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Taiwan busts hacking ring, 50 million personal records compromised

August 29th, 2008 by Baldy

Taiwan’s Criminal Investigation Bureau (CIB) has successfully tracked down and arrested six people in what the CIBTaiwan CIB believes to be the biggest personal data breach in Taiwan to date. Apparently, the group also managed to obtain personal data on Taiwan’s current and former presidents :

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Geotagging your digital photos

August 29th, 2008 by Baldy

Struggling to keep control of your growing collection of digital photos? Breathe easy — you’re not alone.

With digital cameras making it easy to take images of just about every aspect of daily life, budding photographers are left wrestling with the best way of labelling them so they can be saved and shared with friends and family.

While file names, key words and captions can help with the process, a new technique promises to change the way photos are stored and viewed — it’s called geotagging.

As the term suggests, geotagging involves attaching tags to digital photos that describe exactly where they were taken. It’s a simple concept, but it opens up an exciting range of new ways in which such tagged photos can be used.

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