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cscgal in a Nutshell
Hi everyone. For those of you who don't know me, I'm Dani. I live on Long Island, about 20 minutes outside Manhattan, have my B.S. in Computer Science, and currently run DaniWeb fulltime. (Read Blog)
Well, it looks like the latest installment of Microsoft's browser, IE8, is now available for download in beta status. While I'm not daring enough to give it a go myself, word on the street is that, while Microsoft boasts it passes the ACID2 test, it renders most sites rather awkwardly, to the point...
Read More | Mar 10th, 2008 | Comments: 2 | Last Comment: Mar 10th, 2008
Blog Stats: Entries: 77 | Views: 117,188 | Last Entry: May 12th, 2008 | Overall Rating: Rating: 31 votes, 4.06 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)
The Trend Micro TrendLabs Malware Blog is reporting that the volume of totally free do it yourself phishing kits available in the wild on the web had moved past the 400 mark. Ironically, some are even used by phishers to phish other phishers…
Read More | Mar 10th, 2008
According to a YouGov survey published today by VeriSign the average UK consumer is worth £10,077 ($20,000) online in terms of banking, gaming and shopping accounts. The pan-European survey on consumer attitudes to online security concludes that UK Internet users are putting as much as £361...
Read More | Mar 6th, 2008
A hearty slap on the back must go to authorities in South Korea who have arrested and charged the 41 year old ex-CEO of an antivirus software company with distributing fake security scareware. Lee Shin-ja was formerly CEO with security outfit Media Port, and stands accused of distributing the...
Read More | Mar 4th, 2008 | Comments: 2 | Last Comment: Mar 4th, 2008
According to the Sunday Times one couple got more than they bargained for courtesy of the almost extortionate charges that mobile phone companies are allowed to levy in Europe when it comes to sending text or data while 'roaming' away from your home country. Although the case in question might be a...
Read More | Mar 2nd, 2008 | Comments: 3 | Last Comment: Mar 4th, 2008
Blog Stats: Entries: 470 | Views: 1,392,356 | Last Entry: 1 Hour Ago | Overall Rating: Rating: 705 votes, 4.78 average
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)
Epson is making a play for the green printer market by launching a laser toner cartridge return and recycle programme as part of a long term commitment to be more environmentally friendly in its dealings with customers regarding printing solutions. The new scheme, here in the UK at any rate, pretty...
Read More | Mar 8th, 2008 | Comments: 1 | Last Comment: Mar 8th, 2008
According to a story in, of all the unlikely places, the New Zealand Herald IBM is to start ditching Windows and introducing Red Hat Linux on a range of computers aimed at the Eastern European market. The newspaper reports that IBM is working with Red Hat software distributor VDEL of Austria and...
Read More | Mar 5th, 2008 | Comments: 1 | Last Comment: 22 Days Ago
Microsoft has today announced the immediate public availability of the beta version of Microsoft Office Live Workspace which allows users to access their Office documents from anywhere via a web-based interface, and share them with others the same way. This is part of the Microsoft strategy to...
Read More | Mar 4th, 2008 | Comments: 2 | Last Comment: Mar 4th, 2008
Unified threat management specialists Fortinet has announced the most reported high-risk threats during the course of the last month, and it makes interesting reading. According to Fortinet it proves that birds of a feather do flock together as the most definable malware trend was most definitely...
Read More | Mar 3rd, 2008
McAfee Avert Labs has warned that the number of spammers which use the 'out of office' functionality of web-based email systems to distribute junk mail is on the increase. The particular technique in question, which involves spammers setting up web-based email accounts which are configured to...
Read More | Feb 28th, 2008
Blog Stats: Entries: 165 | Views: 320,334 | Last Entry: 22 Hours Ago | Overall Rating: Rating: 317 votes, 4.82 average
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