Why are botnets so hard to find
The rise of the botnet has been help by the rise of social networking and other user friendly applications that are appearing on the internet these days.
A user hears of something good or is sent a link to a site that offers a new and exciting way of making friends; they often have to download [...]
Teens a danger to themselves
For most parents the fact that their children on spending a lot of their spare time online is not a problem, but it turns out that for teenagers the greatest threat to them on the internet is actually themselves.
The chances of them being harmed in way by complete strangers is very rare, of course we [...]
White House Twitter account a fake
A lot has been made about how the new president of the USA is well at home with the latest technology and indeed it was this that some say helped him to the White House.
Even on day one he and his team set to work on utilising the White House facilities such as the [...]
Obama is on White House Twitter
The new president may have messed up the swearing in, but one thing that he has done right is the taking over of the White House Twitter account.
This had been used quite a lot during the Bush era, with around fifteen hundred updates being made during that time. These were mainly links to speeches made [...]
Microsoft launches Oxite
Oxite is a new open source blogging platform offered by Microsoft, the product is being target towards developers rather than trying to competing with the likes of wordpress and other favourite publishing platforms.
Oxite is available on the codeplex website it has been designed to offer support to blogs and websites as the users will be [...]
Gaming argument leads to death
There are many warnings out there about the dangers that can be found on the internet and mainly people are careful as to how much personal information is left on the internet these days. However, in a shocking case of murder, it has come to light that this tragedy started off as an argument on [...]
September 23, 2008Making the most of social networking
Despite many of the warnings, it seems that the majority of businesses are still failing to embrace the social networking scene. The thing is that this could be costing them new business connections and attracting new customers who feel that they are a hip and trendy company.
A lot of companies, who are active in the [...]
No freedom of speech online
Of course freedom of speech has never really been a right of anyone, no matter where they come from, but ever since the internet became a major part of our lives there has been a feeling that because this is the internet that normal rules do not apply.
Because the internet has been run like [...]
May 7, 2008Webmasters doing Google’s job
Being Google must be great; they have help from all sides. Once they were just a search service which people used to find a website and everyone was happy. Apart from Google, they wanted to rule the internet and then go on to rule the world, but they need the help of webmasters and naturally [...]
March 26, 2008Businesses, families and blogging don’t mix
Being a manager within a large business has its perks, you get to know about all of the company operations such as takeovers and other major business decisions. But if you let you family know about the business deals and one of your children happens to like blogging, then you could be heading for serious [...]
March 11, 2008Better web by design
Being a good web designer is simply not enough these days, you need to have a lot of tool and weapons available to you in order to supply your clients with the best possible service at the best prices.
But as a freelancer it is impossible for you to be able to provide everything, but [...]
February 28, 2008Canadian soldiers not to post on FaceBook
The heads of the Canadian military have been telling their troops not to place any personal information on social networking sites such as FaceBook and MySpace. This has come as they believe that this information could be used against them by terrorist groups who could in turn use this information to get at the families, [...]
February 25, 2008Girls use net more than boys
Despite popular belief it would seem that it is girls rather than boys who are using the internet more, this means that the “Geek” boy is nothing but a figment of our imaginations for today internet users. In a survey it was found that of those that create web content, blog, add images like photographs [...]
December 6, 2007Digg users hit back a Facebook dumper
Dumping your boyfriend via Face Book is not normally a great idea, and yet as will know that is exactly what Sandra Soroka did, and some may say that she had actually got away with, after all she did accumulate over 1,600 votes on Digg.
But like with many a seal of approval could also mean [...]
My Space Hacker tells all
Samy Kamkar, is famous for one thing, that is hacking into MySpace and now he is banned from even touching a computer keyboard, for he created “The Samy Worm” which was the first worm in the world to infect a Web 2.0 site.
The worm was not a dangerous or a malicious worm, but it did [...]
Every Webmaster needs a blog
Whether it is company or personal blog, the dated postings with links can have a great impact on search engine results, simply because of the constantly updated content and links.
Some people and businesses feel that blogs are ruining the internet and the search process. But they are probably people who do not understand how blogs [...]