Month: July 2006
Notorious cybersquatter loses out as Cruise wins domain name
We recently highlighted a slew of celebrities who don't have control of domain names named after them – including Wayne Rooney and Tom Cruise. Yesterday it was reported that Tom has won TomCruise.com from the notorious cybersquatter Jeff Burgar…
'Hackers' now using Artificial Intelligence to crack systems
Legitimate software routines designed to test out vulnerabilities and bugs in software are openly being used maliciously by code crackers and cyber-criminals (don't get me started on the popular press using the word 'hacker' to mean 'criminal' – that's…
SelfcastTV: New UK mobile-to-web video site
The makers of Blinkx have created a new site – SelfcastTV.com – to allow quick sharing and downloading of mobile videos online. It boasts a simple registration process, 3-step upload system, and UK-specific operation. Upload happens straight from a…
Monday interview: BT futurologist Graham Whitehead on why intelligent agents will roam in your connected home
The connected home used to be a pipe-dream for the consumer tech industry. If it wasn't internet-connected fridges / microwaves / nostril-trimmers, it was big firms like Panasonic, Microsoft or Orange showcasing their visions of future homes where every…
Share your computer to help defeat cancer
IBM is devoting the computational power of the World Community Grid to help scientists working on cancer treatments. This could enable the equivalent of 160 years' work to be completed in a single day. The World Community Grid was…
Anti-hijack software in development
European businesses and researchers are working on software that would make it possible to remotely regain control of an aircraft overrun by hijackers. The system "which could only be controlled from the ground would conduct the aircraft posing a…
Dell Laptops Catching Fire?
There have been a growing number of reports of exploding Dell laptops, not unconnected with a recent recall of some 22000 machines. The problem apparently centres on faulty lithium ion batteries, which has left scores of machines with burnt…
Improved View for Startup in Msconfig
If you’re a regular visitor to the Propellerhead website you will know all about the Microsoft Configuration Utility (type ‘msconfig’ in Run on the Start menu) and the notorious Startup list, which is one of the first place to look when…
Google still King of Search
Research from Nielsen/NetRatings showed that in June, 2.67 billion web searches were carried out on Google: that's nearly half of all searches. Yahoo had about half of that, with 1.24 billion (23%) searches, followed by MSN (10.3%) and AOL…
