Yearly Archives: 2007

Macs better, ASA rules

I picked this up from issue 185 of MacFormat. In a response to complaints about Apple’s ‘Get A Mac’ campaign, the Advertising Standards Agency stated … We understood that Macs that did not run Microsoft Windows contracted fewer viruses than … Continue reading

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Email snooping

The article on WashingtonPost.com Set a Hacker Alarm on Your Web Mail Box outlines a potential problem with webmail accounts and proposes a ‘clever’ solution. The problem they report is that hackers can break-in to your webmail account and read … Continue reading

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DDoS without malware

The BBC’s article Net criminals shun virus attacks advises that creative criminals have found a way to launch a distributed denial of service attack (DDoS) without directly infecting users’ machines with malware. One attack seen by Prolexic in May exploited … Continue reading

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FBI enjoys a bot roast

The FBI has gone public over Operation Bot Roast (press release | FBI news archive) an ongoing cyber crime initiative to disrupt and dismantle “botherders” and elevate the public’s cyber security awareness of botnets. The Feds also list the names … Continue reading

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Safari on Windows

As announced at WDC2007 Apple’s browser is now available on Windows. Safari 3 Public Beta can be downloaded from apple.com/safari. I’m running it now on my XP ThinkPad T40 (work laptop), and so far, internal IBM Intranet sites are working … Continue reading

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Make your own USB charger for a Nokia

Phone chargers left plugged in apparently use a lot of electricity so, why not ditch your conventional charger and make your own that charges from a USB port.

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A must-read for web developers

Wise words from Josiah Cole on 19 Things NOT To Do When Building a Website. Well worth reading whether you’re an occasional blogger or an experienced web developer.

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How it works – World Community Grid

IBM has a podcast series available to listen to/view from your browser. How it works – World Community Grid explains, well, how it works. Other podcasts are available at www.ibm.com/podcasts/howitworks

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Three great Apple experiences

Recently, my MacBook has been playing up a little. A few minutes after boot-up the fan revs up to 6500+ RPM and stays there regardless of the load on the CPU. I Googled it and found a few people reporting … Continue reading

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Who’d be a sysadmin?

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