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Despite all the warnings, 23 million people worldwide use the password "123456". This is according the UK's National Cyber Security Centre which analysed the Have I Been Pwned data set to produce a list of the top 100,000 passwords. It's frankly embarrassing - here's the top 10. Anyone who uses any of these should have their computer, tablet and phone
It's late in the year for Easter but OnePlus are keeping to schedule for their biannual smartphone releases. Pete Lau, founder and CEO of OnePlus announced on Twitter today... I'd say it's a safe bet that the OnePlus 7 is going to be announced. Rumours abound as to the details. Is it going to have a pop-up camera? Is there
If you don't believe the adage "If it's free, you're the product" then you need to go and look at the BBC's foot-stomping and whining at Google. The BBC has pulled its podcasts from the Google ecosystem and in a blog post, Kieran Clifton, the BBC's Director of Distribution and Business Development, explains why. He says, "Google has since begun
This is a salutary warning to all geeks out there....even with all the year's of experience, it's still possible to make a rookie mistake and forget that all microUSB cables are not the same. Last week at work, I needed to present an Android tablet screen via a data projector. The tablet only had a microUSB port, so connecting up
Fitbit has announced a handful of new wrist-worn trackers; the Versa Lite, the Inspire, the Inspire HR, and finally for kids, the Ace 2. The Versa Lite is available now for GB£150 with a choice of four different colours - white, lilac, marina blue and magenta - and differs from the more expensive Versa by dropping a few features. Missing
The Wearable Technology Show is back next week in London, UK, but sadly I'm not going to be able to attend this year. Co-located with both the AVR360 and Digital Health Tech shows, it's a great event to see some of the latest innovations from and for the UK market. Over 3,000 people will attend so it's not CES, but
Movies and music have been lynch-pins of popular culture going back to the middle of the 20th century, capturing and delivering on the zeitgeist of a generation. Many films and albums have become iconic, instantly recognisable from a scene, a track or an album cover...which makes them ripe for a send-up. Steven Lear (aka whythelongplayface) takes on these sacred cows