Pentagon using social networking

May 4, 2009 · Filed Under Computers, Email, Security, Software · Comment 

US General uses modern language, as social networking becomes a key tool in how the military go about recruiting and essentially just getting their message out there in front of the younger people of the US.
The army say that social networking allows the army to reach younger people aged between eighteen and twenty four, who [...]

Where Twitter’s security lets users down

February 24, 2009 · Filed Under Computers, Downloads, Email, Software · Comment 

There has been a lot about the security of the micro blogging site Twitter, people have been able to hack into other members accounts and change the information etc, which is annoying but not exactly dangerous to other users.
One thing about Twitter that is potentially dangerous to users is the character limit of 141, if [...]

Pirate Bay on Twitter

February 13, 2009 · Filed Under Downloads, File Sharing, Internet, Software · Comment 

With the court case against the Pirate Bay will be starting in Stockholm, Sweden. Clearly, the authorities are going to want to keep a tight control on the information that leaks out, as they do want the Pirate Bay coming out looking like a victim.
But in order to counter this silence, the Pirate Bay will [...]

Twitter hackers still going

January 7, 2009 · Filed Under Computers, Email, Security, Software · Comment 

The micro blogging site Twitter is a useful tool, which is why newsrooms and celebrities use it to get information out, but recently there has been a hacker at work within the site and they are causing no end of problems for users.
The problem has occurred through phishing emails claiming to be from Twitter, they [...]