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So Hotmail and Google email accounts, among others, have been compromised by a series of phishing attacks, and login details including passwords published on the internet. Here’s a quote from a “security consultant” “This should be a wake-up call to Google and Microsoft to educate their users” Carole Theriault, Security consultant I’m sorry but it’s [...]

It appears that o2 and BT have finally caved in and allowed Apple to add the 0870 application to the iTunes App Store. iPhone users can now benefit from the cost savings on calls from mobiles previously enjoyed by Android users. The 0870 app turns 08* numbers, such as 0870, 0845 and 0800, which cost [...]

“We have detected a virus on your computer. Click here to download Anti Virus software now” If you’ve ever seen that pop up on a website then you have seen a “Malvert” Clicking on that link will probably take you to an infected website or a link to download some infected software that will cause [...]

“Google Turns the Web into a Giant Wiki – The Blogs at HowStuffWorks”: Probably the most rational and least hysterical analysis of this so far. Basically this new feature of the Google Toolbar, a plugin for Internet Explorer and Firefox browsers in case you’re not familiar, allows anyone to write and read annotations on any [...]

I’m always telling clients, friends and anyone with a computer who will listen that they should have a backup strategy. As we commit more and more of our lives to digital files on our computers, the prospect of losing the lot due to mechanical or software failure, or simply poking the wrong key on the [...]

Everyone uses Facebook. It’s almost the worlds favourite meeting place. But some users have a problem being specific about where they live. As Facebook spreads it’s wings across the globe there are some areas of conflict it has to contend with. One of those concerns the disputed territories of the Middle East, particularly the Golan [...]

Cory Doctorow at BoingBoing has an interesting slant on who does or does not own the database that was financed by the British public. “Wikileaks is hosting a copy of the “1,841,177 post codes together with precise geographic coordinates and other information” for the UK. One odd thing about Britain is that databases produced at [...]

The Skype story continues to roll on. Sold to eBay by it’s founders in 2005 for around $2.5 billion, 65 per cent of it has now been off loaded to a group of private investors for around $2.75 billion. Not a bad return you might think, as eBay couldn’t really find anything to do with [...]

Good grief. On the hottest day since records began this month, I’ve been sweating over a hot keyboard upgrading a bunch of clients WordPress installations to the latest version. On the way I found one that had been infected with nearly 5000 spammey comments, of which Akismet had managed to snare around 2000. Considering the [...]