A Harry Potter fan who bought a copy of The Chamber of Secrets for a penny is about to become £2,500 richer - after discovering it's actually an incredibly rare edition. Mark Cavoto, 51, a businessman who owns around 1,500 books from the JK Rowling series, ordered a copy of the 1998 book on Amazon, in a bid to complete his collection. However, after landing through his letter box, he discovered it's actually an incredible sought after edition. "It was signed 'To Alexandra, JK Rowling' and was a 1998 hardback first edition of Harry Potter And The Chamber of Secrets, the second novel in the series," Mark said. The dad-of-five said he's struck lucky with books before, after spending a penny on a copy of Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone from the second print run, which later sold for £4,600. "It's as rare as the 500 books in the first print run," he said. Mark's first edition of Harry Potter And The Chamber of Secrets - which was bought on Amazon - is now up for sale at … [Read more...] about Harry Potter fan discovers his 1p JK Rowling book is actually worth £2,500
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Genovation Corvette EV entering production with $750k price
That sounds like a lot of money to pay for a Corvette, but then again this is far from being your ordinary C7 Grand Sport. Earlier this year, Maryland-based Genovation Cars improved its own top speed world record for a street-legal electric car by managing to hit an impressive 205.6 mph (330.8 kph) with a 2006 Z06 Corvette from the C6 generation. The company has announced today it has kicked off development of a successor based on the Grand Sport C7 and slated to have a total electric power of more than 660 hp (492 kW) and 600 lb-ft (813 Nm). Unlike its predecessor, the new model will actually be a series production car, albeit availability will be limited since only 75 units are going to be manufactured. Known as the Genovation Extreme Electric, the all-electric Vette will have an almost ideal 50:50 weight distribution and a battery pack with enough energy to last for around 130 miles (209 km) in normal driving conditions. It might not sound very … [Read more...] about Genovation Corvette EV entering production with $750k price
Seven (More) Reasons to Ditch Your iPhone
It’s been a nasty week for iPhone users. Apple has buckled to pressure from AT&T and denied Google’s Voice application from the App Store: a nifty service that helps you consolidate phones and manage your voicemail online. The app lives on at the BlackBerry App World and Android Market, making some of the technorati so angry they’ve vowed to ditch AT&T in protest–and their beloved iPhone with it. Here are seven reasons why you should make AT&T and Apple suffer for their sins. advertisement advertisement They’re anticompetitive. Sure, every business wants to edge out its foes, but AT&T and Apple are now under FCC investigation for their black-box app approval process. Regulators want to know who killed the app, and why Voice is different than VOIP apps like Skype. Check out the inquiries here. They’re targets. Heavy lies the crown; just ask Microsoft. When your software platform is the world leader, it earns a lot of … [Read more...] about Seven (More) Reasons to Ditch Your iPhone
Study shows that majority of second-hand hard drives contain previous owner’s data
Hard drives: Safe ways to dump your data Got a pile of old drives that you need to wipe before sending them to Silicon Heaven? Or do you want to wipe a drive in a computer that you are selling or giving away? Here are some tips and tricks to help you get the job done. See also Latest computer news at CNET A whopping 59% of used hard disks sold on sites such as eBay are not properly wiped and still contain data from their previous owners, according to a new study by the University of Hertfordshire and commissioned by Comparitech. Comparitech purchased 200 used hard drives (half in the USA, the other half in the UK) and carried out testing to see how many contained recoverable information. Must read: When is Android 10 coming to my phone? The breakdown of the results makes for horrific reading: 26% had been formatted, but data could still be easily recovered 17% contained deleted data that could easily be recovered16% appeared to have no attempt made to delete the dataOnly 26% of … [Read more...] about Study shows that majority of second-hand hard drives contain previous owner’s data
Accel and Index back Tines, as the cybersecurity startup adds another $11M to its Series A
It was just a couple of months ago that Tines, the cybersecurity automation startup, raised $4.1 million in Series A funding led by Blossom Capital, and now the Dublin-based company is disclosing an $11 million extension to the round. This additional Series A funding is led by venture capital firm Accel, with participation from Index Ventures and previous backer Blossom Capital. The extra cash will be used to continue developing its cybersecurity automation platform and for further expansion into the U.S. and Europe. Founded in February 2018 by ex-eBay, PayPal and DocuSign security engineer Eoin Hinchy, and subsequently joined by former eBay and DocuSign colleague Thomas Kinsella, Tines automates many of the repetitive manual tasks faced by security analysts so they can focus on other high-priority work. The pair had bootstrapped the company as recently as October. “It was while I was at DocuSign that I felt there was a need for a platform like Tines,” explained Hinchy at … [Read more...] about Accel and Index back Tines, as the cybersecurity startup adds another $11M to its Series A
