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Firefox addon warns you about PRISM

June 15th, 2013 · by David Bradley

 

A new Firefox add-on, called “Dark side of the Prism“, has been designed to warn Internet users who have installed it automatically when they visit websites of companies linked to the government surveillance system Prism.

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All users have to do is install the add-on in Firefox, it will work passively from that moment on. Once you visit a website of a company associated with Prism, it starts …



Another dose of bizarre twitter bios

June 14th, 2013 · by David Bradley

 

Once you have more than your significant other and half a dozen workmates and friends following you on twitter you will probably start to notice some of the sillier people on the social network begin to follow you. I cannot help but share some of the more amusing, puerile, unintelligible, spammy nonsense people put in their bios. Here are a few of the most recent new followers. Of course, you might look at my bio …



Doubling up power on the road

June 6th, 2013 · by David Bradley

 

The team at Innergie sent me an mMini DC10 for review, this their double USB in-car charger. Lets you power two USB devices at once in the car. Perfect for families with smart phones, satnavs and other gadgets, cuts down on the number of charging arguments and is compatible with iOS devices. Gives you dual power without the bulk of one of those bulky multi-adaptor-adaptors.

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There is …