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Whither Google Browser Sync?
Since making the switch to Firefox, I’ve been on the hunt for good, reliable Add-Ons to get the most out of my browser.
When selecting an Add-On, I’m bound to exercise some caution. I much prefer to pick Add-Ons from reliable sources, such as the near-perfect Add-On from Del.icio.us, for example. Although the big names don’t [...]
Macrovision look to DRM future
Digital Rights Management as a topic of discussion is probably as hot as any subject is going to be right now. Quite recently, Steve Jobs issued an open letter, aimed at three different audiences. The intent was to foment some kind of unease with the idea of using DRM technology. And at the very least, [...]
US researchers target worms
Sounding like some script excerpt from Terminator 3: “US researchers have come up with a technique that claims to be able to stop internet worms within milliseconds of an outbreak.”
Unlike the mechanical nemesis of all mankind, this particular system has the rather prosaic, academically anaemic-sounding name of the Proactive Worm Containment (PWC) system. Obviously [...]
25% of all computers are in BotNet
Of the 600 million or so computers that are connected to the Internet, approximately 150 million of them may be unwilling participants in a botnet.
It’s an alarming statistic, once you drop the numbers into a percentage, because that’s 25% which sounds even worse when you consider that’s a quarter of all Internet-connected computers.
This startling revelation [...]
Apple to play nice with Fairplay?
Some might say it’s about time, but I’d say it was only a matter of time before Apple made their Fairplay DRM scheme available to third parties. For those not in the know, Fairplay is Apple’s own, in-house Digital Rights Management scheme that managed to placate the music labels and content producers while giving the [...]
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