Tag Archive for 'security'
If you travel a lot, you may be paranoid about people breaking into your room while you’re asleep, or even awake for that matter. I generally just use the old chain lock or whatever they’ve got on the door and I’m content. However, some might wish to rely on a different method to keep intruders [...]
These days one has to worry about the security of the files kept on their computer. Flash drives are so small and cheap that everyone has half a dozen of them just lying around. If someone has access to your computer, they can easily just pop one into an open USB port and copy over [...]
The last thing you or I want is for a masked stranger to burst into your bedroom and give you a sound thrashing (at least, it’s the last thing I want; you may differ), so home security is rightly treated as a serious topic. Up until now your choices have pretty much been a straightforward [...]
In this day and age everyone is in a hurry. Whether you’re running late for work, or you’re in a rush to get home and relax, you want to cut corners anywhere you can. One good place is at the checkout. We’ve all seen Paypass which allows you to use your credit card by just [...]
Don’t you hate it when you set up you new PC only to get hit with a virus? It’s happened to the best of us, and it sucks. What would suck even more is if the virus came pre-installed on the computer. Apparently some people that have purchased Medion laptops (not to be confused with [...]
Fujitsu unveiled the world’s first palm reader mouse that works as a computer mouse and security clearance system by scanning and reading the pattern of veins in the user’s palm.
I have a bad tendency to lose track of small objects, especially my thumb drives. I’ve actually managed to keep my latest one for several months. However, since I seem to go through them rather quickly, I try to spend as little on them as possible. This new one I would gladly drop the extra [...]
Sony is one of those companies that anymore we almost love to hate. Don’t get me wrong, they make plenty of good products, but they’ve had their share of bad press. Take for instance the millions of batteries that have been recalled and the infamous rootkit ordeal back in 2005. Unfortunately, Sony is now looking [...]
Well this is definitely one way to save up your pennies, the Emergency Break Glass Money Box. Inspired of course by the classic fire extinguisher boxes this little money box will make you think twice about snagging that change.
So if you are paranoid you might want to hop on over to Hack-A-Day to see the GSM based motion sensor alarm they’ve recently posted. Essentially what happens is when the alarm is tripped, during a certain time period, it calls someone.
Now who that someone is would be up to you, but I would recommend [...]
