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Lex Orwell: The Changes 2008-09-25
Is it going to be enough?

Lex Orwell: Not Everyone Happy 2008-09-25
Some parliamentarians are still far from satisfied.

Lex Orwell: No More 2008-09-25
And if it's not 'no more' it's not what it once was.

State of the Cloud 2008-09-15
It's pervasive but it's not trusted. And most of the people involved don't have a clue.

FRA - The Three Letters That Shook Sweden 2008-09-15
Swedish FRA buds with dictatorships.

An Uneasy Silence 2008-09-12
It's his party but will the guests still come?

Bevan on McKinnon 2008-09-05
Gary McKinnon can face extradition to the US any day. Certainly his own people have let him down time and again. What awaits is trial by rednecks - most likely in Virginia where people believe anything born or grown outside the US is evil and must be bombed and invaded.

Ad Circus 2008-09-05
Seinfeld steps into the first ring.

iPhone 3G Firmware Update Bombs 2008-08-21
Can you hear them now?

Nancy's Nightmare Over? 2008-08-15
Steve's way of thanking twenty years unswerving loyalty.

iPhone 3G Connectivity 2008-08-15
It's OK. It' s not OK. It's OK. It's not OK. No comment.

Boston T Party 2008-08-12
The hackers are coming!

Massively Stupid Identity Giveaway 2008-08-06
These companies would make Fort Knox a pushover - and then blame the thieves.

Apple Pull Out of Black Hat 2008-08-01
Marketing don't approve.

Googernaut: What Privacy? 2008-07-31
Have they finally put their foot in it?

Big Time Spammer Bites Bullet 2008-07-26
Take a good look, boys and girls.

Hack out of the Bag 2008-07-25
Kaminsky's hole at Metasploit.

MobileMess™ 2008-07-23
'Like watching a train wreck in slow motion.'

Tough Times for Bill 2008-07-19
Nuts on an open fire?

Lex Orwell to ECHR 2008-07-14
Centre for Justice file complaint with Strasbourg.

iPhone 3G Rollout Flops Down 2008-07-12
Orchestrated like a symphony.

Check Point Cause Alarm After DNS Fix 2008-07-11
ZoneAlarm borks Windoze users.

Lex Orwell is Scaring IT Companies Away from Sweden 2008-07-11
Swedish IT CEOs attack Lex Orwell and PM Fredrik Reinfeldt.

DNS Cache Poisoning - Are You Safe? 2008-07-09
The patch is out after a half year's research but you can still be vulnerable.

Lex Orwell: Why Aren't You Listening, Reinfeldt? 2008-07-05
Can political seppuku be that much fun?

TheyTube 2008-07-04
Sometimes knowledge of the law isn't enough.

Lex Orwell: 6.6 Million Letters of Protest 2008-07-03
Swedish government drowning in electronic mail.

Apple's OS: Getting Root 2008-07-02
This is what happens when someone takes a good idea - a good system - and tries to 'improve' it. Ultimately the system ends up being no more secure than Windows.

Lex Orwell: Cryptology No Answer 2008-06-24
Something else they're already outlawing.

Lex Orwell: Political Leader Threatens Resignation 2008-06-23
'I can't be a member of a political party that represents the idea of spying on mail and phone conversations.'

Sweden's First Banana Republic Party 2008-06-22
Folk fest in the old town 2 July. Bring a sombrero.

Lex Orwell: How They Voted 2008-06-19
Send them roses, chocolates, a thank you or a piece of your mind.

'Ja' to Lex Orwell 2008-06-18
They forced it through over the will of the people.

Orwellian Update I 2008-06-18
Trouble in the kingdom.

Lex Orwell: No for Now 2008-06-18
157 MPs kicked it back to committee, 2 MPs file formal complaint.

'I Have To Be Able to Look Myself in the Eyes' 2008-06-17
Fredrick Federley hero for the moment in the Lex Orwell crisis.

To the Vote 2008-06-16
Late breaking news as Lex Orwell comes before the Swedish riksdag.

McKinnon Has No Grounds for Appeal? 2008-06-16
This ridiculous case never ends.

Please Mister Steve May I Pee? 2008-06-16
Apple's CEO is starting to piss people off again.

Lex Orwell & Intent 2008-06-08
The new voting's on 17 June.

Akamai Report: State of the Internet 2008-05-29
First ever SOTI quarterly.

Bodström's Subconscious Writes Book and Movie 2008-05-23
Either that or a television series.

Microhoo: It's Over? 2008-05-10
And what happens to 'Hoo'?

Black Apples 2008-04-22
Charlie Miller's hack at CanSecWest used the same attack vector as his exploit of the iPhone a year ago. Even Charlie didn't believe Apple would still be slacking off here. But the opening he found was already accessible to Apple and in typical fashion Apple decided to do absolutely nothing about it.

Four Words for Steve 2008-04-06
You're so loved, Ballmer.

TPB Sued for €1,621,045 2008-03-31
20 music CDs, 9 movies, 4 games.

The Broadband Boomerang's Back 2008-03-31
'It's got to be admitted we've destroyed more investor value than in any other industry ever.'

From 1 to 59 2008-03-28
Things sometimes have a way of sorting themselves out all on their own.

Two Minute Toast 2008-03-28
It was first. It was fast.

The Zero Day Scorecard 2008-03-28
Apple fell behind archrival Microsoft three years ago and still haven't caught back up.

