Half of Americans believe the internet should controlled
The government regulating the internet, is this cool thing? Well for many Americans it is, in fact there are around half of those who tool part in a national survey by Rasmussen Reports believed that the internet should be regulated in the same way that the TV and radio are.
However you would have thought that [...]
Canada edits Wiki
Altering a Wikipedia entry that describes your own life has become very common, but just because it is about you, does this mean to say that this sort of practice is ok?
It seems that it probably depends on who you are, take one Jim Prentice, he is the Industry Minister of Canada and as part [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Anti Scientology sites adsense account suspended
This could be a totally innocent business decision or something else, but what the reasons behind the decision to cut the Google Adsense account of a web site which is dedicated to being one of the most influential sites against the Church of Scientology.
It has to be hard for all parties involved, on all [...]
Spam still on the increase
Over the years Spam has evolved from someone trying to sell you something or to get you to visit their website, to something much more sinister, where the opening of a suspect email can be the beginning of no end of trouble.
Now much of the spam that ends up in users inboxes are for drugs [...]
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 5, 2008People in Cuba buying computers
Finally for the ordinary Cuban person, they can get a computer and go online, or so we are led to think. For the very first time in Cuban history the government are allowing the sale of computers. However they are priced at around £400 for a basic older style computer, which may not seem too [...]
March 19, 2008Spam king faces lengthy jail term
The spam king is back in court again, this time it could be more serious than ever. For Robert Solway aged 28, who is known as the king of spam, could be looking at a prison sentence of anything up to twenty six years.
However this time the reason for him being in court is surprisingly [...]
Inventor of email did not think about spam
Having the privilege of sending the very first email ever sent, is something that only the inventor of the system could claim, but when Ray Tomlinson thought up the email system one thing that never even popped into his mind was the fact that one day people would use this system to send junk mail [...]
March 11, 2008NSA monitors emails and online transactions
The National Security Agency (NSA) has been involved in something that could go beyond the big brother label in fact this goes well beyond it. So what are they doing that is so bad, after all the US and UK are fully at war with terrorist threat and so we should expect them to be [...]
February 19, 2008Would you know if your email account is hacked?
Having people snoop around your computer is a violation, but having you emails hacked is personal and distressing, but worse all how do you know?
Here is what you can do:
Sign up for a free website hit counter, you get an email and attachment make note of the email and delete it.
Save the attachment but change [...]