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You know what would be even faster?

I found this post on Lifehacker via Kurt Wismer , someone whose comments I've kept an eye on for since I started reading the alt.comp.virus newsgroup, which is quite a time ago now. Kurt seems to have the habit of annoying people by simply speaking the truth as he sees it and not spending too much...

Posted to Someone Else (Weblog) by Robert Moir on 04-05-2008
Just because you're used to an abusive relationship, it doesn't make it OK.

I have to admit that some areas of the computer industry make me asahmed to be part of the IT profession at times. Take gaming - 1up.com's article on 5 botched game launches talks about Steam ... Yes, yes, we all love Steam now. By which we mean "It hasn't gone away yet, and people won't...

Posted to Someone Else (Weblog) by Robert Moir on 03-22-2008
Netscape Navigator to die (again?) on Feb 1st 2008.

Ah the death of Netscape. I remember it well and I guess I'll miss it, a large part of computer history and my own too I guess, so goodbye and thankyou Netscape Navigator. Just finished reading this blog post on wired that reports that Netscape Navigator is to fold it's tent and slip into the...

Posted to Someone Else (Weblog) by Robert Moir on 12-29-2007
Boycott Mac Heist. It really is that simple.

As if they didn't already have a bit of a reputation in some parts, it seems the people behind MacHeist have really decided to sink as low as they can this year. If you're involved with MacHeist in any way, I'd like to take a moment to thank you. I wondered if you were all as big a bunch...

Posted to Someone Else (Weblog) by Robert Moir on 11-28-2007
There's a serious point in here somewhere

But I'm too busy laughing to stop and point it out .

Posted to Someone Else (Weblog) by Robert Moir on 10-10-2007
Help me Roberto, my web server just got hacked!

Yet another in the "I get asked this a lot and so finally I decided to write an article" series. This question keeps being asked repeatedly by the victims of hackers breaking into their web server. The answers very rarely change, but people keep asking the question. I'm not sure why. Perhaps...

Posted to Someone Else (Weblog) by Robert Moir on 10-04-2007
Can a Virus hurt you if it just gets downloaded to your computer?

This is another question I see get asked a lot around the place, so I'm posting my latest answer to this question here. Can someone tell me, if I download a zipped file which contains a virus and open this file then would my system would most likely become infected? An example would be a zipped file...

Posted to Someone Else (Weblog) by Robert Moir on 08-19-2007
Denial. A state of mind found in the newly hacked.

Still following the Safari hack and the fallout from it on Matasano. There are a lot of comments debating how serious it is anyway, because after all it isn't like you got root. A lot of comments all around about how much information is exposed. Folks, it appears that this exploit allows arbitrary code...

Posted to Someone Else (Weblog) by Robert Moir on 04-22-2007
Apple Mac gets pwned at CanSecWest

UPDATE 21/04/07 19.33GMT. The Matasano website has been amended to add the following: Apparently the issue also affects Firefox. Turn off Java as a workaround for now. Breaking news as of yesterday. The CanSecWest security conference are running an event with two Apple MacBook Pros to be won , simply...

Posted to Someone Else (Weblog) by Robert Moir on 04-21-2007
That whooshing noise

Is the point passing just over the heads of the WGA team bloggers at Microsoft. In a post last month they talk about the fuss surrounding WGA getting caught sending information back to Microsoft whether or not the user agreed to this (by accepting the EULA) or not. In their reply on the WGA blog Microsoft...

Posted to Someone Else (Weblog) by Robert Moir on 04-12-2007

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