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Jaiku explored
2007-05-14 03:43:00
This weekend, I finally took the time to check out the Jaiku microblog site that has been up since November 2006. ...


LinkedIn menaces researched
2007-05-16 16:23:29
If you’re like me, you’re fond of using LinkedIn or some other business-oriented social networking service. (LinkedIn say they have ...


Microsoft releases isolated conversion environment for Office
2007-05-21 22:06:45
Microsoft has released a security update by the name of Microsoft Office Isolated Conversion Environment (MOICE). This ...
Read more: Microsoft , isolated

Pretty Good Privacy (PGP) basics
2007-05-23 23:31:00
Electronic mail sent in plain text is about as safe as a postcard; it is susceptible to eavesdropping, falsification, and ...
Read more: Pretty , Privacy

Nutris, the geeky way to lose weight
2007-05-28 11:43:16
I have been using the Nutris Health Coach web-based weight control service for two weeks now. The idea is to ...
Read more: lose weight

Fund council election at Elisa
2007-05-28 11:42:57
If you work at Elisa , you should have received an emailed ballot for the council of Elisa’s personnel fund ...


Plaxo, delicious for contacts
2007-06-01 17:31:44
I have recently commented on Jaiku the microblog/presence site, and Nutris the weight watching service. Another of those “sticky” web ...


Almost doesn't count, at least not for now
2007-06-01 10:08:43
The personnel fund council election I wrote about earlier turned out to be the closest shave possible for me. After ...
Read more: Almost , count , least

Rainbow sliced green olives recalled due to broken glass
2007-06-01 10:00:00
This just in from Finland’s Food Safety Authority: Rainbow sliced green olives produced for Inex Partners Oy, 235/142 ...
Read more: recalled , broken glass

Action proposed against roof collapse epidemic
2007-06-08 10:13:00
Several incidents of roof and ceiling damage occurred in Finland in the late winter of 2006, within a relatively short period, ...
Read more: Action , proposed , against , collapse , epidemic

Virve network to be put on life support
2007-06-08 08:03:00
Finland’s Virve mobile communications network , reluctantly used by fire, police and other authorities, should receive its funding from the state ...
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New trial to be held in “porn teacher case”
2007-06-07 10:08:00
The conviction in the Connecticut, USA risk of injury to a minor case I wrote about earlier has ...


Mobile phone invoice six months late - guess which telco?
2007-06-07 04:08:00
The state-controlled Finnish Broadcasting Company yesterday wrote about delays in Elisa’s mobile phone invoicing.The part about those delays might ...
Read more: Mobile , telco

Importing an address book from Windows Live into Outlook (Express)
2007-06-06 11:26:00
Recently on netnews, someone asked how to import a Hotmail address book into Outlook . Someone else replied that it’s impossible ...
Read more: Importing , Windows , Express

Yaesu FT-7800 comments
2007-06-16 06:28:00
I recently bought a Yaesu FT-7800E amateur radio transceiver for my car (no more handie-talkies in the mug holder). As ...


112 chief fired - with six months’ pay
2007-06-18 08:06:25
Finland’s ministry of the interior is terminating the employment of its Satakunta regional emergency dispatch center director Aatos Juurijoki, ...


Late 112 already wears the late crown – should we brace for even worse?
2007-06-27 09:00:00
Finland’s emergency dispatch centers, previously running in exemplary mode, have been plagued by problems since one administrative shakeup after another ...


Security nightmare hits Unix-flavor systems
2007-07-04 11:01:32
An integer overflow vulnerability in version 2.6 and prior of the GNU C library may allow local attackers to gain elevated privileges. ...


Mail transfer agents need adequate PTR records
2007-07-02 09:14:39
CERT-FI is reminding Finnish MTA operators that missing PTR records may cause false positives in regard to junk mail filtering....
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Jajah – excellent VoIP usability, but your conversations “shall not be deemed private”
2007-07-14 16:45:16
The Skype fad never really got hold of me. Instead, I have worked and played with a number of other ...
Read more: excellent , shall

Church snooty over African immigrants
2007-07-20 11:20:03
As I read the news today, it seems to me that the Finnish church has a tendency of going over ...
Read more: Church , African , immigrants

220 volt “user swatter” recalled
2007-07-19 08:31:42
Finland’s safety technology authority is warning the public about an extremely hazardous electric fly swatter that conducts 220 VAC current ...
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows available starting 21 Jul 2007!
2007-07-19 05:37:37
The seventh and final Harry Potter book, set in the Deathly Hallows , reveals all those eagerly awaited answers. Get yours now ...
Read more: available , Deathly Hallows

Another 112/Virve disaster uncovered
2007-08-18 11:16:26
Some six months ago, I wrote about an investigation that had found the Virve radio system partly responsible for the ...


How to make your first payment through Moneybookers
2007-08-29 18:19:00
If you have used the web for a while, you probably have noticed e-payment services such as Moneybookers and Paypal. ...


Two OH2RCH repeaters temporarily down
2007-09-23 03:40:58
Erik, OH2LAK reports that the OH2RCH repeaters on 145,6250 and 1297,1250 MHz are temporarily off the air due to ...


Microsoft shrugs off complaints about unopt-outable bulk mail list
2007-09-21 19:51:50
Microsoft’s TechEd IT Forum will be held in a few weeks' time. If you have taken the Boulder pledge, you may have to stay at home though.
Read more: Microsoft

Welcome to the revamped news.newusers.questions web site!
2007-09-21 12:41:12
I recently mentioned that the web site for the newsgroup news.newusers.questions would be moving to a new home. Well, that site is now live, so please update your links and bookmarks.
Read more: Welcome

For sale: tomorrow’s antique from Finland
2007-09-14 16:46:36
I’m going to shamelessly plug two very nice items I have for sale right now: The first item is a ...
Read more: tomorrow , Finland

Two way subtone on two meter OH2RCH repeater
2007-09-10 21:27:12
According to Erik Finskas, OH2LAK, trustee for the OH2RCH repeater on 145,625 MHz, this repeater now ...


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