Computer users still do not update security
In these days there are so many threats to computer security, that it is a wonder that so many computer users are going about their business on the internet without making sure that they are completely safe from the remote threats that are lurking around every corner.
A study produced by Google, IBM and the Swiss [...]
Online privacy under threat
It has been called a “Cold War” but during the cold war there was an escalation of arms in order to bluff the opposition into thinking that one side was more powerful than the other.
The internet cold war is very different, on the one side there is money and power, these are the governments [...]
RIAA under attack from the EEF
The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and The Electronic Frontier Foundation are locking horns on the subject of P2P.
The problems lies with the way that the RIAA are going about their legal cases, this is what EEF are looking to upset and it is all going to boil down to exactly what is copyright.
All [...]
France gets tough on down loaders
Anyone residing in France and likes to download the odd bit of illegal music or maybe a new film that had yet to be released, then you could be heading for trouble as from January 2009. As there has been a new law past which endorses the three strikes and you are out policy.
The French [...]
Cyber crime is on the rise
It started off as a way of getting back at Microsoft by a disgruntled user, but now the use of malicious software has grown into something more sinister. No longer are there jokers messing around with the minds of people behind certain businesses.
Cyber crime is fast becoming the route that many gangs are looking to [...]
DVR’s may be able to record all programmes soon
The days of being able to record films on DVR’s, if The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) gets their way and introduces some security measures. This can easily be done by remotely blocking the film so that it cannot be recorded at all by using Selectable Output Control (SOC).
This it not just the matter [...]
What do webmasters know about their visitors?
If you have ever wonder what sort of information a website holds on you, then you may be interested to know that every time you visit a website your IP address is logged, from this all sorts of data can be discovered.
But this sort of information may not be available to all, this will be [...]
The Malware menace grows
Despite all of the improvements to the security to software, there are many incidents where internet users have been surfing around or clicked on a certain link and have been directed onto a website which has been infected with a malware infection.
The problem is with this type of threat is that hardly anyone know that [...]
Hotmail no longer available for Outlook
Users of Hotmail and Outlook Express will be experiencing problems towards the end of the month when Microsoft will be turning off a technical protocol. This is known as DAV, and it is this protocol that allows Outlook Express to synchronise with the Hotmail email account and then download the messages.
Users of Hotmail and Outlook [...]
UK OiNK users arrested
The police in Cleveland have confirmed that they have arrested six people over the weekend with regards to being registered users of the OiNK file sharing site, where they are accused of uploading pre release music.
The five men and one woman who are aged between nineteen and thirty three were taken to their local police [...]
What are the top security threats today?
Today more than ever computer users are in need of making sure that their computer systems are secure and safe, otherwise the consequences can be a nightmare for the users who fall under the spell of the latest security threat.
At the moment the top ten computer security threats are:
Trusted websites
Web browser and browser plug-in [...]
Internet freedom under threat
Google are calling it the end of internet freedom, while the media giant Viacom are calling it just good business.
But whatever they call it, the outcome for ordinary users if the internet could mean that they lose out on what have become normal everyday practices, like surfing and looking at interesting stuff!
What this all boils [...]
Internet user’s privacy to be limited
Could this be the end of the internet as we know it? Or are we just worrying about the Anti Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) which has been designed to put an end to the problem with file sharing once and for all.
But there are fears that if this is adopted, and there is no reason [...]
Don’t Panic when Windows won’t boot
When the computer comes in alright, but the operating system is messing around, there are couple of things that you can do:
One is putting your fist through the screen, this is not recommended as it has been proved to be expensive and it just will not fix the problem.
The other thing is to do [...]
Pirate Bay and Police bribery
This case is going to cause so many problems for the Pirate Bay, the companies who are trying to shut them down and now it would seem the police investing the case, all of this is coming before there has even been a court hearing.
It turns out that one of the top police investigators looking [...]
The Pirate Bay in top 100
There has always been a feeling that any publicity is good publicity, and despite the actions of many organisations this would seem to be right when it comes to the Pirate Bay.
They have had so much adverse publicity coming from many organisations which should in truth know better, that the Pirate Bay have actually managed [...]
What are the top threats?
The best thing about the internet is that it is just there, the very fact the a whole world of anything that you could want is there right in front of you at the click of the mouse is just simply brilliant. But the worst thing about the internet is the fact there are other [...]
May 8, 2008$110 million fine for Torrent Spy
Being found guilty of copyright infringement in the US is not a great thing, you know that it is going to cost you an arm and a leg. In this case the file sharing site Torrent Spy has been fined a massive $110 million by a Federal Judge in Los Angeles.
Clearly this aimed at anyone [...]
CCTV and databases do not cut crime
The UK have spent billions of pounds on the network of CCTV systems that appear on every street corner, in fact there are around 4.2 million CCTV systems that are active around the country at the moment and still this figure is set to rise.
But despite all of the money and a new database called [...]
BBC finds facebook flaw
The BBC technology programme Click has uncovered a flaw within the social networking site facebook. They show how by writing a simple a piece of code they could collect data from facebook users and their friends.
The software will hide itself within a file that could be music or a video, then once viewed it will [...]