Nice article on adding a swap file to Linux.
Category : Linux
I’ve been meaning to root and flash my HTC Desire HD for a while now and today I finally took the bull by the horns and attempted the procedure.
I’m not sure if it was just me or if the process was actually as difficult as I made it. After approximately 5 hours of tinkering I eventually rooted the phone and installed a custom ROM called Cyanogenmod 7.0.
First impressions are positive. The phone seems more responsive and I seem to be making less typing errors which makes me think that the keyboard functionality has been upgraded.
Here’s some images of my phone now. I must admit it was worth the effort in the end.
Category : Uncategorized
Scamming the customer Chinese style! At least it’s not as bad as my mate paying $50 for a ‘camcorder’ in San Francisco and finding out he was actually sold a bottle of piss!
The link below shows why you should always keep your security patches up-to-date and also not click on any attachment regardless of whether it is a PDF file, a Word document or anything else from someone that you don’t know.
In the case outlined below the exploit was able to evade anti virus and malware scanners so as you can see the next best form of defense is common sense.
Beware the article is kinda technical so it might be a bit over the head of some non techy folk.
Buffer Overflow Exploit in Action – Imperva Data Security Blog.
I noticed that AIB are bringing out a card reader which you can sign up for for the princely sum of €5.50. I think I’ll be sticking with my code card.
