Twitter Phishing...YOUR responsibility!
The recent spate of Twitter 'phishing' attacks have been interesting for me in a number of ways. First of all, my wife received one of the phishing DMs from a contact of hers whose account had been co…
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The Last Temptation of Mankind?
One of my professional interests is in Artificial Intelligence - AI. I think I've had an interest in the simulation of human personality by software for as long as I've been interested in programming…
The PAYG Laptop?
You write one article about Appliance Computing and the following morning this BBC story pops up - Laptop Launched to aid computer novices'. The 'Alex', a Linux based laptop, is aimed at people who'r…
The Appliance Computer?
Well, the fuss over the launch of the iPad has died down somewhat - it wasn't the Second Coming or the Rapture, the world didn't suddenly turn Rainbow coloured (not for me. anyway) and the Apple Fans …
UK Government Data Release - much ado about nothing?
Back in January the UK Government opened a web site upthat was described as "a one-stop shop for developers hoping to find inventive new ways of using government data". The site, http://data.gov.uk/…
Google Buzz and Google's incursion in to Social Networking
Many years ago there was a joke in techy circles that likened Microsoft to the Star Trek aliens 'The Borg'. It appeared at the time (mid 1990s) that Microosft were indeed determined to assimilate eve…
We know where you've been on the Net, and we don't need no steenkin' cookies!
I'm not overly paranoid about people knowing where I've been on the Internet; I'm aware that it's pretty easy for a website to feed your browser 'tracking cookies' that can be used for marketing and a…
Where next for space?
I have to admit to being quite saddened by President Obama's announcement cancelling the NASA project to carry out manned missions to the moon. Perhaps it's something to do with my age; I can remembe…
Twitter - voluntary spam?
In a recent article, it's been suggested that Twitter is becoming a major route for spammersto peddle their wares. This seems to be a feature emerging of all social networks right now, but in today's…
The next, next, next thing!
Hands up whoever has heard of the Red Queen's Race? That was the athletic event in Wonderland where the participants had to run very hard to stay exactly where they were. I'm becoming convinced that…