CAPTCHA cracked in sixty seconds
By now we have all got used to the sign up feature that is supposed determine between a human and a machine, the Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart (CAPTCHA) where there is a series of letters and numbers which are sometimes distorted.
Most of time this has proved a [...]
April 7, 2008The internet is under attack
Most of us feel that the internet will last for ever, but could there ever be a time when the internet actually breaks and suddenly we find ourselves with nothing to look at and no way of carry on the work, it sounds like a nightmare. But this could happen one and here are the [...]
March 25, 2008Weird Website list
No matter how busy you are, there always comes a time when you find yourself sitting there looking at your home page and thinking “What the hell can I search for?” or “I wish there was something interesting on the net!” but of course there is, its just that some really interesting and funny websites [...]
March 3, 2008Google bombing in use
This practice also known as link bombing is how someone who has a grudge or is just being a bit mischievous and likes to have a bit of fun at some one else’s expense, this can have a detrimental effect on how the chosen site can perform or redirect traffic from a particular page or [...]
January 29, 2008Same server search
There is a handy little tool around which will allow you to check up on other websites to see if they are hosted on the same server, this can come in very handy sometimes.
You Get Signal have introduced the Reverse IP Domain Check, this will give you a quick and easy way of tracking domains [...]
How the web got started
The internet was conceived in 1989 by Tim Berners-Lee from the UK but had some of the wrinkles ironed out by him and Robert Cailliau a year later.
From this point things began to take off fairly quickly by the standards of the day with the basic software being completed and ready for action by the [...]
Software can check on your ISP
A not for profit company the Electronic Frontier Foundation has released a smart piece of software which will show people exactly what is going on with the traffic problems if you are getting any that is.
The purpose is for website owners to be able to see where the traffic, or more to the point if [...]
Go Daddy integrates Google tools
The domain and hosting company Go Daddy will be piloting a new type of service which will see users being able to integrate the Google Webmaster Tools service directly without any need to download or install themselves.
The idea is that this will not only save users time and hassle in integrating the service into their [...]
Domain names made easy
Looking for suitable domain names can be a nightmare, you know how it is, you think of a really appropriate name and then check to if it is available and no of course not they never are, but with this tool there is a large field in which you just type your chosen names and [...]