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Not a good time in Internet Land!
Tuesday 23 February 2010
Sunday 21 February 2010
Google acquisition of video compression outfit On2 http://ping.fm/5plu7
Technologies. On Friday, according to brief statements from the two companies, On2 shareholders voted to approve a deal valued at approximately $124.6 million.
Technologies. On Friday, according to brief statements from the two companies, On2 shareholders voted to approve a deal valued at approximately $124.6 million.
Wednesday 17 February 2010
Mozilla addon malware detected
Missed this earlier but this month but Mozilla announced that two experimental Firefox add-ons, Master Filer and the Sothink Web Video Downloader version 4, infected victim PCs with Trojans when installed. These have no been removed from the addon library that Mozilla run for Firefox.
The Master Filer instals the Bifrose Trojan. The Sothink Web Video Downloader version 4 came with LdPinch Trojan, and had been downloaded. The nasties managed to sneak by Mozillas malware scanners and Mozilla now say they will be using different scanning software.
If you have installed either of these addon, removing them will not deal with the malware, you'll need an antivirus scan and disinfection. Be careful out there folks!
The Master Filer instals the Bifrose Trojan. The Sothink Web Video Downloader version 4 came with LdPinch Trojan, and had been downloaded. The nasties managed to sneak by Mozillas malware scanners and Mozilla now say they will be using different scanning software.
If you have installed either of these addon, removing them will not deal with the malware, you'll need an antivirus scan and disinfection. Be careful out there folks!
Monday 15 February 2010
Gone phishing!
Scams tricking gullible users into handing over personal details for naughty piccies have moved over onto social networks.
92% of phishing scam recorded in January 2010 were on social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter. Once scammers have grabbed personal credentials, surfers are redirected to sites scareware scams rather than smut.
Scareware scams more commonly rely on finding search engine results such as the death of an athlete. These results are altered so that surfers looking for videos of this tragedy are instead redirected to anti-virus scan scam portals, which warn of non-existent malware risks in a bid to try and scare the user into buying software which can often be loaded with malware and tojans.
Symantec's reported a high volume of Haiti Earthquake-related spam and phishing in January 2010, as unscrupulous fraudsters tried to lure people.
You have been warned!
92% of phishing scam recorded in January 2010 were on social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter. Once scammers have grabbed personal credentials, surfers are redirected to sites scareware scams rather than smut.
Scareware scams more commonly rely on finding search engine results such as the death of an athlete. These results are altered so that surfers looking for videos of this tragedy are instead redirected to anti-virus scan scam portals, which warn of non-existent malware risks in a bid to try and scare the user into buying software which can often be loaded with malware and tojans.
Symantec's reported a high volume of Haiti Earthquake-related spam and phishing in January 2010, as unscrupulous fraudsters tried to lure people.
You have been warned!
Wi fi SIM
http://ping.fm/V69sK Another attempt to add value to the diminutive GSM SIM sees Sagem Orga squeezing an entire Wi-Fi hotspot into a SIM card - we're just not sure why. SIMFi, as the product has been named, is a normal SIM card usable in any handset, but it also packs 802.11 Wi-Fi that can enable any 3G handset to operate as a hotspot sharing its connectivity with nearby Wi-Fi-enabled devices - assuming a network operator decides to deploy it.
http://ping.fm/cw3eo
http://ping.fm/cw3eo
Sunday 14 February 2010
Saturday 13 February 2010
Opera 10 and Unite, your PC as a server
Opera Unite: some first thoughts...
The company Opera unveiled today what it was referring to when it boasted about technology that essentially turns every computer running the Opera browser into a full-fledged Web server. Its called Unite and on first sight is looking very good.
Opera Unite can be used to share documents, music, photos, videos, or use it to run websites or even chat rooms without third-party requirements. The ability to put documents from your own rig onto the web turns every machine into a webserver and opens a new chapter in how the internet works. We await developments with interest and will be feeding back on Opera and Unit as soon as we can.
Good article here http://ping.fm/eW9Dl
The company Opera unveiled today what it was referring to when it boasted about technology that essentially turns every computer running the Opera browser into a full-fledged Web server. Its called Unite and on first sight is looking very good.
Opera Unite can be used to share documents, music, photos, videos, or use it to run websites or even chat rooms without third-party requirements. The ability to put documents from your own rig onto the web turns every machine into a webserver and opens a new chapter in how the internet works. We await developments with interest and will be feeding back on Opera and Unit as soon as we can.
