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 […]

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: “bling” is fashionable technology is […]

(or at least cause an epileptic fit) Chuck together One dark room 100 helium filled balloons 100 white LEDs Some string and servos Music by a Kraftwerk Addict 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 […]

“Punchable” is how the tabloids have been describing online scammer Liam Young of OXYUK. For those that missed his entry into the Big Brother House here’s the video summary … Habitual Liar Liam Young Enters The Big Brother House And for completeness sake, here’s link to the video of the lttle bollock-sucker getting evicted from […]

Well, C4′s Big Brother series has started again, with a selection of Endemol hand-picked “characters” to represent a cross section of the UK’s up-and-coming lads and lasses … presumably some attempt by the program makers to “appeal” to a new audience, as the viewing figures continue to decline. One of the contestants (HouseMates as they’re […]

Deep in an underground bunker, mad scientist geeks are working night and afternoon (real geeks are like vampires, alergic to sunlight) on the next google launch … ANDROIDS This week the big–G registered and drop-caught a number of new domains now sitting on the G’s nameservers including… androidhandset.com androidhandsets.com androidmobile.com androidphone.com androidphones.com androidplatform.com androidsdk.com androidsoftware.com […]

#3 Serverbeach During a storm a power feed failure lead to the ServerBeach datacentre to switch onto generator power. Sadly at SB the generators didn’t cover the aircon units, just the servers. Internal temperatures quickly soared to 60+ degrees in the DC, meaning everything had to be immediately shut down to save the building catching […]

Newcomer to the web2.0 scene, and quite obviously looking to cash-in on the social discussion (group-blogging) concepts is myLot. With a slightly different take on the “value of a user”, and knowing they need to play a very serious game of catchup, myLot are prepared to pay you a SMALL amount of their revenue (derived […]

Well, the RegFly issues continue, with their official response being basically … Thank you, your call is important to us, we’re hanging up on you now, as a method of improving our customer service. Goodbye. Read the full details at : ICANN Announcement 2/March

Yes, internet marketers have finally been recognised as some of the dumbest people on the planet. So in order to part a few more of them from their wallets, already largely emptied by the purchases of out-of-date SEO tricks and secrets and insider information which really condenses down to if you want to guarantee entry […]

So, since publishing the last few blog entries for the edification of the masses, we’ve seen a massive upsurge in spam, where we are getting the bounce messages, as it puports to be from us… A cursorary glance at the headers show that the spam is actually being generated by a number of exploited boxes […]

For those looking for some background material on the little slime-bag 🙂 Companies/Firms to research: Ultra Technologies Limited Dot Com Avenue (aka Dot Con Avenue / DCA) TrueHosting ExpertHosting Europeanregistry.biz and a whole slew of domains and business used to spam from http://www.lessgovernment.com/html/tharchive/monument/avoid_true_hosting_at_all_cost8.htm http://www.dotconavenue.com http://www.theregister.com/2004/11/29/uk_spammer_goes_awol/ And if you can get it from Google Cache as […]

Weasel-boy back in court and still a complete w*nker.

HP’s new chairwoman Patricia Dunn has resigned, effective immediately, after her part in the corporate spying scandal that has dogged the company for weeks was revealed. Under orders from Ms Dunn, HP hired a team of private investigators to investigate the leaks of confidential corporate information to CNET News during 2005. The P.I.s have been […]

Shock News! Accounts are daring and exciting people … for those who have a stereo-typical image of Accountants being boring … Harold Rosenbaum Chartered Accountant Extreme Act 1 – Audit of Evil Act 2 – Depreciation to Death Act 3 – The Taxable Trap Act 4 – Ledger Lad Liquidation Act 5 – Damn, It’s […]

Despite being called a cynic and a liar when I wrote that after Google Inc became an ICANN registrar, it signified the impending end of hosted services, it sadly transpires that i was correct… The growth of GoogleMail (GMail) which has largely obliterated Yahoo and Hotmail as a free email service, has now been joined […]

1&1 Internet, Inc., the US subsidary of our friends United Internet A.G. announced 24/August/2006 that it will open a new data centre in Lenexa, Kansas City, Kansas, United States, during the 1st quarter 2007. Specifications Approximate cost $11,000,000 Staff 15 Size 55,000 sq.ft. facility Housing upto 40,000 servers Purpose to house the company’s U.S. and […]

ICANN finally announced that the Ã…land Islands country code Top Level Domain (ccTLD) .ax has now become operational. The announcement follows formal approval of the new ccTLD by the ICANN Board on the 9/June/2006 and addition of the .ax domain to the root zone shortly afterwards.

LINX (London INternet eXchange) today published the agenda for the next meeting being held 21/22 August 2006 at the Goodenough College, London … One particular item on the technical agenda caught my eye … Love, Hate, Peering and Transit – A Sordid Tale of Transit-Swapping,Leaking and Other Nefarious Deeds sounds gripping, so booked myself in […]

Othello Technology Systems Ltd acquires BeamHost London, 13th January 2006. Othello Technology Systems Ltd (www.OthelloTech.net), a leading UK provider of domain names, email/web hosting and online services to the for small and medium enterprises (SMEs), today announced that it has acquired BeamHost (BeamHost.co.uk) effective immediately from Coveria Ltd. The inclusion of BeamHost’s CPanel and VPS […]