Skill Zone News issue 25
At the start of a new year, the American Dialect Society announced that "to google" was its verb of the last decade. Google is rarely out of the news these days, and this month is no exception.
28th January 2010
Google launches its mobile phone
It came as no great surprise to industry watchers when, on January 5th, Google unveiled its Google-branded, Google-designed Nexus One mobile phone.
Putting a padlock on PAF
When the government announced its initiative to make national databases more open, many hoped that postcode data and UK mapping data might be included. Now though, that looks unlikely.
Changing the game at YouTube
YouTube is fantastically successful in terms of popularity, but also fantastically expensive and unprofitable for Google. Could we be seeing new business models emerging?
Exploiting earthquakes
Within hours of the recent earthquake hitting Haiti, domains were being registered with earthquake-themed names. Not all of these domains will be used for malicious intent, but some certainly will be.
The password top ten
Following a security snafu at the RockYou social media site in December, security researchers were able to obtain its file of 32 million passwords and see which passwords are used most often.
Nail gun versus computer?
Which is more dangerous, a nail gun or a computer? The answer might seem obvious but a survey of emergency rooms at US hospitals has revealed some surprising results.