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Amazon.Com Account Hacked

Apr10
2011 Written by Mauldor

After my Paypal account got hacked I thought I had secured everything but it seems that this was not the case, on 7th April 2011 I got an email (two of them) telling me that I had gifted The Metallica Collection to bigredbus1@hotmail.com & williamclowny@hotmail.com at a cost of $99.99 each, both of which had left my credit card at 2:52am UK time. I started the process as soon as I work up, calling Amazon and getting this stopped dead in it tracks. I learned a few lessons here I think and I shall detail the process to locking down any future exploits.

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Libraries under threat–what next?

Feb05
2011 Written by Mauldor

Public-libraries

Today in the news we have a story that says in the UK 400 libraries are under threat of closure. Does this news surprise anyone much in the same way we hear the the post office is not doing as much business as it used to in the day before computer? When was the last time you went out and spent time in an library and borrowed a book? I recall my past when I used to head down to the libirary to first read the latest computer magazines (which had been handled by many people before me – think of the germs crossing over there)  and the loaning some computer books. I remember not been able to have enough time to read the books and more often then not returning them without having read through them all or having to pay a fine when I was late bringing them back.

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Ordering Online – Amazon

Jun22
2009 Written by Mauldor

While I do order things online now and then, sometimes I am happier to walk / drive to the computer stores as it works out either quicker, cheaper or both and of course much easier to return. By random chance, after looking at Dell Refurb – I spotted that they featured a ATI Radeon 4670 Graphics card and this set me off to look at what this offered.

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The problem wth retail stores today

Dec30
2008 Written by Mauldor

Sony HC51

After looking into every angle on which camera to buy and finally thinking about buying one at long last, I had said to myself that the Sony HC51 which used Tapes but had firewire was the model of choice. The local Curry’s had this very model on sale for £135. Now I know I could find it on-line for £119 but by the time you add P&P – then its not such a bad price and of course you get to take it home then and there.

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