Out of all the popular browsers, Opera leaves behind the least amount of useful information for investigators. Not only is the data stored in plain text format, but it does not record every URL visited, only the latest one. Therefore it is impossible to tell how often someone has visited a particular website. Even when … Continue reading How Opera stores web history
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How Safari stores web history
Safari has a very simple method of storing browser history compared to those that use SQLite databases. If the computer is running Windows XP, the Safari default path to user data is: C:\Documents and Settings\<User Name>\Application Data\Apple Computer\Safari For Windows Vista and Windows 7, the default path is: C:\Users\<User Name>\AppData\Roaming\Apple Computer\Safari\ For Apple Macintosh computers, … Continue reading How Safari stores web history
How Google Chrome stores web history
In 2008 Google released most of Chrome’s source code as a project called Chromium under a BSD license. Chromium is essentially the same browser as Chrome, but lacks built-in automatic updates and Google branding [Chromium Developer Website]. Assuming the computer is running Windows XP, the Chrome default path to user data is: C:\Documents and Settings\<User … Continue reading How Google Chrome stores web history
How Firefox stores web history
Firefox version 3 (first released in 2008) employs a different system of storing browser history than its predecessor Firefox 2. Since only 2.75% of Firefox users still use version 2 or smaller, only Firefox version 3 will be explored here and will hence just been known as Firefox. Firefox uses SQLite database files to store browser history, … Continue reading How Firefox stores web history
Webscavator
So I started my thesis 'officially' yesterday, after being told we all were allowed to proceed to masters following the exam board meeting. No actual results posted up yet, but hopefully I did well! Unofficially, I've been working on my thesis for about 2 weeks, just making the skeleton application. I'm making a program called … Continue reading Webscavator
Gullane
Gullane is a village about 20 miles east of Edinburgh which has an awesome beach called the Gullane Bents. It was quite a hassle getting to it when I went yesterday as I forgot the Edinburgh marathon was on so all the main roads to Gullane were shut. The beach is about a mile long and has lovely golden … Continue reading Gullane
Tips to make a good CV
I've been asked six times now to help people out in making their CVs better or helping them produce their first CV since leaving university. I quite enjoy doing it and hope my suggestions help people get further in the interview process. There are a couple of things I think are very important when it … Continue reading Tips to make a good CV
Can rabbits count?
I apologise for lack of posts - I am in the middle of my exams. I'll try get back to posting entries next week. A couple of articles (Gadagkar, R. 1995) (Tennesen, M. 2009) seem to suggest that some animals have a rudimentary perception of numbers, and can count to about 5. I think my … Continue reading Can rabbits count?
Istanbul
Steven and I went to Istanbul for 4 days last weekend. Luckily we managed to dodge the whole volcanic ash chaos on the way back, but unfortunately my flight from London was cancelled and I had to get a train. Not such a big deal compared to being stuck somewhere and having to pay for … Continue reading Istanbul
Bullet casing in the Pentlands
I went for a walk in the Pentlands yesterday with Steven and Jason, which turned into a 3 hour adventure in knee-high snow with plenty of bemused sheep staring at us. We totally lost track of the path and ended up walking through streams, swampy mud and ridiculous amounts of snow. Along the way we walked through an … Continue reading Bullet casing in the Pentlands
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