| Breaking News |
| Do You Believe Everything That You Read? |
Too many people believe that if you read it in the news then it is credible. But what about this statement?
*Sergeant Brett Corey said today that Matthews has gone to the bathroom numerous times, but the diamond hasn*t passed.
Corey said a recent X-ray showed a pair of fake diamonds, or cubic zirconiums, stuck in the man*s intestines but be [more...] |
| Google Hacks Safari Web Browser - Do No Evil? |
GOOGLE could be fined more than $10 million dollars for allegedly hacking Apple*s Safari browser to target users with ads.
The search giant is currently negotiating with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in the US over how much it will have to pay for the breach, the Washington Post reports.
Google is said to have planted cookies in Safari that was able [more...] |
| Why Mozilla Browsers Flag Java As A Security Risk |
An earlier article described problems about Mozilla web browsers, namely Firefox and Chrome, black flagging and disabling Java plugins, claiming that they are a security risk.
Some members made comments about JavaScript being a risk and others asked why was it only Mozilla browsers that were affected by Java flaws. In fact no confirmation was given by me [more...] |
| Captcha Email Checks Have Become A Nightmare |
Captcha, which was once useful as a spam deterrent, now poses usability problems. Captchas have become so complex that not even humans can read them and consequently have problems sending feedback and joining membership sites.
Anyone with a web site and a contact form will have had at some time or other problems with useless emails being sent from their web [more...] |
| Why Google Fears For The Internet*s Future |
Hot of the press from journalists who should know better than to promote Google propaganda... GOOGLE co-founder Sergey Brin says the internet has entered a brave new world, where the rules have been re-written by governments and web giants.
The 38-year-old billionaire fears in today*s web environment, dominated by Facebook and Apple, Google coul [more...] |
| ANTI-TRUST: Apple Fires Back Over Legal Dispute |
NEARLY two days after the US Department of Justice (DOJ) filed antitrust charges against Apple and major book publishers, Apple fired back at the claims.
*The DOJ*s accusation of collusion against Apple is simply not true. The launch of the iBookstore in 2010 fostered innovation and competition, breaking Amazon*s monopolistic grip on the publishing indust [more...] |
| IE 9 Not So Friendly Out Of The Box |
Internet Explorer version 9 promises to be the most troublesome web browser on new computers and fresh upgrades. Each new version release has introduced radical changes that have posed problems for users and developers, and version 9 is no different.
With each new release of Internet Explorer we see radical changes to security model and policy. In the past w [more...] |
| Pirate Bay Promoted With Misleading Publicity |
The headlines might read Helping not hindering: 5000 artists choose Pirate Bay website over record studios, but that does NOT mean that artists are supporting piracy... not at all.
Pirate Bay is providing advertising space at the top of their web pages, and for music, that*s a popular web site and a good place to advertise.
Nor does that news story [more...] |
| Logical Inference - Automated Reasoning |
LOGICAL INFERENCE, still under development, works only on selected examples (sample, simple sentences). Inferences are made when a human being or computer software program finds unavailable evidence to form a conclusion.
Our intelligent software program has an inductive and deductive automated reasoning. It can find and display implicit information that is n [more...] |
| Apple Computers Are NOT Safe From Virus |
APPLE, March 6 - The computer security industry buzzed with warnings that more than a half-million Macintosh computers may have been infected with a virus targeting Apple machines.
Flashback Trojan malware tailored to slip past *Mac* defenses is a variation on viruses typically aimed at personal computers (PCs) powered by Microsoft*s Windows operating sys [more...] |