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Category: Blog

Relive the Internet of the ’90s With ‘Neocities’ – Build your next website like it’s not yet 1999

2023-06-152023-06-15 Danie
Neocities

Remember using dialup in the 1990s? Back when the technology was new, the online world wasn’t overrun with corporations, and everyone was basically trying to figure out what the internet even was? If you miss […]

Blogneocities, retro, technology

Samsung Galaxy Watch might soon just save your life: Finally getting irregular heartbeat recognition and notification

2023-06-142023-06-14 Danie
galaxy watch irregular heart rat

Starting this summer (Northern Hemisphere?), Samsung will add Irregular Heart Rhythm Notification (IHRN) to its Samsung Health app in 13 markets. The list of countries includes Argentina, Azerbaijan, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Georgia, Guatemala, […]

Bloggalaxywatch, health, IHRN, samsung, technology

Applying simple CSS to Lemmy or Beehaw does add some nice indenting and spacing to look more like Reddit

2023-06-142023-06-14 Danie
BeehawStyle

The attached image shows the subtle differences which make things more easily readable. The link below contains the post that has the code to copy-and-paste. For Chrome browsers you just need to install the Stylebot […]

BlogBeehaw, lemmy, technology

Docker Mailserver (DMS) is an open-source production-ready full stack mail server that you can self-host in a Docker container

2023-06-142023-06-14 Danie
Red postbox

This is a simple containerised mail server (SMTP, IMAP, LDAP, Antispam, Antivirus, etc.). Only configuration files, no SQL database. Easy to deploy and upgrade. I see it is often recommended to others, as I noticed […]

Blogemail, mailserver, opensource, selfhosting, technology

Think how much richer Internet searches will be with results from Lemmy, Beehaw, Kbin, etc

2023-06-142023-06-14 Danie
RedditProhibited

I have found search results to be very good with Reddit links in the past. I get that Reddit needs to pay for their hosting (just like everyone else) but with so many more Internet […]

Blogfediverse, interoperability, openstandards, search, technology

‘I’m a photographer and I don’t care about camera quality when buying a new phone’ – Prioritising camera quality severely limits your options

2023-06-132023-06-13 Danie
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Camera quality has become one of the most important factors when picking a new phone. Android Authority conducted a poll in early 2021, and the results were as they had assumed. About 24% of respondents […]

Blogphotography, smartphones, technology

Next level Hack: Hackers can steal cryptographic keys by video-recording power LEDs 18 metres away without any probe or radio connections

2023-06-132023-06-13 Danie
surveillance cam smartcard reade

By carefully monitoring characteristics such as power consumption, sound, electromagnetic emissions, or the amount of time it takes for an operation to occur, attackers can assemble enough information to recover secret keys that underpin the […]

Bloghacking, security, technology, vulnerability

These Microsoft Office security signatures are ‘practically worthless’: Turns out it’s easy to forge documents relying on OOXML

2023-06-132023-06-13 Danie
Microsoft Office

Five computer researchers from Ruhr University Bochum in Germany – Simon Rohlmann, Vladislav Mladenov, Christian Mainka, Daniel Hirschberger, and Jörg Schwenk – describe this sorry state of affairs in a paper titled: “Every Signature is […]

Blogmicrosoft, OOXML, security, technology

What Is a GaN (gallium nitride) Charger, and Why Should You Buy One?

2023-06-132023-06-13 Danie
GaN

When you’re on the hunt for a new USB power adaptor, you may come across a few options with gallium nitride (GaN) technology. These charging bricks tend to be a bit expensive. But due to […]

Blog#chargers, GaN, technology

What is Signal? The basics of the most secure messaging app: Modern phones can easily have multiple messenger apps on them

2023-06-132023-06-13 Danie
Signal icon on phone screen with caption Signal; under it, and a finger hovering over the icon.

Today, most messaging apps have true end-to-end-encryption (Telegram’s must be activated per contact for Secret Chat), but what really differs now is how many can tie your communications back to you through metadata. Obviously those […]

Blogchat, messengers, security, signal, technology

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