Good article here http://ping.fm/eW9Dl
Opera web server
Unite put your pc on the net! http://ping.fm/zctqw
Unite is a simple idea with huge potential. It puts a web server inside your browser, and you can use that server to deliver almost anything. For now Unite offers file sharing, media streaming and photo sharing together with sticky notes and chat, but it could deliver any kind of content you might imagine.
Unite is a simple idea with huge potential. It puts a web server inside your browser, and you can use that server to deliver almost anything. For now Unite offers file sharing, media streaming and photo sharing together with sticky notes and chat, but it could deliver any kind of content you might imagine.
Friday 12 February 2010
Microsoft's Yahoo! pact closer to clearance
Who's number two?
By Gavin Clarke in San Francisco
Posted in Business, 13th February 2010 00:40 GMT http://ping.fm/ksHoD
Microsoft's plan to become a credible number two to Google in online search could be a step closer.
Reuters has reported that Microsoft is expected to secure approval for its 10-year search pact with Yahoo!, as a European Union deadline to approve or reject the deal approaches on February 19. A source quoted by Reuters said: "I expect clearance without any concessions next Friday."
The companies' agreement was announced in July 2009. Senior vice president for Microsoft's online audience business Yusuf Mehdi said last week that as soon as Microsoft closed and implemented the Yahoo! deal, Microsoft will have achieved a milestone. "For advertisers, we are a credible No. 2."
Microsoft in January continued its US search market share gains, with Bing again inching up to hit 11.3 per cent - half a percentage point higher than December. Google, meanwhile, saw its market share fall by 0.3 per cent to 65.4 per cent.
By Gavin Clarke in San Francisco
Posted in Business, 13th February 2010 00:40 GMT http://ping.fm/ksHoD
Microsoft's plan to become a credible number two to Google in online search could be a step closer.
Reuters has reported that Microsoft is expected to secure approval for its 10-year search pact with Yahoo!, as a European Union deadline to approve or reject the deal approaches on February 19. A source quoted by Reuters said: "I expect clearance without any concessions next Friday."
The companies' agreement was announced in July 2009. Senior vice president for Microsoft's online audience business Yusuf Mehdi said last week that as soon as Microsoft closed and implemented the Yahoo! deal, Microsoft will have achieved a milestone. "For advertisers, we are a credible No. 2."
Microsoft in January continued its US search market share gains, with Bing again inching up to hit 11.3 per cent - half a percentage point higher than December. Google, meanwhile, saw its market share fall by 0.3 per cent to 65.4 per cent.
Thursday 11 February 2010
loggers told they have violated terms without further explanation, as years of archives are wiped off the internet. Guardian online article. http://ping.fm/WaL5h
Wednesday 10 February 2010
Monday 8 February 2010
Sunday 7 February 2010
Interesting discovery from "The Register" today
By Cade Metz in San Francisco http://ping.fm/l4DrM
Posted in HPC, 8th February 2010 05:02 GMT
Sometime in the middle of October, Google silently launched a new net domain - a barely-disguised doppelgänger to the familiar google.com - and according to the latest stats from the site watchers at Alexa, this mystery domain is now visited by nearly 3 per cent of all net users, making it the 44st most visited domain on the interwebs. In other words, it's bigger than AOL, Apple.com, or the BBC.
Over the past few months, those keeping a close eye on their PC's net traffic have noticed seemingly random connections to this mystery domain. In some cases, the connections arise even before an application is launched, and since the domain name appears - at first glance - to be little more than a hodgepodge of characters, some netizens have blocked it, under the assumption it serves up malware.
But on closer inspection, the domain is obviously Google's, chosen with a mathematician's wink at the search giant's famously misspelled name. This mystery domain is 1e100.net. "1e100" would be scientific notation for 10 100, a one followed by 100 zeros, also known as a googol.
As pointed out by Sebastian Stadil, founder of the Silicon Valley Cloud Computing Group, 1e100.net translates to "Google Network" - the ever-growing Google private infrastructure that spans nearly forty custom-built data centers worldwide. According to a recent company presentation, Google intends to expand this private interweb to between one million and 10 million servers, spanning “100s to 1000s” of global locations.
Whois records show that Google registered 1e100.net on September 24, and according to data from Alexa, traffic began hitting the domain around the middle of October."
