RIAA WEB SITE PUZZLE

Mar 1, 2003 | Internet

One of those odd little things that make you say, Hmmm. The RIAA is widely despised, for obvious reasons. Its web site has been hacked on a pretty regular basis for the last couple of years. Now it’s been offline for more than a week, the victim of a denial of...

VERISIGN DOMAIN MANAGEMENT

Nov 6, 2002 | Internet

Verisign built a distinguished name for itself as “Network Solutions,” with sole responsibility for handling domain names for many years. It was, hands down, the least friendly, most obnoxious company to deal with in United States history, with online tools to manage...

ATTACK ON THE INTERNET

Oct 22, 2002 | Internet, security

Here’s one that didn’t get reported widely. Yesterday afternoon, the largest and most sophisticated attack ever was launched against servers worldwide that play a crucial role in running the entire Internet. The Internet is enormously resilient and users never noticed...

DICTIONARAOKE

Oct 3, 2002 | Internet

Looking for a new way to waste some time online? Try visiting Dictionaraoke, which features one of those concepts I wish I had thought of. You know the online dictionaries that offer spoken pronunciations of words? Well, Dictionaraoke has taken popular songs and put...

VERISIGN DOMAIN REGISTRATION SCAM

Jun 6, 2002 | Internet

I got a piece of junk mail that was more slippery than most. Keep an eye out for it. In a plain white envelope was a plain white piece of paper that was formatted to resemble an invoice, titled “Domain Name Expiration Notice.” It was from Verisign, and it...

INTERNET PRIVACY AND APATHY

May 14, 2002 | Internet, spam

In March Yahoo changed its marketing policy. With no warning, it suddenly granted itself the right to send advertising spam, postal mail, and telemarketing phone calls to tens of millions of its users who had previously opted out. There was a huge outcry by privacy...