Neverseconds blogger beats Argyll Bute Council over censorship ban
A ridiculous ban by Argyll and Bute Council preventing a nine year old girl from photographing her school meals has been lifted following a storm…
Proposed UK snoopers’ charter faces severe criticism
Civil liberty groups and ISPs have voiced severe criticism over the newly published Data Communications bill aka snoopers’ charter. The controversial bill extends the type…
Cash served from bank machines- without your card
New software lets people withdraw money from cash machines using their smartphones rather than their cards has been launched.Customers who use the Royal Bank of…
Google faces new data privacy investigation
Google is to be reinvestigated over new claims that it deliberately collected personal data, including emails and passwords, while it was capturing images for its…
US cyberwars linked to Stuxnet and Flame bugs
In the past week or so a rubicon has been crossed with the apparent confirmation that the USA was behind the Stuxnet attacks on Iran’s…
LinkedIn passwords hacked
The LinkedIn website has confirmed that six million of its members’ passwords have been “compromised” and have been leaked onto the internet.Hackers have posted a…
How to delete cookies files
Following my blog post yesterday- New cookies data law kicks in I was asked how to delete cookies from other browsers- as I had only…
New cookies data law kicks in
From yesterday UK websites must obtain “informed consent” from visitors before saving a cookie file on a visitor’s machine.Cookies are small text files that allow…
Arise Sir Jonathan Ive- Apple’s chief designer
Sir Jonathan Ive- Apple’s chief designer was knighted this week.Sir Jonathan was knighted for his services to design and enterprise. Sir Jonathan has been behind…
Facebook- you win some, you lose some
The rise- and more importantly the fall of Facebook’s share price continues.The finances of Mark Zuckerberg- the founder of Facebook Inc have undergone a bit…