Tag: technology
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Internet Explorer Exploit Of The Day
There's yet another killer Internet Explorer bug out there, which is manifesting itself in the form of a new trojan, Phel.A. This one only affects Windows PCs updated with SP2 (the supposedly 'safe' people) and works by confusing the 'trusted' and 'untrusted' zones.
I always find reports like this interesting, so I've written an exploit of … -
Old Posts Recovered
This is probably going to go on for months, yet, but I've just recovered some more of the posts that were lost last summer, including:
The second half of Suz, And Naivety - which is both sweet and funny. Photos From Malawi; the first of my Malawi trip photos. The majority of How To Make … -
Symantec Warranty
If only we could get away with clauses like this in our warranties:
Symantec does not warrant that the Appliance will meet your requirements or that the operation of the Appliance will be uninterrupted or that the Appliance will be error-free.
In other words: we don't promise that this will do what you want it to, and … -
The Story Of Apple’s Graphing Calculator
There's a fascinating story behind Apple's "Graphing Calculator" application. Here's an extract:
In August 1993, the project was canceled. A year of my work evaporated, my contract ended, and I was unemployed... ...I was frustrated by all the wasted effort, so I decided to uncancel my small part of the project. I had been paid … -
Conversation Of The Day With A Client
Fictional, of course. None of our clients are actually this stupid, and I wouldn't be silly enough to publish a real event like this on my blog, ever.
A client phones up and asks to speak to me.
Client: "I'm using the 'Data Export' tool in... [part of application I wrote, new version recently deployed to him] … -
GMail Invites
I've got nine GMail invites. Does anybody want one? Check the comments to this post to see how many have gone, and leave a comment to this post if you want one.
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Statto Plays With Blacklight
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Man And The Machines
There's a fascinating article on LegalAffairs.org (the self-styled "magazine at the intersection of law and life" on artificial intelligence and legal/ethical/socialogical considerations relating to it. Despite disagreeing with a few of it's points, it's well-written and excellently-presented. Go read it.
In case the site stops publishing the article, I've made a copy, below. Click on the … -
Bug In Internet Explorer… But How Do I Tell Anybody?
This morning, I found a bug in Internet Explorer. I wasn't using it, of course, but I'd sent a Macromedia Flash file to a colleague by e-mail, who opened it in IE, but couldn't.
It turns out that Internet Explorer can't cope with opening Flash (.swf) files from the local file system, if the filename contains … -
Google Of The Future
Google Suggest is the newest crazy invention from the guys at Google Labs... and it's actually pretty cool! Go give it a go...
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ATOM Feed Of Your GMail Inbox?
Checking my GMail account this morning, I noticed an unusual icon in the lower-right corner of the browser window:
It turns out that Google's GMail service seems to be testing an ATOM feed - a kind of syndication feed (similar to those used by weblogs and news sites - see Scatmania's ATOM feed) that can be … -
Security Engineering
A secure password does not make a system secure. No password - in fact, no authentication system - is entirely bulletproof. The key when designing a password-based access system, and choosing passwords, is to balance an equation. You must make the effort required to crack the password more valuable than the data the password protects. …
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TromaNightAdventure!
I've finished TromaNightAdventure, a WikiGame on RockMonkey. It's at version 0.9, so far, because there's still a few things I'd like to do with it (like add a "hints" page, for example!). But nonetheless, if you're a Troma Night fan, you ought to go play it!
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Windows XP SP1 Honeypot Breached In 200 Seconds
The internet is becoming a scarier and scarier place.
In a recent "honeypot" study, a Windows XP computer with Service Pack 1 was infiltrated in just 200 seconds, without even opening a web browser.
For the less techie-minded, a "honeypot" study involves setting up a new PC with a new operating system (in this case, a Windows … -
Blogspam A Problem… No More
As I've mentioned in previous posts, I've been getting more than my fair share of blogspam of late. I've been spending about twenty minutes every three or so days clearing out the 'moderation' queue and updating my keyword lists. Worse still, some spam has been getting through nonetheless (hopefully I've always been quick to remove …