XP has new pirate protection
Anyone who has bought a pirated copy of Windows XP Professional can expect a bit of a surprise after the people at Microsoft come up with a neat little way of telling users that they may be running pirated software.
When the computer is restarted, the user is greeted with a black desktop with the words [...]
Forgot Your Password is the weakest link
Forgot Your Password is the weakest link
Most internet users at some point will forget their password to certain sites, this normally occurs when the user allows the computer to remember the username and password for easier access. However, occasioning these is reset and then the user has to do it manually again.
Nevertheless, the “Forgot Your [...]
No Trespassing doesn’t stop Google
It makes no difference if your company is called Google no trespassing means just that.
However, it seems that the people who work for Google are either on instructions or just simply cannot read, as they continue to snap the entire world on their quest complete Google Street View.
Despite the complaints and in some cases court [...]
Privacy Mode for IE
When Internet Explorer 8 is released later on in the year it is believed that there will be some additional features that could help protect the users privacy from prying eyes.
By simply clicking on a button, they will be able to prevent what information is going to be recorded every time they go online.
Of course, [...]
Prof shows how to steal identities
He may be a Professor and software developer but Herbert H Thompson is keen to prove that stealing someone’s identity can be done fast and easy with nothing more than a computer. It may sound scary, but the account that he gives in something to make the hairs stand up on the back your neck.
The [...]
The pirates respond
A while ago, there was a games developer who wanted to find out why his games were being pirated. So, in order to find out he decided to simply ask the pirates why? Surprisingly and against what many people thought would happen, he actually got the answers to his questions.
The reasons pirates traffic his games, [...]
Google using tracking techniques
The world’s favourite search engine Google has admitted that they use internet tracking technology to study internet user’s behaviour.
This is not going to go down well with a lot people as some internet users feel that this sort of thing infringes on their privacy. However, as we have seen with the Google cars taking images [...]
Hackers are hacked at DefCon
It just had to be done, imagine all of the top hackers in the world, all together in one place telling each other how good they and bragging about the work that they have been doing. However, while they were showing off their skills all of the time they were being hacked from the outside.
DefCon [...]
Italy bans the Pirate Bay
As with many of the internet’s pirates, they are always complaining of how they are being put under the fist from the fascists of the world, well according to the Pirate Bay their fears appear to have come true.
Whether we can call the Italian government fascists is a matter of opinion, one that is not [...]
Bit Torrent cuts jobs
Bit Torrent could have been the iTunes of the film and TV world, but for various reasons this never really came to light and the organisation has been struggling to raise cash through advertising and downloads, this has left them in a very weak financial position.
They currently have a fifty five strong team on board [...]
Music Industry should work with websites
Is it about time that the music industry started working with the websites that offer illegal file sharing?
The industry have been following the way that certain groups have used these types of website to their own advantage, the group Radiohead springs to mind. They allowed their fans to obtain their latest album for free or [...]
Tagging appears at the Pirate Bay
The Pirate Bay has begun to let their users tag torrents that are being uploaded to the server. These tags will make the system easier for the users the build a structure and of course find new content.
Tags have been around for some time now, the most common use can be seen on blog postings, [...]