Showing posts with label viruses. Show all posts
Showing posts with label viruses. Show all posts
16 December 2011

People in Glasshouses (With Windows) Shouldn't Throw Stones

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It's no secret that Windows Phone is struggling desperately in the battle against the smartphone leaders, iPhone and Android. And de...
04 March 2011

Malware at the Heart of the BBC's Decline

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Anyone who has been following me on Twitter or identi.ca will have noticed that I have a bee in my bonnet - actually, make that a Beeb in ...
10 February 2010

Is Microsoft Exploiting the Innocent?

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I'd never heard of the UK government's Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (CEOP), but that's not surprising, since ...
26 August 2009

'Foreign Policy' Should Stick to its Home Turf

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Foreign Policy has published some good features ; this isn't one of them: Although the newest oil rigs, which cost upward of $1 billio...
09 December 2008

*Not* the Facebook Virus

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Facebook's 120 million users are being targeted by a virus designed to get hold of sensitive information like credit card details. '...
03 December 2008

The Great Virus Con-Trick

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I'm glad I'm not the only one to have cottoned on to this strange phenomenon : Ever notice how Microsoft plasters the Windows name o...
19 November 2008

(Sigh): Another BBC Ad for Microsoft

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I suppose I should expect this now: In a surprise move, Microsoft has announced it will offer a free anti-virus and security solution from ...
08 October 2008

Windows XP Ultraportables - Free Virus Included

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Yet another reason to buy the GNU/Linux version: Asus has admitted that some of the its Eee Box desktop mini PCs have shipped with a virus....
27 August 2008

When Will They Ever Learn...?

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... not to use Windows: A computer virus is alive and well on the International Space Station (ISS). Nasa has confirmed that laptops carrie...
07 April 2008

The Dirty Secret Behind 1,000,000 Viruses

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On Open Enterprise blog .
12 March 2008

The Economics of Information Security

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On Open Enterprise blog .
13 December 2007

Darwinian Selection, Where Are You?

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As I've pointed out many times, Darwinian selection lies at the heart of much of openness's success. So this is really, really bad...
09 September 2007

Firefox Hit 400 Million Downloads

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This is worth quoting at length: On November 9th, 2004, you all started a movement. Spread Firefox, supported by tens of thousands of contr...
08 August 2007

On the Necessity of Open Access and Open Data

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One of the great things about open source is its transparency: you can't easily hide viruses or trojans, nor can you simply filch code f...
27 October 2006

Viral Evolution

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As a big fan of the explanatory power of Darwinian evolution - which, for those still concerned about its "theoretical" status, is...
31 May 2006

Shock! Horror! Macro Viruses for OSS

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This explains why macros are generally a bad thing to use in word processors or spreadsheets (yes, I know they can be useful, too). It is ...
19 May 2006

More Ineffable Microsoft FUD

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It's always fun to track Microsoft's latest contortions when it comes to open source. I've described its past efforts elsewhere...