Posts by David Harper

Mobile blocking tech for trains

C2C don't have loud announcements

They have scrolling message screens telling you what the next station is. The only announcements are from the driver telling you what the latest delay has been caused by.

Amazon Kindle set to go massive

Cybook and Sony eReader look much better

They both support standard formats and non DRM books. I recently bought a CyBook 3 and it is fantastic - it is also VERY easy to convert PDF/Word docs into the Mobibook format as well.

The Cybook in a suitable protective cover is the size and weight of a thin paperback. It hasn't got the connectivity of a Kindle but do most people care? Load it up with half a dozen books and it is a perfect holiday gadget...

Net shoppers bullied into being Verified by Visa

Even worse - you can renenroll

Because of the password strength for the verified by visa scheme forcing you to use 2 digits I of course had forgotten it.

Imagine my suprise then when I found out I could click on the enrollment link and resignup. Now I got to the point where I could enter a password and got the error back saying "Must include 2 digits". This acted as a remindar to what my password was so I tried that - after which I got "You've already used that password" - so I gave up renrollment at that point.

However it seems that it's completly unsecure if at any point you can enroll in the scheme and create a new password!