Category Archives: Tech
Scareware Scam
Symantec stated that in the past 12 months, online scammers have tricked over 40 million people to download a fake anti-virus software. They use well designed pop-up adverts with well known software provider logo’s such as Microsoft and users click … Continue reading
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Broadband StreetStats
StreetStats, developed by Top 10 Broadband, has revealed varying speeds of broadband on the same street. It allows users to see the speed of their neighbours residing in the same postal code. This variation of speed can be due to many factors, … Continue reading
Network Neutrality
How is data distributed on the web? The FCC has received a letter from some of the worlds largest internet companies (Google, Ebay, Skype, Facebook, Amazon and Sony Electronics – to name a few) stating that bandwidth-heavy data (i.e video and audio … Continue reading
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Swine flu in cyber space
In many countries swine flu is being fought on many fronts but the Netherlands have called upon an unusual weapon; a video game. The video game, developed in Rotterdam by experts at the Erasmus Medical Centre, named “The Great Flu”; … Continue reading
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Wireless Power System
As stated by Eric Giler, chief executive of US firm Witricity; In 1 to 1 1/2 years time, you could be charging your cell phone wirelessly or installing your new flat screen TV without plugging it in. The technology used … Continue reading
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Windows 7 Release Candidate
Do you want to download and install Windows 7 before October 22nd? Well now you can. You can download the Release Candidate now on Microsoft’s website; however, this discontinues on August 20th, 2009. The only two versions available are the 32bit … Continue reading