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Entries from November 2005

Sony smooths path for virus writers

November 10th, 2005 · No Comments · Computers

For my money, this has to be the best story to emerge from the blogosphere to date. Watching it develop over the past 2 weeks has been fascinating:

from Mark Russinovich’s original post,
to being picked up by the mainstream media,
to Sony’s repeated attempts to shoot off their own feet,
and the news of pending lawsuits.

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Pandora’s back in the box

November 10th, 2005 · No Comments · General

I wrote in October about why I was reluctantly giving up Pandora, the personalised Internet music streaming service.
I’m very happy to say that I’m now able to reverse this decision. They’ve just released version 2, and have addressed almost all my criticisms.
Most importantly, there is now a free ad-supported version. I firmly believe [...]

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Buzzards over Worthing

November 10th, 2005 · No Comments · Wildlife

Spotted yesterday lunchtime, soaring high over the petrol station at Tesco, West Durrington, a pair of buzzards.
Buzzards have spread quickly over the UK in recent years, and have become increasingly common around urban areas. Nevertheless, this is the first time I’ve seen them so close to work. This pair was causing a minor [...]

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