Feed2JS Closed
Many thanks to Alan Levine for creating Feed2JS many moons ago, but I’ve decided to remove access to the Feed2JS service installed on the yaps4u.net domain. I’ve contacted those users who had let me know they were...
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Yet more Pipex Woes
Yet another example of bad customer service from Pipex. Pipex, a once great UK ISP, now ruined by the ineptitude of Tiscali and TalkTalk. A great lesson on how to take a great company and run them into the ground.
Read MorePipex/Tiscali Support Is a Joke
Back around June 2009, Tiscali took over the running of my old Pipex network. And whereas before I was averaging around 2400Kbps, it all suddenly went pear shaped and dropped to less than 600Kbps for a few days. It did recover...
Read MoreHotmail Accounts Hacked: New Trojan doing the rounds.
New variant of Trojan via Hotmail Instant Message Be warned and on the lookout for a new round of Hotmail accounts being hacked and suspicious links being sent to you from your contacts. You might receive a message from a known...
Read MoreRandom calls from overseas telephone numbers (03598815400011)
It happened to me last night around 12.30am. It was my mobile number this time. The phone rings twice, and then the call drops. By the time I get to the phone, there is a missed call from 03598815400011 That is a number from...
Read MoreRetaggr Contact Card
Retaggr so far appears to be the best site for placing all your contact points in one simple place. I have multiple online personas, but Shinerweb/Chris A Wright are my main “personal” ID’s that I generally use online. You can...
Read MoreGlad not to be mentioned in a Tweet
The following gave me a chuckle, and given the large number of Twitter accounts I run/manage, I was glad to see that no names were mentioned. It’s probably the one and only time I’m glad not to be mentioned in a tweet/post. I...
Read MorePaypal Phishing Spam with a twist…
This post was inspired by some work on one of my other sites but made me laugh so much it was worthy of being discussed here to. We all get them, Paypal phishing emails that look like a mail from Paypal. When you click on them,...
Read MoreClueless about Malware (And probably life too)
Here is an excerpt from a post made to a group that helps/deals with Malware reports on web sites. I can no longer visit this site through google. "Warning – visiting this web site may harm your computer!" This...
Read MoreThe quick way to shut down a phishing website!
Ok, so I open up today’s spam mail folder and there at the top of the queue is a phishing email ‘from’ the NatWest Bank. Clicking on the "log in" button takes you to a perfect replica of the NatWest...
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