John Behan – Web Consultant

The BBC iPlayer goes to 11

While watching the enthralling Roy Keane Interview on the BBC site (includes the classic mobile phone-gate! but, alas, there’s no FAI rant included in this one) I noticed something of interest.

The BBC’s iPlayer volume control goes to 11! – (ref – This Is Spinal Tap)

Roy Keane as we know and love him

Brilliant! I hope that wasn’t designed but some programmer late at night having a little laugh!

You can hear the rest of Roy Keane Interview on Youtube. The man speaks a lot of truth. Gut-wrenching – “You may laugh, that was the World Cup!”

Pirated Software Crackdown in Thailand

In the past week Thai Police have raided businesses for software piracy.

Many businesses have had equipment confiscated and received large fines.

This is a bit of a problem for many as the cost of legitimate software in the country is quite high in comparison to average wages.
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AIB Scam Emails

I’ve been getting several unusual emails from AIB in the past few weeks.

Unlike many of these email scams the AIB emails are well written, and seem genuine as they come from an aib.ie email account.

The first two were about “unauthorized” access to my online banking account. The giveaway was the American spelling in an email from an Irish bank!
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