Have record companies suddenly changed their minds about file sharing? A press release from file sharing software company RazorPop and record label Sovereign Artists yesterday trumpeted the release of Heart’s New CD “Jupiter’s Darling” over the TrustyFiles P2P file sharing network as the “first time a major artist has ever released music from a CD… Read More »
OK, this is not tech related but I’d like to know the answer. What exactly does ‘whistling in the dark’ mean? I found several different definitions (not including sexual ones. This is a family blog): To attempt to keep one’s courage up (from reference.com, Steve The Whistler ) Trying to make a point or convince people… Read More »
Just how bad was Sasser? Here’s a list, courtesy of F-Secure, of places and companies affected by the worm: County hospital in Lund, Sweden (5000 computers and X-ray equipment offline) European Commission in Brussels (1200 machines offline) Coastguard in UK (19 regional offices offline) British Airways in UK (flights delayed) Westpac Bank in Australia (offices… Read More »
Singapore has netted a trojan phisher, the Straits Times reports. A Vietnamese computer engineering student at the National University of Singapore, Nguyen Van Phi Hung, has been charged under the Computer Misuse Act for tagging a keylogger onto an email invitation to fellow students to play an online game called ‘Bubble’. He then captured passwords… Read More »
I’m working on a new website, using the excellent tool Squarespace, that I hope will work as a companion to this blog. I’m hoping to park at that site discussions and material from this blog — edited and better organised — that could find a more permanent, accessible home. The recent debate about Plaxo has… Read More »