Spam Telefónico

Las llamadas comerciales no solicitadas siguen, a pesar del cambio en la ley del 29/2009, aunque ya se ha reducido el volumen de una forma impresionante. Las que quedan son las mas difíciles; me refiero a las llamadas que siguen con un numero ocultado y operan de forma totalmente automatizada desde el principio. Si no [...]

Enrique Dans Blog and the Spanish Inquisition

Enrique Dans blog is a decent read, if you can read Spanish. Of particular interest are his following and comments on the recently approved “Law for a Sustainable Economy” (Ley de Economía Sostenible). That in itself is amusing enough – as if one could legislate for the well-being of a modern economy – but as [...]

Shoddy O2 to Yoigo SMS Shenanigans

I had always taken it for granted that if you sent and paid for a text message to be delivered that it would be, regardless of which mobile subscriber number it was sent to. At least that’s what I would expect at least 99.99% of the time, allowing for the occasional technical hiccup which would [...]

Alemania bloquea 100.000 tarjetas de crédito por un robo de datos originado en España

No entiendo como estas noticias sobre la anulación de 100.000 tarjetas de crédito por bancos alemanes no es más de lo que se presenta por momento. Por lo que he leído, la causa es un robo de datos de un “servidor “ el cual es parte de la red de procesamiento de pagos de uno [...]

“El roundabout”

New roundabouts are popping-up all over the place in Murcia. Ordinarily this would be a good thing – except that the average Spanish motorist seems incapable of correctly negotiating almost any form of roundabout. There appear to be no rules in place when either entering, or exiting, what has rapidly become the gladiatorial arena that [...]