This week the World Wide Web turns 21 and if you watched the London Olympics opening ceremony you may have spotted its inventor. It was on August 6 1991 that the very first web page from British computer scientist Tim Berners-Lee was made available online but whatever you do don’t confuse the World Wide Web with The Internet. The Internet[Read More…]
The latest community threat report released by AVG Technologies reveals and Android Bootkit that turns smartphones into “Zombies”, a malicious Trojan inside an unofficial Angry Birds app and PC users are still being tricked into clicking by sex and scandal. This week I spoke with AVG AU/NZ security advisor Michael McKinnon about these threats and some tips on prevention. You[Read More…]
Here’s some interesting stats about how Australians use Twitter (from http://datafication.com.au/) Tweets from Australia represent 2.8percent of the world’s daily tweets… That’s Tweets 5000 per minute…80 per second. 54% of those Tweets are coming from females, who prefer to Tweet on a Friday (while Males favour Wednesday for Tweets). Do you have a problem with Internet Addiction? (Or know someone who[Read More…]
If you use a webmail service like Gmail or Hotmail and connect to multiple social networks such as Facebook, Twitter and Linkedin, AVG has just released a free application that brings them all together. It’s called MultiMi and while it’s not the only application of its type available, the inclusion of AVG’s linkscanner technology means that you can stay clear[Read More…]
