking
Sorry: hit "post" instead of "save"; this backend system will be the death of me.I first came across Adeona last year when I was doing some external research, and it's only really just come to light.
Panic over: YouTube viewers are no longer royally screwed
An update to the YouTube blog yesterday has calmed fears that Viacom would be able to pick out identifiable user information about every video ever watched on YouTube. As answered before in my Q'n'A post, there was a possibility that recriminations could be filed against each individual who watched something which was copyrighted.
Moving house: diary of a dial-up user (part 3)
I'm continuing my diary of the troubles I'm having with getting broadband into my new house. I never thought it would be this difficult, but indeed these posts prove it really can be.
Moving house: diary of a dial-up user (part 2)
As you know from my previous post, it has been an absolute battle to try and get broadband connectivity to my new house in Canterbury. All the other seemingly complicated "hardware based" products like electricity, gas and water supplies have been easy to set up and continue flowing.
Moving house: diary of a dial-up user (part 1)
Here at ZDNet, we all get on (most of the time) and I'm lucky to be working with some absolutely lovely people. Behind the scenes, we have a discussion group, and I've been bitching about my lack of Internet the last week or so.
Virtual e-learning: the end of university?
University places are increasing more and more as the years go by, whilst e-learning and "in-house training" becomes the norm within business. Universities UK has reported that 70% of all incoming undergraduate students make up of 18-20 year olds, and is expected to drop dramatically from the beginning of the 2009 academic year and continuing to drop for the next 20 years.