Posts by Mike Goodwin

RBS and Natwest online banking goes titsup

Not sure if related, but my HSBC mobile banking app seemingly wont connect to their servers at the minute.....

Top Gun display for your CAR: Heads-up fighter pilot tech

some cars have had the option of a HUD for a number of years.

I've got one, and always have it enabled. Not having to glance down to check your speed, or to the left/right to check your satnav is much safer.

Its a transparent image that you can see through, so its not like having a normal sat-nav screen in your direct line of sight.

Having a HUD now, I doubt I would go back to a car without one.

'Hashtag' added to the OED – but # isn't a hash, pound, nor number sign

Re: Sharp comment

hash = #

bang = !

wallop? Any ideas?

Massive EXPLOSION visible to naked eye SEEN ON MOON

<checks date>

Hmm. No, not 1st April.

Foldable NFC keyboard could tempt Android users

Re: Can't replace the battery?

unless they are selling them for less than £10, I totally agree.

Who actually has the thought pattern of "lets put a battery in there that can't be replaced or charged?"

How can family sysadmins make a safe internet playground for kids?

Bluecoat K9

Has anyone looked at using software from BlueCoat, their K9 "home filtering" suite?

http://www1.k9webprotection.com/

"K9 Web Protection is a free Internet filter and parental control software for your home Windows or Mac computer. K9 puts YOU in control of the Internet so you can protect your kids. "

I use BlueCoat ProxySG appliances a fair amount, and this was advertised on one of the courses I went on last year.

I installed it to see what it was all about, but given I'm 23 and have no kids, I don't have a use for it....