Microsoft Corp.’s MSN service debuted a free blogging service, this past week. Users can create a new weblog (blog) and be posting to their online journal in less than five minutes. This is proof positive that blogging is a mainstream…
How many text messages do you get a day. Imagine if you will, you open one up and immediately your phone turns off or it starts sending outbound text messages one after the other. Their is a concern that this…
Lycos introduction of a screen save that continually pull data from spammers website has backfired and may have actually caused some of their own servers to become slow and unresponsive. I knew from the get go that they were going…
I travel a great deal and usually keep my laptop within reaching distance, but I am always concerned that I am going to do something careless and have my laptop stolen. I am not so worried about the monetary loss…
Philadelphia Metropolitan Wi-Fi Plan Not Blocked by Legislation The City of Philadelphia has concluded negotiations with Verizon Communications, and will move forward with plans to develop a metropolitan Wi-Fi network, even though a new Pennsylvania law allows telecommunication carriers from blocking such projects.
A flaw in the Windows Internet Name Service (WINS) in Windows NT Server 4.0, Server 2000, and Server 2003 creates a security hole that would allow a cracker to gain full control over the network server, thereby putting corporate data at risk.
Make Love Not Spam, regardless of it's poorly-punctuated name, is an antispam effort lead by Lycos Europe. Users who download the screensaver allow their unused processor time to go toward flooding the websites advertised in spam e-mail. Sounds good, but there are two catches, and they are both significant. First, what is flooding?