If you’ve ever sat at a computer pressing the same buttons repeatedly trying to get tickets for some concert then you’ll understand why people sometimes use software to automate …
It’s worth remembering that anyone can set up a proxy server with only a little technical knowledge. Download some software like Glype, click a few buttons and enter some …
There are many people all over the world who’ve stuck with their ISP for years without even looking at the other options available. In the UK there have been …
In the physical world, we’re overloaded with ways to identity ourselves. We have identity cards, driving licenses, passports, health insurance cards and a myriad of other forms of identification …
I once met a project manager who really didn’t enjoy the testing phase of a project. He was one of those time driven managers where milestones and targets were …
Is privacy a right, or in this world of terrorist threats is it something that we have to accept as a price to pay for keeping us safe. For …
Online anonymity is important to many people for a variety of reasons. If you are unlucky enough to live in a country where the state controls and prosecutes people …
One of the most useful protocols to understand especially when troubleshooting networks is that of the address resolution protocol. This is used to map internet addresses to hardware addresses …
If you’ve ever worked on a large IT project which has it’s own testing department, then you know it can be quite time consuming work. What’s worse you can …
For those of us who’ve worked in IT for a few decades, the whole idea that we still use passwords as a means of authentication is quite remarkable. I …