Thousands of people have fallen for a fake DM (Direct Message) Email claiming to be from the micro-blogging service Twitter.com and proceeded to hand-over their passwords/usernames.
I wonder if the complete muppets that fall for these scams will ever learn to *READ* the url’s of things before randomly clicking on them !
See more on the oficial twitter blog … http://blog.twitter.com/2009/01/gone-phishing.html
Microsoft have announced that the forthcoming Windows Server 2008 R2 release will be available ONLY in the x64 version.
- leaving all users of the current release of x86 W2k8 Server (Web and Datacentre editions) with a near-immediate upgrade issue for both hardware and software.
With many of the initial problems of the 64-bit version still not fully been addressed…
it seems we’re basically forced to migrate and update, or simply stop offering M$-Windows based hosting solutions
At least R2 appears to offer some useful and necessary upgrades/fixes …
Cheers MickeyMouseSoft - a novelty supplier, of minimal use at best - just what we need in the current climate, you forcing a £150k hardware and software upgrade plan onto us 
Found a fantastic little plugin for WordPress which reads your blog entries by TTS (text-to-speech) and is remarkably accurate.
The Odigo - Voice Your Content plugin provides you with mp3, online audio and best of all, a link to send it to your itunes account, for adding to your ipod.
There’s a really usefull Java based word-map (tag-cloud) generator which can analyse a blog by it’s RSS Feed and generate an image Wordle
The next ICANN (34) public meeting has been announced - it will be held in Mexico city between 1st and 6th March 2009.
The icann 34 meeting is now online with information on the host, the venue and the meeting.
As a new member, Othello will be attending to have our say in how the domain industry moves forward and is regulated.
Then you need …. An Iron Phone
Cleverly combining two of a womans favourite things ( ironing and talking ) into one handy little tool - yes the Iron-Phone really is the social-life saver you have been waiting for.
Now you need never miss that crucial chat with someone you’ll see in person later anyway, about the spotty guy from work and his small dinkle problem …
With 30 minutes of steaming, and 11 hours of talktime on a single charge, it’s powerful enough for even the most dedicated follower of fashion …
Tags: laundry, utility room, ironing, talking
I like gadgets - devices to perform a specific function/purpose, to make my life easier, more enjoyable, or just different.
I’m not alone in this - which is why every high-street has a gadget-shop of some kind.
Sadly the human brain is wired so you can only think one of:
Sadly, those always on the lookout for stupid people to buy utter crap for lots of money (aka snake-oil peddlers or marketers), have decided to once again combine tasteless “bling-bling” and hi-tech wizardry into the absolutely F-ing stupid concept that is …
The Google Vanity Ring
Yes, now you can look an utter prat and billy-no-mates at exactly the same time, simply by Read more…
Tags: gadgets, The Google Vanity Ring
Mergers and Acquisitions RoundupIts been a busy time in the ISP/Registrar/Host M&A world, with providers vanishing almost on a daily basis.Some of the more notable M&A’s included:
(reproduced with permission from Host Acquisitions)
I’ve recently discovered a MMRPG (Massive Multiplayer Role Paying Game) browser based and free, very reminiscent of the early sim-city type programs. This wonderful gem is called Travian, and available to play right now 
It’s been around for a while, with active forums, comprehensive wiki, clans (alliances) and so forth, but takes a bit of planning and forethought to get into “late in the game” as I have - so here is a shortcut guide to getting your Empire up-and-running as quickly and efficiently as possible …
field workers need feeding, building staff need feeding, an army marches on it’s stomach … etc 
so start by producing more food … and don’t forget buildings use clay, weapons are made from wood and iron … so your “fields” and the resources they produce are your lifeblood. Read more…
(or at least cause an epileptic fit)
Chuck together
This simple formula of light, sound and acrobatic bubbles by designers “Electric MoOns” is either a masterpiece, or an experiment in causing people to up-chuck - you decide …
Electric MoOns Atom Dance Video
Tags: ballons, led lights, dance, acid techno, video
