Archive for January, 2008
Technology overload can ruin relationships
“Technology might be just as addictive as alcohol and drugs and could also wreak havoc with personal and work relationships, a leading expert said.”True? Just ask my wife… read more | digg story
Security and Privacy Aren’t Opposites
Bruce Schneier spells it out: Security and Privacy Aren’t Opposites.
How Money Laundering Scams Work
Following on from the earlier phishing article, here’s another on being scammed to work as a Money Mule.
How Phishing Works
Ever wondered how phishing works? Are these people elite hackers, or a bunch of script kiddies? Who gets your info and what do they do with it? Take a look at this interview with Nitesh Dhanjani and Billy Rios.
New Notebook at Tesco
New Notebook at Tesco Tesco are selling a notebook with a ‘massive 2MB memory’! Blogged with Flock
RASIC
A RASIC matrix is a management tool to establish roles and responsibilities on a project or other activity. RASIC defines who is: R – Responsible: solely and directly accountable for creating a work product A – Approving: and needs to review and assure this work product’s quality S – Supporting: any and all individuals or [...]
Pillaged MySpace Photos Show Up in Massive BitTorrent Download
Think your online photos are safe because you marked them as private? Think again. If you have photos that you don’t want made public, don’t put them online. Websites have privacy policies but they also have security holes. If someone wants to see your photos (or any other information for that matter), they’ll find a [...]
11th Hour Buyout to Save Scrabulous Tonight?
11th Hour Buyout to Save Scrabulous Tonight?: “Unless a Hail Mary deal is reached, Facebook’s Scrabulous application may finally get the axe tonight.” It’s still up, so far…
Telecommuting makes work worse for non-telecommuters
Ars Technica has a short study on how telecommuting makes work worse for non-telecommuters. It argues that, while telecommuting has liberated the chosen few, those left behind are disappointed with having fewer, weaker relationships and are frustrated with the perceived increased workload and difficulties of working with teleworkers. From a personal perspective, I have been [...]
Anti-spammer fined $60K for using ‘whois’
This is ridiculous: “David Ritz, the veteran American spam-fighter, has been hit by $60,000 in fines plus lawyers fees after losing a civil suit that accused him of illegal hacking.” “The complaint alleged that Ritz “hacked” servers owned by Sierra (which describes itself as a specialist web hosting and internet services firm), obtaining confidential internal [...]