It almost seems like the world of social networks exploded into full maturity in the last few years. In fact, social networks have been around for some time. Probably the one that began to really get a lot of media attention was MySpace. One reason for the tremendous popularity of MySpace was the feature [...]
If you like to use social networks like Facebook and Twitter, you already know that you will sometimes get a contact that is a little strange. It might be a friend request from someone you don’t know and that nobody else you know is in contact with. Many times it is some marketing scam that you just ignore. On some occasions, it is a hacker who got into a friend’s account and is trying to hack further.
Some in the internet world will see The P2P Cyber Protection and Informed User Act as a restriction of privacy and the first step to shut down the freedom of the internet. But freedom must be linked with responsibility. The law only requires that if you are going to put the files and the network resources of a computer system at risk, the least you should be required to do is alert them of the risk. This law simply makes that alerting mandatory.
Google has all the traits of a company that we all are all going to hate to love but love to hate. The more they take over big application after big application, we have this natural, and very Australian ‘tall-poppy’, instinct to look at that kind of empire building with skepticism. We worried and were skeptical [...]
Christmas Projects! Simple Indoor Home Improvements Anyone Can Do Are you a klutz with ten left thumbs? Are you an official weapon of mass destruction whenever you wield a hammer? Are there more than three self-inflicted holes on your person right now? Then you’ve probably made up your mind that you’re no good at [...]
Concepts of Network Security The first thing to understand about network security is that it’s all about preventing unauthorized users from accessing a network. This is different from information security, which protects against things like automated malware such as viruses. The second thing to understand is that securing your network has to take into [...]
What is a Torrent? You might be hearing it batted around on the web here and there, and even in other media like newspaper or TV: “Download the Torrent,” “Seed a Torrent,” “Visit our Torrent-tracker,” and so on. So, just what is this latest tech gizmo and why is everybody talking about it? [...]
Is Open Source Just For Do-It-Yourselfers? We blame Richard Stallman. Stallman, God bless him, is the Godfather of the Free Software movement (and by extension, the God-uncle of the Open Source movement), but he projects this image of the world’s oldest hippie. Add to this that many of the original Free Software founders and [...]
How To Give a Charity Gift What, your recipient wants nothing for themselves, but instead wishes that a donation be made in their name to someone less fortunate? Aw, how sweet! No matter what their proclivities are, this is a commendable move, and it takes an unusually socially conscious person to turn their nose [...]
I never thought I’d see the day when a piece of free software got me reaching for my wallet and singing the praises of everyone involved – but here it goes… It’s a quick story over two days… So bear with me. The story starts with the stark realisation that even after shelling out for [...]
