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WATCH: Edward Snowden on password security

Last week John Oliver scored himself an exclusive interview with Edward Snowden - and flew to Moscow to do it. To make the most of the interview, HBO has just posted up this extra that wasn't included in the original 20 minutes-or-so - in which Oliver and Snowden discuss password security.

10 April 2015 James O'Malley Web 2.0, Websites

WATCH: An “Apple Engineer” talks about the new Macbook

Check out the above video for an exclusive interview with one of the engineers who worked on Apple's new Macbook... honest...!

12 March 2015 James O'Malley Apple, Computers

WATCH: Apple actually invented “Continuity” in 2002

One of the biggest new features on the latest iteration of iOS and Mac OS is "continuity" - the ability to make and answer calls from your phone on your computer. But it seems the technology isn't as new as we thought. Way back in 2002, which looks like the stone age in comparison to…

6 March 2015 James O'Malley Apple, Mobile phones

eBay listing reveals how man thinks having kids has ruined his life

This normal looking eBay listing, for a pushchair (or stroller, or buggy, depending on where you're from) seems to have become an outlet for one Southampton man, who in writing the description has given a horrifying insight into what has happened to him since he had kids. Here's the description as it appeared: Here we…

19 January 201515 June 2020 James O'Malley eBay, Web 2.0, Websites

WATCH: Use your toaster as a videogames controller (maybe)

Check out this video from YouTube user Vexal, which claims that thanks to a common chipset found in modern toasters, they can be connected to your PC via USB and used as controllers in games. Well, maybe, anyway. The video is so well done it is hard to say with 100% certainty that it is…

12 January 2015 James O'Malley Gadgets

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WATCH: Edward Snowden on password security

WATCH: An “Apple Engineer” talks about the new Macbook

WATCH: Apple actually invented “Continuity” in 2002

eBay listing reveals how man thinks having kids has ruined his life

WATCH: Use your toaster as a videogames controller (maybe)

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