A weekly tech column written for The Southland Times, a company that pays well enough to keep me in handbags and Drambuie
(This is the Online column, written for The Southland Times) The big news this week has been the loss of the space shuttle Columbia and its seven crew members. While thousands of news sites are covering the story, it’s worth remembering that Nasa’s website has in-depth coverage as well as details about the mission before […]
Shuttle, Vatican and back to school Read Post »
As 2002 draws to a close now seems as good a time as any to announce my choices for the best of the net’s weird links. During the past 12 months I’ve scoured the net looking for interesting sites with my trusty sidekick Seymour the cat. It’s at his insistence that the first award is
The web’s weirdest links Read Post »
(This is the Online column, written for The Southland Times) If you’ve ever wondered what your name means, wonder no more. Behind the Name covers the etymology and history of first names. Interestingly, our very own editor Fred Tulett’s name means peaceful ruler. Anyway, I decided to find out what my name means and discovered
There are thousands of useful programs readily available for download over the internet and often the person who wrote the software is more than happy to make it available free of charge. There are several sites that specialise in bringing together collections of these programs, known as freeware. Good starting points are No Nags, Freeware
Freeware programs are readily available Read Post »
There are still lots of nasty surprises awaiting the unsuspecting surfer so take care when opening e-mails and surfing the net. Both McAfee and Symantec are warning users to watch out for an e-mail with a subject line: “Thoughts…” Apart from a short note reading: “I just found this program, and, I don’t know why…but
Little nasties not so cute Read Post »
Has your computer had a visit from Klez yet? If you’ve managed to avoid it, then well done. Klez is the latest mass-mailing worm doing the rounds. It uses random subject lines, message bodies, and attachment file names and exploits yet another a vulnerability in Microsoft Outlook and Outlook Express in an attempt to execute
Another worm doing rounds Read Post »
The death of the Queen Mother brought a huge rise in traffic to the official British monarchy website, with it jumping more than 2500 places in the hitwise.co.nz rankings. The official Royals site site has links on the front page to either the main site or to the Queen Mum tribute site where you can
Sites to keep an eye on Read Post »
When most Kiwi web surfers think of Trade Me they think of the highly popular online auction site. However, the Trade Me also runs online dating agency Find Someone), Flathunt for those in the market for a new flat or flatmate and online escrow service Safe Trader. The latest site in the Trade Me stable
Trade Me helps to find old and new friends Read Post »
