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May 11, 2016
A new type of malware is targeting Android devices via infected apps at the Google Play app store. The new threath was discovered by security firm Check Point: The Check Point research team uncovered a new Android malware campaign on… read more »
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May 11, 2016
On Tuesday, WhatsApp launched its first-ever native desktop app, available on both Windows 8 and Mac OS 10.9 or above, as the company said in this blog post: [embed]https://blog.whatsapp.com/10000621/Introducing-WhatsApps-desktop-app[/embed] To download the app, visit https://www.whatsapp.com/download from your desktop browser. Then,… read more »
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May 9, 2016
From ImageMagick forum: We have recently received vulnerability reports for certain coders, they include possible remote code execution and ability to render files on the local system. These vulnerabilities will be addressed in versions 7.0.1–1 and 6.9.3–10, which are due… read more »
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May 6, 2016
Interesting things that i read in the last week! nn nnn nn Security & Privacy n nn n n Decryption Tool Stifles Jigsaw Ransomware Security n n n 3 Requirements for Effective Security Investigations Security n n n 5 Ways… read more »
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May 2, 2016
“Black Star” is the first track from Yngwie Malmsteen’s album Rising Force The Artist Yngwie Johan Malmsteen, born Lars Johan Yngve Lannerbäck on 30 June 1963, is a Swedish guitarist. He was heavily influenced by classical music, particularly 19th century… read more »
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Apr 27, 2016
TOR is an important tool. It has its benefits and it could be the perfect way for end users to cover their tracks, but the use of this tool in a corporate network can open up organizations to some risks.… read more »
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Apr 14, 2016
The tremolo is a beautiful techniques of the classical guitar: it gives the impression of flow of notes, a continuous thread of sound. Basically it’s made playing a bass note with the thumb followed by three repeated higher notes, traditionally plucked… read more »
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Mar 22, 2016
In the world of classical guitar, the use of fingernails has become a standard. But as I have already discussed in a previous article, there are also excellent musicians who have chosen not to use fingernails. One above all is… read more »
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Mar 15, 2016
Carl Oscar Boije af Gennäs (1849–1923) was an insurance clerk and amateur guitarist. His collection includes nearly 1,000 works in print, together with hand written examples from the 19th century, including some original manuscripts by JK Mertz. This collection, which… read more »
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Mar 10, 2016
The Danish Royal Library is really a gold mine for classical guitar players. You will find on this site more than 1200 works by composers of the 19th century, known and less known. Here the list of PDFs (some links… read more »
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Mar 8, 2016
Recently I have discussed with some friends about the tunings, and emerged a theory concerning the possibility of tune instruments using the A to 432 Hz instead of 440 Hz. So, i’ve started search some informations online, and i’ve found… read more »
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Feb 29, 2016
In the previous article we report the opinions of Rob MacKillop about the use of the right hand without nail, using only the touch of flesh. Today we face a traditional point of view: the famous book Pumping Nylon by… read more »
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Feb 25, 2016
Google has built a free tool for journalists, news sites and other organizations, called Project Shield that re-routes nasty traffic through its own infrastructure in order to stop websites being overwhelmed. [embed]https://youtu.be/YZqiF5Duh0U[/embed] From Service Website: Project Shield welcomes applications from… read more »
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Feb 24, 2016
Never ask a group of classical guitarists if you can play even without the nails of the right hand! You risk being insulted brutally….and absolutely do not mention Tárrega! Seriously, I came across this video where Rob MacKillop explains his… read more »
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Feb 19, 2016
The BOYD (Bring your own device) policy starts being a very common practice in a lot of company. The ability to access corporate resources from their device makes it much easier to work in mobility, but it introduces a great… read more »
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Feb 1, 2016
Playing an instrument is like playing a sport. Muscles and joints need to be trained and kept moving. So, Every day, in addition to keep my legs in moving , I try to keep my hands in training, regardless of the time… read more »
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Jan 27, 2016
Peter Attia @ TEDMED 2013 A TED talk by Peter Attia of TEDMED 2013, about obesity and diabetes. As a young surgeon, Peter Attia felt contempt for a patient with diabetes. She was overweight, he thought, and thus responsible for the… read more »
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Jan 18, 2016
A bit of theory and some simple patterns to easily play major and minor scales on ukulele. A pentatonic scale is a musical scale with five notes per octave, very common in many musical cultures all over the world. Pentatonics… read more »
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Dec 16, 2015
John (Williams), forgive me! :-) John Towner Williams (born February 8, 1932) is an American composer, conductor, and pianist. I already talked about him in the post about the “Imperial March” The piece “When I thought of a theme for Luke… read more »
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Dec 12, 2015
Uke, I am your father! John Towner Williams (born February 8, 1932) is an American composer, conductor, and pianist. In a career spanning over six decades, Williams has composed some of the most popular and recognizable film scores in cinematic… read more »