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As the fall-out from the News of the World scandal continues, many sources continue to inaccurately refer to "mobile phone hacking". The truth (as far as is known) was that it was the voicemail of the mobile phone that was hacked rather than the phone itself. There are two ways to do this - the first is to simply guess
New form of link farming is happening in the blogosphere. The days of people trying to buy text links on your websites are largely gone. What has cropped up is a more malicious form of link farming. At least 3-4 times a week I get am email the reads like this. --------------------------------- Hi there, We're all big fans of Geeknewscentral
The Money Grab has begun. Apple today through its walled garden has thrown down the gauntlet saying you shall pay me 30% to pass through our gateway. Seriously the implications of today’s announcement must have companies like Netflix, Amazon and anyone else selling a product via their iPhone app wondering if they should be on their devices. Apple has said
Carissa stops by the BacTrack booth to check out the latest in breathalyzer technology. BacTrack produces their devices for both law enforcement personnel and the man-on-the-street. Almost everyone knows the "legal limit" in their area, but the average person has no clue what a number like .08 really means. Well, now you don't have to carry a badge to know
Two weeks ago I was contacted by a major marketing firm representing a major Fortune 500. The pitch was pretty good, they wanted me and a crew of my choosing to come to Palm Springs and cover an event for their client, a large number of their top partners would be their for three days of training. The basis of
Late last night a Fiber Optic cable between two islands was cut here in Hawaii that is causing massive disruption for users of Time Warner Road Runner Internet service. Road Runner did not have in place any redundant back haul, and customers statewide were without Internet service for many hours. When the service did come back on-line it is throttled
According to La Quadrature du Net and based on both official and leaked documents, secret trade negotiations for ACTA (Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement) by the EU Presidency includes negotiating criminal penalties for counterfeiters and copyright-infringers, bypassing the normal legislative system and significantly increasing the scope of "trade agreements". My understanding is that within the UK counterfeiting goods and copyright infringment are generally considered to