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Ubuntu 8.04 - truly desktop Linux
Friday, May 2nd 2008
I'm quite an Ubuntu fan, having followed the project since more or less it's original inception. Given the general lack of problems with it thus far you'll notice very few entries on this blog about it. Indeed various…
Easy product or class rating system
Sunday, April 27th 2008
Build a rating system that won't set your servers on fire.
Phorm over function?
Tuesday, April 22nd 2008
Phorm is, and will continue to be for some time I think a hugely divisive issue online. BBC have another story today about it, this time having spoken to the various security companies like F-Secure, McAffee etc about…
Can Yahoo really get things so wrong?
Monday, April 21st 2008
Yahoo are one of the original dotcoms. They've been around for a long time so they should know their business. Imagine my surprise when one of my clients starts complaining that their confirmation emails to yahoo email…
Security 101 : The user should be able to authenticate
Saturday, March 15th 2008
Security needs to be appropriate to the value of the asset it protects.
DVD Jon strikes again
Wednesday, February 20th 2008
DVD Jon or Jon Lech Johansen as he is more commonly known gets a lot of love here. This great Norwegian famously broke the DVD encryption put in place by the big firms with the release of some software primarily aimed at…
Why industries can still be revolutionised on the web
Tuesday, February 12th 2008
I'm a bit of a cynic really. Anyone that's trawled through the depths of this blog will know that I have a fairly acid tongue when it comes to technology. I am a walking example of the phrase "familiarity breeds contempt…
The state of Oz technology
Thursday, January 31st 2008
Rarely does an entire country entice me to start ranting (and at this point I'll point out I am in fact Australian) but by crikey Australian technology hasn't really moved in the last 5 years. Now I appreciate this is a…
The warm glow of site launch
Tuesday, January 8th 2008
I've been in this game a long time but there is still nothing sweeter than launching a site after spending a months building it with your team and the client. As a TD, site launch brings a mix of emotion - fatigue from…
Potent messages of impotent industries
Friday, December 21st 2007
I should probably know better than to open my mouth but the obvious has to be stated on this one. For anyone that is net Savvy enough to know what BitTorrent is, the news that TorrentSpy has just lost its court case…