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BT Silences Customers Over Phorm 196

Posted by Soulskill on Saturday November 22, 2008 @01:06AM from the lalala-i-can't-hear-you dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The Register reports that BT, the UK's dominant telecom and internet service provider, has 'banned all future discussion of Phorm and its "WebWise" targeted advertising product on its customer forums, and deleted all past threads about the controversy dating back to February.' Phorm is a controversial opt-out system for delivering targeted advertising that intercepts traffic passing through an ISP in order to profile subscribers via an assigned unique ID based on their online activities. Subscribers can opt-out at the Webwise website but are opted-in again if the Phorm cookie is cleared. Firefox users can install Melvin Sage's Firephorm add-on to manage their interaction with Phorm and Webwise."

Microsoft Blames Add-Ons For Browser Woes 307

Posted by timothy on Friday November 21, 2008 @04:58PM from the sounds-semi-reasonable dept.

darthcamaro writes "Running IE and been hacked? Don't blame Microsoft — at least that's what their security types are now arguing. 'One of the things we've seen in the last two years is that attackers aren't even going after the browser itself anymore,' Eric Lawrence, Security Program Manager on Microsoft's Internet Explorer team, said. 'The browser is becoming a harder target and there are many more browsers. So attackers are targeting add-ons.' This kinda makes sense since whether you're running IE, Firefox, Safari or Chrome you could still be at risk if there is a vulnerability in Flash, PDF, QuickTime or another popular add-on. Or does it?"

Mark Cuban Charged With Insider Trading 176

Posted by CmdrTaco on Monday November 17, 2008 @04:37PM from the that's-a-way-to-make-bank dept.

geekboy_x writes "The SEC today charged Mark Cuban with insider trading violations, alleging that he divested himself of stock in mamma.com before the stock was diluted via a public offering." Something tells me that the billionaire blogger won't be talking about this one publicly any time soon.

Comment Re:Next time (Score 1) 25

by mrBen on Tuesday July 18, 2006 @08:13AM (#15735621) Attached to: LugRadio Live 2006 This Weekend

Yeah - hopefully more videos will make it onto the web this year ;)

Comment Linux shows available for download (Score 2, Informative) 380

by mr_lithic on Monday June 14, 2004 @05:12PM (#9423669) Attached to: Interesting Tech-Related Online Talk Radio?

Three shows come to mind

The Linux Link Tech Show

LUGRadio - from the Wolverhamptojn LUG - loads of interesting stuff

And finally SLUGRadio - Linux guys based in Scotland getting together, drinking and talking about mainly Linux.

Journal Journal: Snow in Glasgow

Journal by mr_lithic on Friday March 19, 2004 @02:49PM

Snow is absent in Scotland. At least the snow I know.

The rain melts all of the seasons into one. With no bitter cold that separates the fall from the spring.

I would love to see a snowfall did not melt in its descent into slush. It would stop the traffic and send the country into chaos but that makes it all more the appealing.

Glasgow has a hundred words for rain and fight. It says a lot about the city. Not that it is a bad place.

Journal Journal: Random Thoughts #1

Journal by mr_lithic on Sunday February 15, 2004 @02:09AM

I want to buy and XBox so I can mod it.

Current Open Source Fascination - Plone and Zope

I want to put a NetWare Server on a Linux Kernel so I can mod it.

Jake 2.0 is a real disappointment- It could have been the 6 Million Dollar man for the 21st Century.

Remember when 6 Million Dollars meant something? You could rebuild someone with that, now that is the Doctor's catering budget.

Journal Journal: Football League are idiots

Journal by mr_lithic on Sunday January 25, 2004 @04:20PM

Well the Football League has stopped all Sunderland matches having internet commentaries. However, they have not decided if they are replacing it with anything.

The individual teams have lost their rights over the transmission of their matches and this includes the internet. Sunderland and West Ham did not sign the agreement but now it seems that we are included.

Journal Journal: Blogging - million voices saying nothing

Journal by mr_lithic on Thursday January 22, 2004 @03:08AM

I got a blog today a Blogspot or something (it is the one that comes with the new Google Toolbar). It is difficult to say anything of any import when blogging. There is little review of the comments. Often it is just a URL or a paste from the current funny.

Journal Journal: New Year's Day 2004

Journal by mr_lithic on Thursday January 01, 2004 @04:19AM

Well it is the new start to another year.

Hogmanay was celebrated in the standard Scottish way with 12 hours of cleaning followed by 12 hours of drinking. It is nice to be in a clean house but it knackers you for the following events.

Journal Journal: 13/11/2003

Journal by mr_lithic on Thursday November 13, 2003 @01:42AM

Off to South Gyle again today to take this Zenworks course. The Novell setup is changing so much you have to wonder if this stuff will be useful after the Novell/Suse/Red Carpet storm settles.

Travelling from Paisley to South Gyle has made it obvious to me that I do not want a long commute as part of my work. Two hours each way is too long and the trains are going to get worse not better as the week goes on.

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