Posts by Chris Boyd
Pop quiz, hotshot!
Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you the brand new way of wriggling out of a tight spot – yes, rather than throw your hands up and say, sorry, we kinda goofed again didn’t we, it seems that when you …
I predict a riot…
Questions are currently being asked about the Yapbrowser application which bundled Zango in with a rather unfortunate “surprise” package (more of a nightmare, actually).
To their credit(!), the Yapbrowser people have popped up across the security sites and put …
And it burns, burns, burns…
….sorry if you expected something about Johnny Bandwagon (sorry, Cash) here, but that extract seemed appropriate given the subject. There’s a rather large ring of fire in the distance, and it seems to be hovering over the New York area. …
Digg Vs Slashdot
Well, I was inspired by Jim’s post on Digg a few weeks ago – mainly because I have indeed been “Dugg” a few times. In fact, I’m being Dugg again, as we speak / type / whatever. If you …
The value prop of comedic racism?
Well, seems like I rattled the cage of 180 Solutions so much, they started a new PR campaign – namely, one where anybody who is critical of certain associations or practices is labelled a zealot. And if you’re really naughty …
The rootkit w00tkit?
Man, you gotta’ love those titles. I just saw this writeup here – an interesting take on why Sony’s rootkit fun and games could actually be a very good thing. What I’m wondering is – when this rootkit idea rolls …
Videogame advertising for the 21st Century
Well, I used to play The Matrix Online not so long ago. A key element in making the world in the game more realistic was the fact that it had real-world products advertised in-game, on billboards. Now as far as …
The Stigma Enigma
When the old-world Adware industry crashes to the ground and we walk away from the flames of a 21st Century Gotterdammerung, how many forms of online moneymaking will have been irrevocably tarnished forever? It’s an interesting question. For example…toolbar…
Sleep now in the fire
And now, we return to one of the craziest install stories I have come across. Not so long ago, I documented the sorry tale of a group of teenage script kiddies who had seemingly managed to rework IRC / IM …
Hear the beat go, Revolverlution
During one of the London subway’s many breakdowns, I entered into a conversation with a man to my left who (it turns out) was much more to the right than is strictly necessary. When I told him what I did …
