Archive For January 14th, 2007

Picodore 64: Your DIY Commodore 64

Ever fancy your hand at building a C64 laptop? Here are some screenshots and ideas from someone who built a mini laptop from the parts of a C64 games joystick! I have one of those joysticks.. I wonder if I can do the same, but I think I’ll stick with Vice, the C64 emulator for [...]

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Getting to know the Trotts

Just goes to show what a hectic week it was last week. Despite it being on the front cover of the Business Section, I completely missed this Sunday Times interview with Mena and Ben Trott, the founders of Six Apart, makers of blog software Moveable Type, Vox, Typepad and owners of Livejournal. It’s a personable [...]

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Is RSA encryption broken?

First spotted on the ILUG mailing list, it appears that a young 16 year old student has cracked the RSA encryption system and won 1st prize at the BT Young Scientist Competition 2007. If it’s true then Internet commerce could be in for a rough time, but some previous winners have proven to be less [...]

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