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With Synology DSM 6.0 and upwards Docker is natively supported and this allows you to easily configure services without having to download or manually install services. The first step is to get Docker installed via the Synology Package Center: Once...
NZBGet is a great application to automate downloads. Synology has introduced with DSM 6.0 full Docker support which now makes it even easier to install and run any 3rd party application. The first step is to get Docker installed via the...
After my previous posts about Standard Bank overcharging on all iTunes, Steam and PSN purchases which surfaced during my No Man’s Sky refund issue, I found that with the help of the Payments Association of South Africa Standard Bank of South Africa charged...
In my previous post about the refund issue with No Man’s Sky I detailed the background about what happened. Over the last 2 months I attempted to receive answers from “Sony Playstation South Africa”. The quotes in the reference to...
While I wait for the formal letter from Standard Bank, I received the following from PASA regarding the 2.5% irregular charge on my purchases. Standard Bank has indicated that they are in the process to submit a formal letter to...
During my current issue getting a refund for the broken No Man’s Sky PS4 game I noticed a discrepancy of credit card charges vs the advertised product price for the game. I pre-ordered the game for R 899,00 on the South...
When Sean Murray, the CEO of HelloGames, demoed No Man’s Sky, I thought that this space-sim is a must-have for my PS4 game collection. I pre-ordered the indy game for a steep R899 (about 60 USD) – the same cost...
The Apple OS X Server is a great and cheap server-extension and works very well to cache iOS- and OS X updates. It requires literally zero configuration (except that all connected devices need to have the same NATed outbound address...
SourceDNA has released a report titled “AFNetworking Strikes Back: 25,000+ Apps” which highlights that over 25,000 iOS apps face exposure due to a security flaw (which has been fixed about a week ago) in a commonly used networking library. I originally...
Update: A second vulnerability was found – read the follow-up post here: Several South African iOS apps vulnerable A security report was released which higlights that more than 1500 iOS apps are affected by a SSL MiTM attack in AFNetworking 2.5.1. It turned...
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