Never Out of Fashion 2 March 2008 13:52 UTC
Malware attack vectors that worked in the previous millennium still work today on Windows.

The Return of the Boot Sector Attack 9 January 2008 13:31 UTC
And back to the original PC.

Trends in Bullware 2007 10 October 2007 18:00 UTC
Google sponsored StopBadware are proud to release their 2007 update on the state of badware. Good for them.

Nuke transportation story has explosive implications 10 October 2007 18:00 UTC
But is it just a blooper?

M$ Web Beaconz™ 10 October 2007 18:00 UTC
Another de novo innovation from the company you can't trust. So ridiculous only their own font can describe it.

DKIM Blocks eBay Phishers at Yahoo 8 October 2007 14:19 UTC
Similar methods to follow with other webmail providers.

Gmail Cross-site Request Exploit 1 October 2007 19:09 UTC
Brought to you by the people who don't care about security and don't destroy anything.

M$ Tangled in Own WU Confusion 1 October 2007 19:09 UTC
They're still too greedy to do the right thing.

Tom Cruise School of Computer Security 5 September 2007 10:26 UTC
Still on Windows? You have a firewall, right? Could it be Tiny or Kerio? Better start shopping for a replacement now.

A Time to Patch 5 September 2007 07:11 UTC
Apple and Microsoft are both commercial organisations. Both organisations pin security as a priority below top level as security is rarely a strong sales argument. People using commercial operating systems in today's world will suffer. That being said, people foolish enough to still use Windows will suffer a lot more.

Microsoft's Generous EULA 19 May 2007 23:14 UTC
It's ironic that the world's by far worst computer software is also the most expensive. It's even more ironic that so many people buy it. But it's close to the ultimate in irony that for most Windows users that already exorbitant price has just doubled.

Blowing Microsoft's BITS to Bits 14 May 2007 23:45 UTC
There's a new one and it's a killer: it's namely possible to compromise Microsoft's own automatic update system to inject malicious code onto a Windows system - and to date there is no known cure or workaround, making it all the more lethal.

A Blow to Educational Software 9 May 2007 21:14 UTC
For someone smart enough to figure out how to fleece dirty old men and full blown morons, Mark Coorey is incredibly stupid.

Dell Users: We Don't Want V*STA! 21 April 2007 12:14 UTC
After a deluge of complaints Dell Computer are retrofitting Microsoft's earlier OS on their new boxes.

Bill Gates: World Domination in Eight Years 20 April 2007 21:50 UTC
You think Microsoft's 95% market strangle is scary? Just wait. While Steve Jobs trims his two day beard and FOSS maniacs debate whether Richard Stallman should be allowed in public restrooms Bill Gates is working - and by 2015 reckons he'll have another one billion Windows users.

Zero Day Wednesday 16 February 2007 17:51 UTC
Microsoft not only open the barn door - they tell everyone when they're going to do it.

Microsoft's Mark 15 February 2007 18:35 UTC
To everything a price.

$eason$ Greeding$ from Micro$oft 23 December 2006 17:45 UTC
You thought you knew him?

30/30 16 November 2006 10:19 UTC
Microsoft announce release dates of Windows Vista to manufacturing and end users.

Microsoft XMLHTTP ActiveX Zero-Day Exploit 5 November 2006 18:06 UTC
It's a zero-day exploit. Meaning no one knows where it is or how it works. And it affects nearly all Windows systems. So beware.

BLOGME.GR 29 October 2006 23:54 UTC
Satire is now officially illegal in the fountainhead of democracy.

Pirate Party Launch World's First Commercial Darknet 15 August 2006 14:46 UTC
You can test the system for free until the Swedish national elections in September.

Dell Recall 4.1 Million Lithium Ion Batteries 15 August 2006 14:46 UTC
The industry have been aware of the lethal potential since 1991 but recent events pressure them to think again.

Evidence-Eliminator User Pleads Guilty, Faces Up To 20 Years in Prison! 8 August 2006 17:18 UTC
Another fool who relied on Evidence-Eliminator has pleaded guilty and will be sentenced in October. He faces up to twenty years in prison.

€280 Million 12 July 2006 23:19 UTC
Steve Ballmer to appeal.

TPB Raking in Millions 8 July 2006 19:34 UTC
It's all coming together - in Switzerland and Israel.

Are You Ready? 19 June 2006 19:29 UTC
Are things shaping up?

A Genuine Disadvantage 8 June 2006 12:52 UTC
Microsoft admit they need to better inform Windows users their computers 'phone home' on a daily basis.

Backdoor.Ginwui's Back 25 May 2006 14:46 UTC
The black hats are once again taking off their black hats to Microsoft.

Apple Do It Again 6 March 2006 23:24 UTC
Hardly a month since their latest round of scandals, Apple are wiping egg off face once more.

IE Se7en 7W0 (2) 2 February 2006 17:00 UTC
'IE Se7en 7W0 has encountered a problem and needs to close.'

IE Se7en 7W0 31 January 2006 09:01 UTC
'You people have to stop prosecuting us all the time. We have to be free to innovate.'

This Week's Windows News: The Nyxem Countdown 30 January 2006 06:08 UTC
It's a surprising move.

The Face of Evil 5 January 2006 17:29 UTC
Don't trust him. He could hurt you. Trust only Microsoft. Only Microsoft is your friend.

Ou Ou The Sky Is Falling! 4 January 2006 16:20 UTC
Ou Ou.

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