Government Computers and IT Security

Thursday, 2 April 2009, 15:35 | Category : Computer Stuff, Crumbs
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It amazes he how lax governments can be about IT security. Here’s an article, which talks about the Conficker Worm - a worm that would have been harmless if people actually updated their system regularly. I get why desktop users can be lazy about that (I’ve not always been perfect about that either, but I’m [...]

Pwn2Own 2009 - Chrome is the only web browser to survive

Thursday, 26 March 2009, 17:16 | Category : Computer Stuff, Loaves
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Pwn2Own is an annual computer hacking contest, which probably means none of my readers are even remotely interested in this post, but I’m still going to write it ;-P I’ll try to make it easy to understand though (hopefully, this way at least somebody will read it :]).
Basically, the rules of the competition go something [...]

Why supporting a wider range of platforms is in the interest of the software industry

Wednesday, 31 December 2008, 16:15 | Category : Computer Stuff, Crumbs
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This is a very interesting way of looking at the problem. The author gives very strong reasons for why supporting Mac OS X and Linux (rather than just Windows) can give your sales a massive boost. They may consist only 5% of the market, but there are sound financial reasons not to ignore these platforms [...]