The ‘Devil Woman’ denial of service attack
Written on 8 Jul, 2009 at 23:34 in Featured Stories | viewed times and users have made 0 comments so far
‘She’s just a devil woman, with evil on her mind, Beware the devil woman, she’s gonna get you from behind.’ In 2006 Sir Cliff Richard had a conservatory built onto his house on the Wentworth Estate in Virginia Water, Surrey,... (Continue reading)
The Deep Pockets Syndrome in Reverse
Written on 15 Jun, 2009 at 6:56 in Featured Stories | viewed times and users have made 1 comment so far
So Facebook has joined Myspace and Twitter in enabling personalized web-addresses, with half a million addresses grabbed within minutes of the scheme going live. According to the Sunday Times www.facebook.com/princecharles went to a guy in Hawaii. Surprise, surprise, the cyber-squatters... (Continue reading)
Wildfire on the Web
Written on 7 May, 2009 at 21:04 in Featured Stories, Others | viewed times and users have made 0 comments so far
Another topic that fascinates me is how rumours spread over the Internet. On April 1st 2003, All Fools Day, someone at CNN thought it a good joke to post a spurious story about the assassination of Bill Gates in Los... (Continue reading)
Spam the Polluter
Written on 21 Apr, 2009 at 11:30 in Featured Stories | viewed times and users have made 2 comments so far
We are all aware that spam pollutes the Internet, but did you know it also pollutes the planet! That’s what a new McAfee-commissioned report produced by green consultants ICF says. Check it out for yourself: http://img.en25.com/Web/McAfee/CarbonFootprint_web_final2.pdf It’s a fascinating read,... (Continue reading)
How are the Mighty Fallen?
Written on 20 Apr, 2009 at 10:32 in Featured Stories, Others | viewed times and users have made 0 comments so far
Mike Morgan has just received a cease-and-desist notice from the mighty Goldman Sachs; GoDaddy has locked his domain names. ‘Mike who?’ I can hear you ask. I didn’t know about him either until an article appeared in the Daily Telegraph... (Continue reading)
Pennies from Hell?
Written on 15 Apr, 2009 at 7:14 in Featured Stories, User Stories | viewed times and users have made 0 comments so far
Some call it ‘entertainment shopping,’ to others it’s gambling; some even say it’s a scam. Welcome to the controversial world of ‘penny auctions’ like Swoopo, in reality a highly innovative web-business model, a ‘bidding fee scheme,’ which budding Web Ecologists... (Continue reading)
Welcome to WebCoherence
Written on 7 Apr, 2009 at 6:10 in Featured Stories, Web Creatures | viewed times and users have made 0 comments so far
The Web is an exciting place. Crazy things happen there. Don’t take my word for it – find out for yourself. The Internet is a chaotic system, populated by millions of users, each with unique purposes and priorities. Out of... (Continue reading)
Web Vigilantes
Written on 7 Apr, 2009 at 6:10 in Featured Stories, Web Creatures | viewed times and users have made 2 comments so far
I don’t want to give readers the impression that coherent behaviour is only about commerce. Here is an example of how a digital photograph taken on mobile phone and then loaded onto the Internet focused the attention on an entire... (Continue reading)
When Social Networks become a Nuisance
Written on 7 Apr, 2009 at 6:08 in Featured Stories, Social Networks | viewed times and users have made 4 comments so far
I’ve just logged off Facebook, having wasted nearly forty-five minutes. There were 27 requests asking to be my friend, but I knew less than about half of them. I can’t imagine why the other half would want to be my... (Continue reading)
Your Web sins will find you out!
Written on 7 Apr, 2009 at 6:06 in Featured Stories, Others | viewed times and users have made 0 comments so far
The Daily Mail headline screams out “Girls at Risk.” Apparently young girls are being incited by friends to post provocative pictures of themselves on Facebook, Bebo, MySpace etc., … because it’s cool! What are these silly adolescents thinking? They are... (Continue reading)
