The Perfect Storm. An interesting article about the Storm botnet which I briefly mentioned a few weeks ago. The Storm computer virus had been spreading since early in the year, grabbing control of PCs around the world. By now, Storm had infected nearly 5-10 million computers with a secret program that turned those PCs into unwilling slaves (or "zombies") of those controlling this network (or botnet) of computers.Many of you ... Read full entry

Apple and Google ruled a year to note in your Facebook. John Naughton a technology writer with The Observer sums up 2007, and makes a few predictions for the new year. Next year will see mass outbreaks of a Facebook fatigue, as busy professionals realise they are wasting an hour or more a day on essentially mindless activities. By contrast, activity-based networking sites, such as Flickr.com, will continue to ... Read full entry