Computer Act!ve - UK (2022-01-19)

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INBRIEF

ANTI 5G ITEMS

GIVEOFFRADIATION

Necklacesandbraceletsthat

claimtoprotectpeoplefrom

5Gactuallyemitradiation,

researchershavefound.

TheDutchnuclearsafety

authorityexaminedthe

items,allavailableonline,

andfoundtheycontain

radioactivematerial.Oneof

thebracelets(pictured)was

beingmarketedatchildren.

Itlistedtheitemsatwww.

snipca.com/4 0555 ,andsaid

peopleshouldstopwearing

them.There’s noevidence

that5G isharmful.

DUCKDUCKGOTO

LAUNCHPCBROWSER

DuckDuckGosaysitwill

launchadesktopversionof

itsmobilebrowser,letting

youuseitoncomputersand

laptops.Itwillhave“robust

privacyprotection”builtin,

soyouwon’thavetoturn

onhiddensettingstoavoid

beingtrackedonline.Likethe

mobileversion,itwillhavea

‘Fire’buttonthatdeletesyour

browsinghistory anddata

in one click.Readmoreat

http://www.snipca.com/40554.

VODAFONE LAUNCHES

5G MiFi DEVICE

Vodafone has

launchedits

first 5GMiFi

device (pictured),

connectingupto

other devicesviaWi-Fi6.The

5G MobileHotspot’sbattery

lasts 8.5hours,and youcan

signuptoafixed term or

rollingcontract.Pricesfor

unlimiteddatastart at £15–

seewww.snipca.com/4 0557.

M

icrosofthas fixed abug

that blockedemails

bein gsentafter midnight

on New Year’s Eve,and

brought back memories of

theMillennium bugthat

worriedbusinesse sand

governments at theend of the

lastcentury.

The flawhas beencalledthe

Y2K22bug –arefere nce to the

year 20 22,and anod to how

theMillennium bugwas also

known(Y2K).

It appeared in Microsoft’s

Exch ange serv ers, whichis

used by businesses,and so

mostly affectedworkemails.

The problemstemmed from

Microsoft’s policy of naming

its malware-scanningupdates

with th eyear, monthand

date,beforeanotherfour-digit

number.This means its

10-digit update number for

1January 2022 was

followed by 0001.

Howeve r, Microsoft’ssystem

is limited to twotothe power

of 31 (or2,147,483,648)and

wasthereforeunable to cope

with th enumber2201010 001

(or2,201,010,001).

Microsoft said this caused

the“malwareenginetocrash,

resultinginmessagesbeing

stuckint ransport qu eues”.

It addedthatthe problem

wasmerelya“datecheck

failur e”,and didn’t affectthe

malwarescanning.

HeadsofITatcompanies

shar ed solutions on so cial

mediabeforeMicrosoft fixed

theproblem on 3January.

Microsoft fixesY2K 22 bugthat

blockedNew Yearemails

Police arrestMafiamobster

spottedonStreetView

A

memberoftheItalian

mafiawhoescapedprison

in 2002 hasbeenarrested

afterpoliceidentifiedhimon

GoogleStreetView.

NamedasoneofItaly’s

mostwantedcriminals,

GioacchinoGamminohad

fledtoSpainandchanged

hisnametoManuel.

Hehadbeenconvictedofa

rangeofcrimes,including

murderanddrugtrafficking,

afterworkingforamafia

clanonSicily.

Italianpolice,whohad

alreadytracedGamminoto

Spain,firstsuspectedtheyhad

foundtheirmanwhenthey

sawaStreetViewimage

(pictured)showinga

grey-hairedmanoutsidea

groceryshopinGalapagar,

northofMadrid.

Thestreetcornerstorewas

namedElHuertodeManu,

whichtranslatesasManu’s

Garden.Italiandetectivesthen

foundanearbyrestaurant

calledLaCocinadeManu–

baffledbyhowpolicehad

foundhim,sayinghehadn’t

evenphonedhisfamilyfor

thepast10years.

He’llnowservealife

sentenceinanItalianjail

followingatwo-year

investigationbypoliceforces

inRomeandSicily.

whichmeansManu’sKitchen.

Oneofthespecialitiesserved

wasCenaSiciliana–Sicilian

supper.

Therestauranthadbeen

closedforsometime,buta

photoonitsFacebookpage

showedGamminoworkingas

achef.Policerecognisedthe

60 -year-oldfromadistinctive

scaronhischin.

Gamminowasreportedly

Haveyoubeencapturedby

StreetView? Sendusthe

evidence: [email protected]

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