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 | The answer, it seems, is everyone. The total number of 140 character maximum [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/news/story231619.html"]messages posted to Twitter stood at 5 billion[/URL] late last October (up from a billion the November before) but has leapt forward as the popularity of the micro-blogging system goes into overdrive and last night hit the … |
| | [URL="http://www.google.co.uk"]Check it out[/URL] Google has turned the lights out and gone black, but it is only for today it seems. Apparently it is all in a good cause: Earth Hour which invites people around the world to switch off their lights for an hour during the course of Saturday 29th …  |
| | You might be forgiven for thinking that Activision would be more than just a little pleased with game developers Infinity Ward which is responsible for the Call of Duty franchise, and which Activision acquired back in 2003. Forgiven, but wrong. Modern Warfare 2 is more than a game, it's [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/news/story252883.html"]the … |
| | OK then, just for fun, can you remember the very first thing that you posted on DaniWeb? Go on, tell us the when and what, even if it was really embarrassing :) To start the ball rolling, mine was actually a news story called [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/news/story217877.html"]802.11n puts the why into WiFi[/URL] …  |
| | I have [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/news/story220053.html"]written before[/URL] about child geeks, such as M. Lavinashree from Pakistan who passed her Microsoft Certified Professional exam at the age nine. At the time of writing she was busy studying for the Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer exams. However, I think I may have stumbled on an even … |
| | It may only have impacted a "small number of users" for a "short period of time" as a Facebook spokesperson put it, but by pushing out buggy code the social networking giant created a potentially huge privacy problem for those whose accounts it did touch upon. Considering that Facebook has … |
| | Those of us who can remember when Internet access meant slow dial-up modems connecting via pay per minute service providers will also be all too familiar with the concept of the porn dialler. For the youngsters out there, these took advantage of the fact that most punters had no idea … |
| | Three Google executives have been found guilty and given six month suspended sentences in a case revolving around the posting of a video to YouTube which shows a teenager with Down's Syndrome being bullied. According to the [URL="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8533695.stm"]BBC[/URL] Google itself is none too happy with the verdict, quoting the Chief … |
| | Chip and PIN credit card attack leaves banks on shaky ground according to one analyst, although oddly enough the banks appear to disagree. Researchers at the University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory have revealed how the Chip and PIN credit card security system is flawed and left vulnerable to fraud. Steven … |
| | Who could forget the saga of sex.com, the domain that just continues to keep giving? Indeed, it has had such a history that books have been written about it and kept many a journalist in beers for good measure. The rights to ownership of the sex.com domain were at the … |
| | Wow. That's quite a statistic, but there it is in front of me jumping off the pages of the latest [URL="http://bit.ly/b2rUFg"]global State of Enterprise Security study[/URL] from Symantec. The two lines shining so brightly and grabbing my attention read "75 percent of organizations experienced cyber attacks in the past 12 … |
| | When [URL="http://www.itpro.co.uk/blogs/daveyw/2009/10/18/twitter-finds-its-voice-and-roars/"]Twitter gets it right[/URL], it beats all the major news gathering organisations to the punch with the really big news. I heard about the [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/news/story253604.html"]Haiti earthquake[/URL] first on Twitter, and it took a fair while for the traditional news networks to catch up. But what happens when Twitter gets … |
| | [attach=right]13654[/attach]What's small and pink, incorporates a Linux kernel and an embedded ARM compatible processor, and let's you set up your own personal cloud? The answer is the latest [URL="http://www.pogoplug.com"]Pogoplug[/URL] device from Cloud Engines Inc. Combine this insanely easy to set up bit of kit with a free iPhone app and … |
| | The Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) is not the most valuable of old video games consoles, and you can pick them up for less than $50 across America. Which is probably why the lady who goes by the name of lace_thongs35 was rather surprised to [URL="http://www.hotbloodedgaming.com/2010/02/11/would-you-pay-13105-for-an-nes-with-5-games/"]see hers sell[/URL] for $13,105 on … |
| | If you look past the inevitable consumer lust for anything new and Apple shaped, does the iPad actually live up to the hype? I've already made my own feelings on why [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/news/story255990.html"]the iPad will be no game changer[/URL] (at least not in version one form) quite clear, although the chances … |
