Earlier this year I mentioned the Microsoft /MSN initiative to help ISPs track their users' spam. Since I last logged in they've added several new features including the possibility of adding your entire AS number. Excellent! No more worrying about network segments. I'd simply throw in any AS we manage and be covered! WRONG! MS, in their wisdom, haven't set up their system … [Read more...] about Microsoft Ignores Europe….
Archives for August 2006
Let’s All Go Web 2.0!
Darren linked to this service and it amused me :) So here's mine: From their site: This is meant to be a parody of Web 2.0 Logos. While they are pretty cool, they are all kinda the same. It was created as a joke, not a serious logo maker. But feel free to use it to make a logo. :P … [Read more...] about Let’s All Go Web 2.0!
Hiding Behind Your Blog!
In common with a lot of other bloggers I tend to blog about things that catch my attention. In some instances this could be a new gadget or maybe a news story. In other instances it might be something that is of interest to me because it affects the industry I work in. I've probably posted quite a few things that some people do not agree with, but I don't think anyone could … [Read more...] about Hiding Behind Your Blog!
Google Aids Spammers …..
Dear Google Please stop making life easy for spammers... Thanks to your rather inane redirector spammers are able to send us all links to URIs that blacklists would otherwise block And you wonder why gmail is constantly blacklisted? … [Read more...] about Google Aids Spammers …..
Freedom of Speech vs Legal Threats – Boards.ie Threatened Again
John Breslin, who is heavily involved with Boards.ie, a popular Irish forum, posted a few days ago about MCD's legal threats against the company that owns the site. He has followed up that post with another quoting another Boards' director Tom Murphy's announcement to Boards.ie users. It seems that MCD's concert / festival Oxegen came under some criticism from users of the … [Read more...] about Freedom of Speech vs Legal Threats – Boards.ie Threatened Again