So no need to panic if you see this domain and no need to block, but it would have been nice to have been told :-(
By Cade Metz in San Francisco http://ping.fm/l4DrM
Posted in HPC, 8th February 2010 05:02 GMT
Sometime in the middle of October, Google silently launched a new net domain - a barely-disguised doppelgänger to the familiar google.com - and according to the latest stats from the site watchers at Alexa, this mystery domain is now visited by nearly 3 per cent of all net users, making it the 44st most visited domain on the interwebs. In other words, it's bigger than AOL, Apple.com, or the BBC.
Over the past few months, those keeping a close eye on their PC's net traffic have noticed seemingly random connections to this mystery domain. In some cases, the connections arise even before an application is launched, and since the domain name appears - at first glance - to be little more than a hodgepodge of characters, some netizens have blocked it, under the assumption it serves up malware.
But on closer inspection, the domain is obviously Google's, chosen with a mathematician's wink at the search giant's famously misspelled name. This mystery domain is 1e100.net. "1e100" would be scientific notation for 10 100, a one followed by 100 zeros, also known as a googol.
As pointed out by Sebastian Stadil, founder of the Silicon Valley Cloud Computing Group, 1e100.net translates to "Google Network" - the ever-growing Google private infrastructure that spans nearly forty custom-built data centers worldwide. According to a recent company presentation, Google intends to expand this private interweb to between one million and 10 million servers, spanning “100s to 1000s” of global locations.
Whois records show that Google registered 1e100.net on September 24, and according to data from Alexa, traffic began hitting the domain around the middle of October."
So no need to panic if you see this domain and no need to block, but it would have been nice to have been told :-(
By Chris Crum
It's been a pretty big week for Facebook. Not only is there a lot of talk about Facebook's potential for becoming the top news source on the web, but the company celebrated its sixth birthday, is passing the 400 million user mark, and began rolling out some new design changes. In addition, the company is said to be rewriting its messaging feature and preparing to launch a webmail product, but first things first.
Full article at http://ping.fm/uSjIu
It's been a pretty big week for Facebook. Not only is there a lot of talk about Facebook's potential for becoming the top news source on the web, but the company celebrated its sixth birthday, is passing the 400 million user mark, and began rolling out some new design changes. In addition, the company is said to be rewriting its messaging feature and preparing to launch a webmail product, but first things first.
Full article at http://ping.fm/uSjIu
Thursday 4 February 2010
http://ping.fm/mg6C9
NASA's plans to send a manned mission to the moon and launch the US into a bold new era of space exploration are likely to remain on the ground today when Barack Obama unveils his budget.
NASA's plans to send a manned mission to the moon and launch the US into a bold new era of space exploration are likely to remain on the ground today when Barack Obama unveils his budget.
http://ping.fm/80QtQ
Cyber-warfare attacks on military infrastructure, government and communications systems, and financial markets pose a rapidly growing but little understood threat to international security and could become a decisive weapon of choice in future conflicts between states.
Cyber-warfare attacks on military infrastructure, government and communications systems, and financial markets pose a rapidly growing but little understood threat to international security and could become a decisive weapon of choice in future conflicts between states.
Tuesday 2 February 2010
Fake Google appears in China
http://www.goojje.com/ Full article here http://ping.fm/EI1i2 Google's line on this is the concerns about possible theft of their search engine algorithms.
Interesting to note the above in connection with the ruling from China on Baidu http://ping.fm/j9wGW for full article.
http://www.goojje.com/ Full article here http://ping.fm/EI1i2 Google's line on this is the concerns about possible theft of their search engine algorithms.
Interesting to note the above in connection with the ruling from China on Baidu http://ping.fm/j9wGW for full article.
Monday 1 February 2010
Be interested in hearing how other people react to this: A convicted murderer has been using Facebook to let the world know what he was up to! The Facebook con is called Colin Gunn, 42, is serving 35 years for conspiracy to murder Joan and John Stirland. Gun has had a Facebook profile for at least two months. The page was regularly updated leading to suspicion that he was using a mobile phone rather than getting friends to update it for him. On the site Gunn declared: “Good news from seeing the security governor, he said he had no problem with me blogging. I’ve provided him with all of the up-to-date laws on it. Unlike the security at HMP Whitemoor, it does not concern them here,” This quote from the Sunday Times.The profile also included threatening messages. This had lead to speculation that Gunn could be accessing other social networks and his former from jail.
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