| | Websense Security Labs has [URL="http://community.websense.com/blogs/websense-features/archive/2010/02/01/websense-security-labs-report-state-of-internet-security-q3-q4-2009.aspx"]published[/URL] its bi-annual State of Internet Security report and, as usual, it makes for pretty interesting if somewhat scary reading. Covering the last six months of 2009, the report is based upon the findings of the ThreatSeeker Network which is used to discover, classify and monitor …  |
| | Three men have been arrested, and what is thought to be a training site for hackers closed down, as Chinese officials get tough in the wake of the [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/news/story252590.html"]Google Gmail human rights hacking scandal[/URL]. While China has something of a history of being [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/blogs/entry4434.html"]tough on political activists[/URL], online [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/news/story235672.html"]multi-player gaming[/URL] … |
| | There has been [URL="http://www.itpro.co.uk/blogs/daveyw/2009/01/13/no-crisis-in-it-security-budgets/"]much speculation[/URL] regarding job losses at Microsoft of late, and now the truth is out. Thankfully the scale of the damage is not as great as at first feared, and nowhere near the [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/blogs/entry3757.html"]15,000 job losses[/URL] talked about recently. It would seem that 1400 jobs are to … |
| | It all kicked off last night with a [URL="http://hackersblog.org/2009/02/07/usakasperskycom-hacked-full-database-acces-sql-injection/"]posting to hacker board[/URL] claiming to have carried out a relatively simple SQL Injection attack on one the world's biggest and best known IT security companies: Kaspersky. The hacker, currently only know as 'unu' claims that the SQL Injection attack on usa.kaspersky.com … |
| | The trend in recent years has been from smartphones to get bigger screens and slimmer profiles, with everyone pretty much following where the Apple iPhone leads them. Until now, that is, with Nokia breaking free from the constraints of a huge touchscreen and apparently opting for a tiny candy-bar design … |
| | Apple has this week released a software update for the iPhone which addresses a total of five security vulnerabilities. But not, it would seem, the small matter of a year old glitch which could turn your iPhone into a spyPhone. First the good news, Apple has released [URL="http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4013"]iPhone OS 3.1.3[/URL] … |
| | I thought the answer to this question was pretty straightforward, to be honest, in that a netbook was smaller, cheaper and less powerful than a notebook. That was until this press release about a couple of new Toshiba models arrived in my inbox which kind of muddies the water somewhat. … |
| | In an [URL="http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2010/jan/24/computer-security-crime-anonymous-datasets"]interview[/URL] with The Observer newspaper, Dr Ian Brown from the Oxford Internet Institute who is writing a report on anonymous datasets for the European Commission warns that "criminals could identify individuals through mobile phone data and use the information to track people's movements and find out when they … |
| | It doesn't take a search genius to go and find [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/news/story253418.html"]plenty of reports[/URL] of how Internet Explorer is, how can I put this nicely, [URL="http://www.itpro.co.uk/blogs/daveyw/2009/11/22/ie-6-and-7-hit-by-hack-attack-code/"]not exactly the safest bet[/URL] if you are looking for the most secure browsing experience. Quite apart from anything else it has the biggest market share … |
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| | OK, I think this thread has been left to fester long enough and unfortunately has developed a nasty racist overtone on both sides of the argument. Thread closed. |
| | Yesterday [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/blogs/entry3943.html"]I reported[/URL] how the security vendor Kaspersky had allegedly fallen victim to a SQL Injection attack, with the usa.kaspersky.com website hacked and plenty of data potentially exposed. I said that Kaspersky would no doubt make an official statement sooner rather than later, and it has. Unfortunately it is one … |
 | Re: Name change Done [QUOTE=Assim_;1017435]Yes, I just noticed that Assim is taken and I want to change my name to [B]Assim_[/B] [/QUOTE] |
| | For a while it looked like the [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/news/story252590.html"]Google threat[/URL] to pull out of China was just a load of hot air, and pretty late hot air at that considering [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/news/story253371.html"]it had taken years[/URL] for the search giant to realise that [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/blogs/entry4434.html"]state censorship is a bad thing[/URL]. But that has all … |
| | Just in case there are any Johnny Depp fans in the lounge, you might want to [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/news/story254955.html"]read our breaking news story[/URL] here on DaniWeb about how the actor is NOT dead, despite what Twitter trends and many other early reports are saying. We did a little research and revealed all. |
| | No sooner had the news of the untimely [URL="http://www.itpro.co.uk/blogs/daveyw/2009/06/28/that-michael-jackson-effect/"]death of Michael Jackson[/URL] hit the Internet than the vultures started circling. For once it was not the gossip columnists and tabloid journalists digging up the dirt, but rather spammers and hackers looking to exploit a golden opportunity to distribute their wares … |
