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Archive for: May, 2008

Peter Roberts - UCL - London | 28/05/2008 | 2198 views | 1 comment

Interesting read here on The Register drawing together two articles and discussing struggling Web 2.0 companies. In the first, the FT report that Web 2.0 companies are basically not really making any money. It always bothered me that the whole Web 2.0 thing was purely driven by hype.Having failed to make any serious dosh out of user generated conte...

Peter Roberts - UCL - London | 27/05/2008 | 1922 views

So much liquidity I need a bucket to catch it

There's something I find soothing about the sound of a torrential rainstorm - water hitting the windows, dripping off the trees etc. The relaxing effect kind of goes off a bit when you realise some of the dripping is coming from down your hallway. Then after you've put a bucket under the bathroom light fitting to catch the water you can eve...

Peter Roberts - UCL - London | 21/05/2008 | 2059 views

RBS fix vulnerability in WorldPay site

Interesting read on The Register about a cross site scripting bug on Worldpay. Then a lot of comment about whether it was fixed quickly enough! Amateur security sleuth Adam Grit spotted the loophole last month and found it allowed him to inject custom javascript code. He could then intercept all the sensitive information that users had typed onto a... Tags: Security

Peter Roberts - UCL - London | 20/05/2008 | 1665 views | 1 comment

Is this the answer to Chris Skinner's Vista woes?

You may recall that Chris has some issues with Vista - well maybe I have a workaround. There are one or two applications I still need Windows to run - various SQL server admin tools and the like - so I've been keeping my old laptop going - but it takes an age to boot up and makes a noise like a hairdryer. It also burns paint off the wall behind...

Peter Roberts - UCL - London | 19/05/2008 | 1584 views | 1 comment

Mobile phone health warning for pregnant women

This article on The Independent covers a study of 13,000 children which exposes a link between the use of mobile phone handsets and later behavioural problems.Interesting. I'm beginning to have serious doubts about mobiles.