Wired reports that computer crackers have joined forces with spammers to develop websites that are pretty much untraceable.
One group in Poland is currently advertising “invisible bulletproof hosting” in online forums for spammers. For $1,500 per month, the group says it can protect a site from network sleuthing tools used by spam opponents, such as traceroute and whois.
Great – from GetTheDrift.com, on the growing number of people who have a big problem with PowerPoint.
PowerPoint as a crutch…
Remember the boring teacher you had in high school who would constantly resort to films to bail himself out of class? To the weak or inexperienced seller, PowerPoint is the ultimate shield… a way to avoid the messy business of real human interaction. Instead of looking the customer in the eye, you both start looking at a common screen. Kind of like your family all staring at the tube instead of talking, now isn’t it?
and a Resource Drain…
If your marketing or sales support teams are in the business of churning out PowerPoint Presentations, you need to consider the important work they’re not doing.
For all those participating in Fantasy Rugby World Cup games here is the 2003 Zurich player rankings. Amazingly two Scots are ranked top for their position – Tom Smith (Loose Prop Head) and Gordon Bulloch (Hooker).
It is a thing of great beauty – imagine the Scottish version …. (courtesy of Boing Boing Blog).
Wired reports that a Princeton graduate student said Monday that he has figured out a way to defeat new software intended to keep music CDs from being copied on a computer: Press the Shift key.
CyberJournalist.net reports that former Gawker editor Elizabeth Spiers has been hired by New York Magazine to write articles and its first Weblog, “The Kicker,” which just launched.
Courtesy of Moreover – Content Wire reports on a survey from Future Image (“a provider of information and analysis on new trends in the imaging industry”) that says “photoblogging” has experienced a ten fold increase in content uploaded and users participating. They reckon this is closely related to growth in sales of devices with image capture capability…
