All about Digg

Researching one of the many segments for our humble radio programme last week, I had one of those “OMG” moments when I realised that in nearly 3 years of Tech Talk Radio, we’d never discussed the Web 2.0 phenomena Digg.
So what’s Digg?
Well it started out as an experiment by four guys in the U.S. in [...]

Educating the Public about Malware

The other major concern pointed out by Eugene Kaspersky is the need to better educate the public about threats and vulnerabilities surrounding this new digital age. 
Theoretically, this is a great idea; in reality this too, is problematic.
 
Those with the power to educate ordinary folk usually fall into one of two categories; the sensationalists and the [...]

Internet Interpol

Last night, Eugene Kaspersky of Kaspersky Labs told us his dream of Internet Interpol, a regulatory body with global policing/litigating powers. 
The idea brings to mind Professor Jonathan Zittrain’s (Professor of Internet Governance and Regulation at Oxford University) recommendation for a “21st Century International Manhattan Project,” a suggestion that we need a global taskforce to fully [...]

HD-DVD vs BluRay

This report featured in Episode 10 of 2007.
So, what’s it to be? HD-DVD or BluRay, that’s the big technology question of 2007.
And already, the major players are forming alliances with manufacturers and retailers in what’s being touted as the biggest format war since Sony’s betamax took on JVC’s VHS in the mid 70’s.
So what’s [...]