tobsblog archive

This archive of tobsblog gives a brief update of the projects I've previously worked on when I'm not teaching plus interesting technology stories.

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TobsBlog 2008-04-30

Hackers target the highstreet. [article]

The "Hackers Panel" at the InfoSecurity Europe conference in London this week gave their view of the next victims of cybercrime - big UK highstreet retailers. Many have embraced the web to advance their business model and will now be easy targets compared to banks and govenment services.
More in this article about the rise in attacks from China and the possible cover this gives to western governments efforts at cyber warfare!

TobsBlog 2008-04-03

Topless Meetings! [article] [fact]

An interesting article about the new trend in topless meetings - that's lap-topless.
I know that when people are multi-tasking they are also half-ignoring you, especially men... sorry guys but it's a documented fact - all that hunter-gatherer ancestry, it's in your genes.

TobsBlog 2008-03-26

Content Cloud v2.0

Check out the new 3D version of my content cloud (righthand side of this page) mouse over to navigate, click to activate links. I've been dabbling with the action script code every now and again in my spare time.
The next step is to dynamically update the text and links from an XML file, not sure when I'll get round to doing that...

TobsBlog 2008-03-21

Security World 2008 [blogspot]

From the 19 - 20 March I attended the Security World 2008 conference in Hanoi. Read my detailed blog of the event at blogspot.com

TobsBlog 2008-03-03

Web Security [link]

A recent article of mine for WebGuruGuide about web site security and basic design principles.

TobsBlog 2008-02-29

Who Links To My Site? [link]

A short article I've just written for WebGuruGuide about backlinks, their importance and how to find out who links back to your web site.

TobsBlog 2008-02-28

Internet Technology: No One Here Gets Out Alive [article]

From the Bangkok Post about how you may have a lifetime contract with social networking sites, even when you leave and delete your account, your information lingers on... read it online here.

TobsBlog 2008-02-27

Adblock Plus - faster or disaster? [link]

I've finally got round to posting this article on WebGuruGuide.com after leaving it in a dusty corner of my flash drive for over two months.
- It's a short review and the wider implications of the Ad blocking add-on for Firefox.

TobsBlog 2008-01-31

Undersea Cable Problems [article]

We are running a slow Internet here in Thailand after the SEA-ME-WE-4 cable and FLAG cable were cut on Jan 30th. For more info about the incident follow the link.
This is a graphic showing where the cables run.

TobsBlog 2008-01-16

High Profile Identity Theft [link]

Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson tried to make the point that the spectre of identity theft was a sham. He printed his bank details in his newspaper column and gave instructions on how to find his address.
Clarkson has now revealed the stunt backfired and his details were used to set up a £500 direct debit payable from his account to the British Diabetic Association - proving identity theft is real easy... Read more about his blunder.

TobsBlog 2008-01-11

HKUST [conference] [software]

The conference at Hong Kong Uni of Science and Technology was informative - my demo was well received (see previous post Oct '07).
The highlights for me being John Milton with his software tools and Richard Pemberton's examination into social networking sites for language learning.

TobsBlog 2007-12-14

WebGuruGuide [link]

Web Guru Guide is up and running. I know I'm going to be too busy over the xmas break to add to it, but there are already a few articles I have in mind to put up.
Check back in the new year!

TobsBlog 2007-11-24

Digital Footprint [article]

An interesting article from the Beeb showing stats about the type of information young adults are posting on social networking sites.
Q. Do we need to do more to warn the general public about feeding our personal details to the machine?

TobsBlog 2007-11-19

Training Video [videos] [comments]

Today I uploaded another training vid - Configure Roaming and Mandatory Profiles - there are many favourable comments on youtube and a number of messages asking for more! I'll have to try and find some time to make them. On the to-do list are server hardening (win2003) and basic Ubuntu stuff. Keep checking back to see what's new.

TobsBlog 2007-10-24

Web 2.0 ... The Machine is Us/ing Us [video]

A great YouTube video about Web 2.0 - informative AND creative. A must watch for anyone interested. Thanks to Dr. Ken for bringing it to my attention.

Content Cloud v2.0

Content Clouds... find out more about them here

Content Cloud v1.0