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newsguy in a Nutshell
I live and breathe technology news, it is what turns me on. Sad, but hey I am a news nerd, what can I say? (Read Blog)
It has been a long time coming, but a virus writer has finally been arrested by the Japanese authorities. According to security specialists Sophos law enforcement agencies in Kyoto, Japan, have arrested three men who stand accused of plotting to infect users of a popular P2P file-sharing network...
Read More | Jan 28th, 2008 | Comments: 4 | Last Comment: Jan 29th, 2008
A press release landed on my computer today, claiming that Samsung has launched the world's toughest cellphone. The Samsung Solid, so the release assures me, has "strengths that make it stand out from other mobiles" which include built in anti-shock and water and dust resistance. The release goes...
Read More | Jan 4th, 2008 | Comments: 2 | Last Comment: Jan 8th, 2008
Blog Stats: Entries: 183 | Views: 358,387 | Last Entry: 15 Hours Ago | Overall Rating: Rating: 346 votes, 4.82 average
tamar in a Nutshell
I'm a girl. I like social media. I like gadgets. I will take your gadgets for free. My main website is Techipedia. I also blog about search at Search Engine Roundtable. You might have seen me elsewhere, like Lifehacker or anywhere, really. I like Twitter. I like Digg. I like StumbleUpon. ... (Read Blog)
So, MacWorld finally came and went. For months, I've anticipated this event. After Apple released Leopard in November, I had my eyes set on moving over to the Mac world. But without any guarantees that Apple would preinstall Leopard on existing laptops in their inventory and after hearing about...
Read More | Jan 15th, 2008 | Comments: 3 | Last Comment: Jan 17th, 2008
Blog Stats: Entries: 6 | Views: 11,021 | Last Entry: Apr 1st, 2008 | Overall Rating: Rating: 2 votes, 5 average
happygeek in a Nutshell
I am a freelance technology journalist from England, and have been for fast approaching 20 years now. For 14 of them I have enjoyed being Contributing Editor with PC Pro magazine, the biggest selling monthly IT publication in the UK. Currently, I hold the title of Information Security Journalist... (Read Blog)
Yes, in a bizarre twist and turn of fate, the original bad boy of illegal MP3 downloads which then went legit and hooked subscribers into music with Microsoft's digital rights management system has changed tack and announced it is to sell MP3 format tunes. So, OK, maybe not a real return to its...
Read More | Jan 8th, 2008 | Comments: 1 | Last Comment: Jan 10th, 2008
Kaspersky Lab has published its list of the most prevalent viruses for the end of 2007, and although an email worm retains the top spot the more interesting stuff is happening immediately below it in the rankings of shame. Specifically, the second, fourth and seventh places which are all occupied...
Read More | Jan 2nd, 2008 | Comments: 3 | Last Comment: Jan 7th, 2008
Well, what a weekend that has been. Ever since the reports started emerging online of a brute force attack on the Vista activation code using a modified version of the original software license manager script file I have been, shall we say, dubious as to the authenticity of the claim. Not least...
Read More | Mar 5th, 2007 | Comments: 3 | Last Comment: Dec 5th, 2007
A proposal from the French Ministry of Culture could hit online music and movie piracy very hard with a very big stick if it goes ahead. In addition to the existing law, introduced only last year, which made unauthorised file-sharing a criminal offence carrying a 30,000 Euro fine and up to six...
Read More | Nov 26th, 2007 | Comments: 1 | Last Comment: Nov 27th, 2007
As some of you may know, I am a Contributing Editor with PC Pro Magazine in the UK, which is why I am able to reveal that according to figures ‘obtained’ by the publication Microsoft Office 2007 will officially be a rip-off. If you are buying in the UK that is. While we, on this side of the...
Read More | Nov 29th, 2006 | Comments: 11 | Last Comment: Nov 27th, 2007
Although the Linux Foundation 2007 Desktop/Client survey does not actually finish until the 30th November, there would seem to be little point adding your opinion to the thousands who have already done so as the results appear to have escaped. The web is already buzzing with reports that...
Read More | Nov 24th, 2007 | Comments: 1 | Last Comment: Nov 24th, 2007
Blog Stats: Entries: 489 | Views: 1,483,576 | Last Entry: 1 Day Ago | Overall Rating: Rating: 735 votes, 4.78 average
I've been investigating the possibility of adding in a VOIP package for my clients and one thing is certain...unless you roll your own with Open Source solutions such as Asterisk, you won't be rolling anything for less than 3 thousand dollars. This makes me think a bit...what kind of small...
Read More | Dec 4th, 2006 | Comments: 4 | Last Comment: Dec 30th, 2007
Blog Stats: Entries: 2 | Views: 3,583 | Last Entry: Apr 4th, 2007 | Overall Rating: Rating: 1 votes, 5 average
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