Phorm Announces Losses of £16.6 million and is Poised for BT Trial
Saturday, April 12th, 2008 Posted in Anti-Spyware Software, Consumer Protection, Internet Security, Politics, Webmaster Chat | 2 Comments »Following our recent opinion pieces on Phorm, it has come to our attention that on Thursday 10th April, the company posted losses of $32.8 million (£16.6 million) which the it insisted were part of planned investments in infrastructure, people and ...
William Hague on Phorm!
Wednesday, March 26th, 2008 Posted in Anti-Spyware Software, Consumer Protection, Current Affairs, Internet Security, Politics | 13 Comments »Following our piece on the campaign against Phorm software proposals, I e-mailed my local MP, William Hague, asking him to represent my views to the relevant authorities. A speedy response appeared in the post, direct from the House of Commons. ...
Phorm -Glorified Spyware
Tuesday, March 18th, 2008 Posted in Anti-Spyware Software, Consumer Protection, Current Affairs, Internet Security, Webmaster Chat | 2 Comments »BT, Talk Talk and Virgin are all signed up to use Phorm -which reads the websites visited by customers and then targets adverts to them based on the content of those sites. The information which appears on your screen ...
How to Leave Facebook
Monday, March 17th, 2008 Posted in Consumer Protection, Facebook, Internet Security | No Comments »There has been much made of Facebook's irresponsibility towards the privacy and control of individual's data over the last couple of months, the main gripe being that it is nigh on impossible to have your account and information permanently deleted. ...
“BBC ‘opens floodgates’ to iPlayer hackers” -Of Course They Have!
Thursday, March 13th, 2008 Posted in Internet Security | No Comments »The Guardian thinks it has a scoop by revealing that people have hacked the iPlayer so that the 30 day time limit on downloads ceases to work, giving people unlimited access to downloads. However, scratch below the surface and you will ...
UK Broadband Deals - BT Vs Sky
Monday, December 17th, 2007 Posted in Consumer Protection, General, Internet Security | 2 Comments »Having witnessed some fairly poor value broadband offers during our year in Australia, it is nice to note the positive impact that competition has had in the UK when it comes to buying in broadband services. This week, I have installed ...
ZoneAlarm Internet Security Suite 2007
Friday, October 12th, 2007 Posted in Anti-Spyware Software, Antivirus Software, Firewall Software, General, Internet Security, ZoneAlarm | No Comments »We are pleased to announce a partnership with Secure Tec Australasia Pty Ltd - the providers of ZoneAlarm internet security software - which allows us to resell their excellent range of protective antivirus, anti-spyware and firewall software. I personally use the ...