Archive for March, 2010
The new domain, just for mobiles. Available Now Here!
- Posted by Craig Grant on March 11, 2010
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Although mobile devices and the networks that support them are improving, it seems like the mobile Web is almost a secret these days because sites can be hard to locate and have little content when you find them. And yet, with four mobile phones purchased for every one personal computer, there’s a world of people [...]
Read moreExcel and Movie Maker – Patched
- Posted by Craig Grant on March 10, 2010
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A couple of patches were released today by Microsoft regarding holes that could allow a file that is either Excel or Movie Maker to install malware on a user’s PC. Movie Maker versions 2.1, 2.6, and 6.0 are affected on Windows XP, Vista, and 7. Producer 2003 is also affected by the same bug in [...]
Read moreMarch Patch Tuesday
- Posted by Craig Grant on March 05, 2010
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Microsoft will release two security updates on Tuesday. The small number of updates is a downturn that was not unexpected. “This is indicative of the on and off cycle that Microsoft uses. Last month was more OS related, this month they’re patching some applications,” said Andrew Storms of nCircle Network Security. The two updates are [...]
Read moreNew IE Vulnerability Found
- Posted by Craig Grant on March 03, 2010
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Microsoft released a new security advisory regarding Internet Explorer on a Windows 2000 or XP system. To exploit the vulnerability,a malicious site reaches through the web browser by using VBScript and accesses “inherently unsafe” Windows Help files. To complete the attack, a user must push F1. The article at PC World suggests users to log [...]
Read moreBBC to cut website and close 6Music
- Posted by Craig Grant on March 02, 2010
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Fears that the BBC would close down two of its radio stations and cut back on its website have been realised after the corporation issued its strategy review. The BBC will cut spending on its website by 25 per cent and cut back on the number of webpages on the site by up to 50 [...]
Read more2.5 days a year spent waiting for web
- Posted by Craig Grant on March 02, 2010
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Surfers spend on average two-and-a-half days a year waiting for slow-loading web pages, according to a report. The average surfer spends so long waiting for web pages to load that the time spent adds up to nearly two and a half days every year. And more than five online transactions per person are abandoned a [...]
Read moreOrange and T-Mobile merger cleared
- Posted by Craig Grant on March 02, 2010
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The proposed merger between Orange and T-Mobile in the UK has been cleared after the Office of Fair Trading withdrew a request for an EC investigation. The European Commission has cleared the way for T-Mobile and Orange to merge its operations in the UK after receiving advice from a UK consumer body that it will [...]
Read moreOpera 10.5 Beta
- Posted by Craig Grant on March 01, 2010
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The latest beta version of Opera 10.5 has been released. Mac users can also download a beta version for their operating system. This is the first time that a beta version of the web browser has been released for OS X. Not much of new features are in the latest version according to the article [...]
Read moreVarious UK Politician Websites – Hacked
- Posted by Craig Grant on March 01, 2010
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Ashfiedlconservatives.com, boltonsoutheastconservatives.com and paulbristow.org.uk are some of the Conservative party websites that were hacked according to an article at The Register. The email function on one of the sites, Conservatives InTouch, was made to send a message which says, “Vote for Labour – NOT US!”. John Leyden, the author of the article, notes that UK [...]
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