| | So just how many great ideas did you have last year? IBM managed to come up with 4895 during the course of 2009 that were good enough to be granted patents from the US Patent and Trademarks Office, cementing the Big Blue reputation as being King of the Patents. That … |
| | I would like to think that anyone watching, reading or listening to news reports of the unfolding tragedy that is post-earthquake Haiti could not fail to be moved first to tears and then prompted to want to do something. Most people have responded by asking themselves 'what can I do …  |
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| | If it is so concerned about the online rights of users, as the [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/news/story252590.html"]Google statement about pulling out of China[/URL] would suggest, maybe it should consider pulling out of Italy next. Unless of course the China crisis is more to do with commercial failure to dominate an emerging and important …  |
| | Re: A forum for J2EE We don't create new forums until the demand is proven - which means anyone suggesting such a thing needs to go and dig out a volume of recent threads to show us which support the claim that the forum is required in the first place. |
| | Internet security giant Symantec has just published the latest [URL="http://www.symantec.com/enterprise/theme.jsp?themeid=threatreport"]Internet Security Threat Report[/URL], based on an in-depth analysis of global Internet traffic and email during the last six months. Beyond all the usual who is hosting what and where, how much malware is contained in spam and which threats are … |
| | Some might argue that it has been a bad year for encryption. After all, just as the last decade was ending came reports that the algorithm that is used to encrypt GSM mobile phone calls (as used by some 4 billion people around the world) had been cracked wide open. … |
 | The 'share' buttons are useful for forum posts beyond just news and tutorials, for the following very good reason: they can help get good threads in front of more people, beyond those who are already visitors here. That's not only a good thing, but an essential thing. The more people … |
| | Google has signalled, in the strongest possible manner, that it will be pulling out of China unless something is done to address censorship of searches. It has also accused China of launching a "highly sophisticated and targeted attack" on the Google corporate infrastructure, along with another twenty large companies from … |
| | OK, it is very nearly Xmas now which means, if your household is anything like mine, lots of new tech toys to play with. So I'm starting a thread where you can post both what you are hoping to get and then, after Santa has slid down your chimney with …  |
| | Well, it is that time of year again and the holiday season is upon us. Which means I get to wish everyone the very best and say a very big thank you for being part of our community here at DaniWeb. 2009 has had some ups and downs (no mentioning …  |
| | Some 22,000 Acer Aspire Notebooks are being recalled because, according to the [URL="http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml10/10103.html"]U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission[/URL], they represent a burn hazard. Mainly because they have the potential to melt. Hot laptops are nothing new, of course, but generally speaking the seat of the [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/blogs/entry929.html"]fire risk is often to be … |
| | Does anyone know just what is happening with Microsoft Windows Mobile devices? It would appear that many users with Windows Mobile powered mobile phones have been getting SMS text messages dated 2016. The first reports came as folk started to receive Happy New Year messages from family and friends on … |
 | Yes, it seems to be left over from when the downvote bots hit us. Dani restored the overall scores, but I notice that individual posts still show the rigged downvote score. |
| | What might kill illegal downloading do you think? The long ([URL="http://www.daniweb.com/news/story220692.html"]and mostly ineffective[/URL]) arm of the law perhaps, or maybe a sudden (and unlikely) [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/news/story235178.html"]feeling of overwhelming love[/URL] for the poor music and movie industry? According to the [URL="http://www.globalwebindex.net"]Global Web Index[/URL] the answer could be simple and obvious: why bother … |
| | Talking of ridiculous, perhaps you have never heard of a news story? |
| | The [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/news/story220247.html"]hugely popular[/URL] act of text messaging is many different things to many different people, from a cool way to keep in touch at one end of the spectrum to something that is destroying the English language at the other. You can [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/news/story220712.html"]use SMS to hack an iPhone[/URL] or send … |
 | At least it proves that Dani [B]does[/B] still listen to what members of the community say... |
| | Shouldn't this thread be called 'how to get your account banned on Reddit, and possibly your site as well' though? |
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